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  • July 29, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Judge Finds It 'Entirely Plausible' Lehman's Officers Misled Investors, Permits Class Action to Proceed

    In a dense, 110-page ruling issued on Wednesday, Southern District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan largely allowed a mammoth putative class action to move forward against Lehman Brothers' directors, officers

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  • October 7, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Additional Material Does Not Sway Judge From Dismissing Lehman ERISA Action

    The March 2010 examiner's report in the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy came in handy for plaintiffs lawyers involved in securities class action litigation stemming from the investment bank's demise. Af

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  • November 16, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    News In Brief

    Juror Asks to Be Replaced in Embassy Bombing Case A lone juror yesterday wrote to Southern District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan asking to be taken off the jury in the trial of

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  • In re: Lehman Brothers Securities, 09 MD 02017 (LAK)

    Publication Date: 2011-10-11
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiffs' Interim Co-Lead Counsel: Daniel W. Krasner, Mark C. Rifkin, Scott J. Farrell, Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP. Thomas J. McKenna, Gainey & Mckenna.
    for defendant: Attorneys for the Plan Committee Defendants: Jonathan K. Youngwood, Michael J. Chepiga, Janet A. Gochman, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. Attorneys for All Director Defendants Other Than Richard S. Fuld, Jr.: Andrew J. Levander, Kathleen N. Massey, Adam J. Wasserman, Thomas K. Johnson II, J. Ian Downes, Dechert LLP. Attorneys for Defendant Richard S. Fuld, Jr.: Patricia M. Hynes, Todd S. Fishman, Allen & Overy LLP.
    Case Number: 09 MD 02017 (LAK)

    Cite as: In re: Lehman Brothers Securities, 09 MD 02017 (LAK), NYLJ 1202518198496, at *1 (SDNY, Decided October 5, 2011)District Judge Lewis A. Kapla

  • In re Lehman Brothers Securities and ERISA Litigation, 09 MD 2017

    Publication Date: 2010-02-18
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    Date Filed: 2010-02-02
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District
    Judge: Lewis Kaplan
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    Case Number: 09 MD 2017

    District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Attorneys for Plaintiffs: Mark C. Rifkin, Scott J. Farrell, Rachel S. Poplock, Wolf Halde

  • September 30, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    News In Brief

    Final Jury Selection Process in Terror Trial Set to Begin A full day of screening potential jurors for the trial of accused U.S. embassy bomber Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani ye

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  • June 27, 2002 | National Law Journal

    A World of Fine Art and Antitrust

    NAME AND TITLE: Jo Backer Laird, senior vice president and general counselAGE: 48IN THE NEWS: A press release from Christie's Inc. usually heralds an

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  • February 17, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    News In Brief

    Agency Says Judge Should Be Admonished Over Campaign The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has recommended that a Rensselaer County judge who made improper c

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  • June 12, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Nixon Peabody Lateral Defects After Two Months Dechert has recruited a new bankruptcy partner, the same one Nixon Peabody brought on board in April. Shmuel

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  • October 25, 2000 | New York Law Journal

    NBA Must Release Player's Drug Records

    The National Basketball Association must release the results of a drug test that triggered the expulsion of a player who is now trying to resume his career in Europe.In a ruling Wednes

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