• March 1, 1999 | Legal Times

    Branding is Law Firms' New Buzzword

    The brand name. It is, in large part, why you might buy Sprite instead of 7-Up, Nike running shoes instead of Adidas. Now, legal marketing types are betting it can also prompt corpora

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  • November 23, 2005 | The American Lawyer

    Is the Magic Circle Becoming the Tragic Circle?

    Britain's $18 billion legal market might seem miniscule compared to the $180 billion U.S. market. But numbers can be deceiving. Take a look at any global survey of law firms. Four British firm

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  • Filler v. Hanvit Bank

    Publication Date: 2004-08-24
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    Decided Aug. 6, 2004 Before Jacobs, Straub, and B.D. Parker, C.JJ. Defendants-appellants Hanvit Bank and Chohung Bank appeal from an order of the United States District Court fo

  • March 5, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Davis Polk, Weil Gotshal, Sullivan, Simpson Work on AIG Restructuring In yet another attempt to avoid bankruptcy, American International Group Inc. has rece

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  • In Re Wachovia Equity Securities Litigation, 08 Civ. 6171 (RJS)

    Publication Date: 2011-04-07
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Richard J. Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: The Equity Plaintiffs are represented by Ira M. Press, Andrew Martin McNeela, and Roger W. Kirby of Kirby McInerney LLP, New York, NY. The Stichting Plaintiffs are represented by Geoffrey Coyle, Jarvis, Jay W. Eisenhofer, and Michele S. Carino of Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A., New York, NY; and James Richard Banko of Grant & Eisenhofer, P A, Chase Manhattan Centre, Wilmington, DE. The FC Holdings Plaintiffs are represented by Daniel Arthur Cohen, Daniel Joseph Kornstein, and Amy Christine Gross of Kornstein Veisz Wexler & Pollard, LLP, New York, NY; JefIrey H. Squire of Bracewell & Patterson, LLP, Washington, DC; and Paul D. Wexler of Bragar, Wexler & Eagel, P.C., New York, NY. The Bond/Notes Plaintiffs represented by John J. Gross, Christopher L. Nelson, David Kessler, John Anthony Kehoe, and Benjamin J. Sweet of Barrowav Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, P A; Nichole Browning and Eric Donald Peterson of Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check, LLP, San Francisco, CA; Ramzi Abadou, Maureen Elizabeth Mueller, Lucas F. Olts, and John J. Rice of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA; David Avi Rosenfeld of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Melville, NY; John Patrick Coffey, William Curtis Fredericks, Kurt Michael Hinciker, Christopher Chad Johnson, John James Rizio-Hamilton, and Jeroen Van Kwawegen of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Jack Gerald Fruchter of Abraham Fruchter & Twersky LLP, New York, NY; Lionel Z. Glancy of Glancy & Binkow, LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Michael Max Goldberg of the Law Offices of Michael Goldberg, New York, NY; Marc Ian Gross and Fei-Lu Qian of Pomerantz Haudek Block Grossman & Gross LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: The Wachovia Defendants are represented by Douglas H. Flaum, Eric A. Hirsch, Israel David, and John W. Brewer of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York, NY. The Underwriter Defendants are represented by Alfred Robert Pietrzak, Patrick Michael McGuirk, Owen Harris Smith, and Saima S. Ahmed of Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY. Defendant KPMG is represented by Emmet Thomas Flood of Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC and Marshall Beil of McGuireWoods LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 08 Civ. 6171 (RJS)

    Cite as: In Re Wachovia Equity Securities Litigation, 08 Civ. 6171 (RJS), NYLJ 1202489220302, at *1 (SDNY, Decided March 31, 2011)District Judge Richard J. Sull

  • In Re Wachovia Equity Securities Litigation, 08 Civ. 6171 (RJS)

    Publication Date: 2011-04-07
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Richard J. Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: The Equity Plaintiffs are represented by Ira M. Press, Andrew Martin McNeela, and Roger W. Kirby of Kirby McInerney LLP, New York, NY. The Stichting Plaintiffs are represented by Geoffrey Coyle, Jarvis, Jay W. Eisenhofer, and Michele S. Carino of Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A., New York, NY; and James Richard Banko of Grant & Eisenhofer, P A, Chase Manhattan Centre, Wilmington, DE. The FC Holdings Plaintiffs are represented by Daniel Arthur Cohen, Daniel Joseph Kornstein, and Amy Christine Gross of Kornstein Veisz Wexler & Pollard, LLP, New York, NY; JefIrey H. Squire of Bracewell & Patterson, LLP, Washington, DC; and Paul D. Wexler of Bragar, Wexler & Eagel, P.C., New York, NY. The Bond/Notes Plaintiffs represented by John J. Gross, Christopher L. Nelson, David Kessler, John Anthony Kehoe, and Benjamin J. Sweet of Barrowav Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, P A; Nichole Browning and Eric Donald Peterson of Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check, LLP, San Francisco, CA; Ramzi Abadou, Maureen Elizabeth Mueller, Lucas F. Olts, and John J. Rice of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA; David Avi Rosenfeld of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Melville, NY; John Patrick Coffey, William Curtis Fredericks, Kurt Michael Hinciker, Christopher Chad Johnson, John James Rizio-Hamilton, and Jeroen Van Kwawegen of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Jack Gerald Fruchter of Abraham Fruchter & Twersky LLP, New York, NY; Lionel Z. Glancy of Glancy & Binkow, LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Michael Max Goldberg of the Law Offices of Michael Goldberg, New York, NY; Marc Ian Gross and Fei-Lu Qian of Pomerantz Haudek Block Grossman & Gross LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: The Wachovia Defendants are represented by Douglas H. Flaum, Eric A. Hirsch, Israel David, and John W. Brewer of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York, NY. The Underwriter Defendants are represented by Alfred Robert Pietrzak, Patrick Michael McGuirk, Owen Harris Smith, and Saima S. Ahmed of Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY. Defendant KPMG is represented by Emmet Thomas Flood of Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC and Marshall Beil of McGuireWoods LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 08 Civ. 6171 (RJS)

    Cite as: In Re Wachovia Equity Securities Litigation, 08 Civ. 6171 (RJS), NYLJ 1202489220302, at *1 (SDNY, Decided March 31, 2011)District Judge Richard J. Sull

  • May 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Big Suits

    USA/UBS In perhaps the largest corporate crimi

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  • November 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Less Than Zero

    The lawyers and staffers in K&L Gates's Pittsburgh headquarters won't have any trouble finding their new offices when they move in a few months. In fact, it would be hard for any

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  • Schultz v. Tribune Co, Inc., 06-CV-4800

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    District Judge Frederic Block U.S. DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Appearances: For Plaintiff Gerard Schultz: Joseph O. Giaimo, Esq., Jade L. Fu

  • Lloyd v. Swifty Transportation, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2009-01-16
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    Date Filed: 2009-01-09
    Court: 7th Cir.
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    Case Number: 07-1476

    ARGUED APRIL 1, 2008Before CUDAHY, RIPPLE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.Gerald Lloyd sued Swifty Transportation, where he worked as a truck driver for nearly seven years. He principally claimed th