• June 27, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    $1B Settlement Reached in Suits Stemming From Tech IPOs

    A $1 billion partial settlement was announced Thursday in hundreds of securities fraud lawsuits filed in Manhattan against technology companies over misrepresentations in initial public offeri

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  • In re Air Cargo Shipping Services, 11-5464-cv

    Publication Date: 2012-10-17
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Jacobs, Ch.J., Kearse and Hall, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Christopher Lovell, Lovell Stewart Halebian Jacobson LLP (Steven N. Williams, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy; W. Joseph Bruckner, Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P.; Craig C. Corbitt, Zelle, Hofmann, Voelbel, & Mason; Daniel E. Gustafson, Gustafson Gluek PLLC, on the brief).
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Asiana Airlines, Inc: Ian Simmons (Jonathan D. Hacker, Angela Thaler Wilks, Joshua Deahl, Anton Metlitsky, on the brief), O'Melveny & Myers LLP. For Defendants-Appellees Air Canada and AC Cargo: Sanford M. Litvack, Eric J. Stock, Hogan Lovells US LLP. For Defendants-Appellees Air China Ltd. and Air China Cargo Co. Ltd.: George N. Tompkins Jr., Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP. For Defendants-Appellees Air New Zealand Ltd.: Michael J. Holland, Roderick D. Margo, Condon & Forsyth LLP. For Defendants-Appellees All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.: Patrick J. Bonner, Freehill, Hogan & Mahar, LLP and Charles J. Simpson, Jr., James A. Calderwood, Jol A. Silversmith, Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger, L.L.P. for Defendants-Appellees Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc., Polar Air Cargo, LLC, and Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, Inc.: Harvey J. Wolkoff, Ropes & Gray LLP. For Defendants-Appellees British Airways Plc: Daryl A. Libow, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. For Defendants-Appellees Cargolux Airlines International S.A.: Stephen Fishbein, Heather Kafele, Shearman & Sterling LLP For Defendants-Appellees Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.: David H. Bamberger, DLA Piper LLP (US). For Defendants-Appellees El Al Israel Airlines Ltd.: John F. Savarese, David B. Anders, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, For Defendants-Appellees Emirates: Terry Calvani, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP. For Defendants-Appellees Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (KLM Royal Dutch Airlines): Gary A. MacDonald, John M. Nannes, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. For Defendants-Appellees Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd.: Barry G. Sher, Paul Hastings LLP. For Defendants-Appellees Lan Airlines, S.A., Lan Cargo, S.A. and Aerolinhas Brasileiras, S.A.: James V. Dick, Squire Sanders (US) LLP. For Defendants-Appellees Martinair Holland N.V.: Daniel G. Swanson, D. Jarrett Arp, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP For Defendants-Appellees Nippon Cargo Airlines Co., Ltd.: John R. Fornaciari, Baker & Hostetler LLP. For Defendants-Appellees Saudi Arabian Airlines Ltd.: Peter J. Kadzik, Dickstein Shapiro LLP. For Defendants-Appellees Scandinavian Airlines System: George D. Ruttinger, Crowell & Moring LLP. For Defendants-Appellees Singapore Airlines Cargo PTE LTD and Singapore Airlines Ltd.: Margaret M. Zwisler, William R. Sherman, Ashley M. Bauer, Latham & Watkins LLP. For Defendants-Appellees Société Air France: James R. Warnot Jr., Linklaters LLP. For Defendants-Appellees South African Airways Ltd.: Sara E. Kropf, John M. Taladay, Steve Weissman, Andreas Stargard, Kimberly A. Murphy, Baker Botts LLP. For Defendants-Appellees Thai Airways International Public Co. Ltd.: Rowan D. Wilson, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP. For Defendants-Appellees Qantas Airways Ltd.: W. Todd Miller, Baker & Miller PLLC.

    Case Number: 11-5464-cv

    Cite as: In re Air Cargo Shipping Services, 11-5464-cv, NYLJ 1202575087213, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided October 11, 2012)Before: Jacobs, Ch.J., Kearse and Hal

  • August 15, 2007 | Daily Business Review

    BDO Seidman to Pay $522 Million to Banco Espirito Santo

    BDO Seidman must pay Portugal's Banco Espirito Santo a total of $522 million for negligent audits at a company blamed for the largest bank fraud in Miami history, a state court jury has decided.

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  • January 27, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Federal Escrow Interest Rules Trump State's

    Federal regulations trump a New York state law requiring that banks pay interest on mortgage escrow accounts, a federal appeals court has ruled. Resolving an issue of first impression,

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  • December 14, 2007 | International Edition

    Barclays' Legal Team Still Has Worlds to Conquer

    Barclays' legal team is coming to the end of one of the most eventful years in the bank's 300-year history. From its prolonged attempt to acquire Dutch bank ABN Amro to sustained stock market specu

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  • December 26, 2002 | Daily Report Online

    Long Aldridge Merges; Blackstock Leaves PoGo

    Julia D. Gray [email protected] Highlights for the city's law firms in 2002 included a big merger and name change for Long Aldridge & Norman. And while the usual arra

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  • January 31, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    In Significant Jurisdictional Ruling, Federal Circuit Finds Court of Federal Claims Can Hear Contract Suits Against FDIC

    Given the Federal Depositors Insurance Corporation's run of bank closings in the last two years, there are probably a lot of folks who will be interested in an en banc ruling Friday by the U.S. C

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  • March 22, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Who's the Splashiest Plaintiffs Lawyer in the Mortgage-Backed Securities Game? Ex-Dewey Insurance Litigator David Grais

    After David Grais left Dewey Ballantine in early 2007 to co-found Grais & Ellsworth, he began looking for new kinds of cases that would involve complicated issues and big-money losses. Grais was k

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  • Li-Shan Wang, Plaintiff v. Primerica Life Insurance Company, Defendant, 09-cv-5522 (LMM)

    Publication Date: 2010-11-17
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Lawrence M. McKenna
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 09-cv-5522 (LMM)

    Cite as: Li-Shan Wang v. Primerica Life Ins. Co., 09-cv-5522 (LMM), NYLJ 1202474883790, at *1 (SDNY, Decided November 05, 2010)District Judge Lawrence M. McKenn

  • December 13, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    MBIA, Morgan Stanley Reach Accord in Multibillion-Dollar Credit Crisis Showdown

    After months of cutting quiet deals with banks in the high-stakes Manhattan state court litigation challenging its 2009 restructuring, MBIA Inc. reached a major settlement with Morgan Stanley on

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