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  • In Re: Initial Public OfferingSecurities Litigation,21 MC 92

    Publication Date: 2010-06-29
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    Court: District Court, New York County
    Judge: District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs' Executive Committee: Stanley D. Bernstein, Esq., Rebecca M. Katz, Esq., Christian Siebott, Esq., Bernstein Liebhard LLP, New York, New York David Kessler, Esq., Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check LLP, Radnor, Pennsylvania Howard B. Sirota, Esq., Sirota & Sirota LLP, New York, New York Robert A. Wallner, Esq., Ariana J. Tadler, Esq., Peter G.A. Safirstein, Esq., Neil Fraser, Esq., Milberg LLP, New York, New York Jules Brody, Esq., Stull, Stull & Brody LLP, New York, New York Fred Taylor Isquith, Esq., Thomas H. Burt, Esq., Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP, New York, New York
    for defendant: Liaison Counsel for Underwriter Defendants: Gandolfo V. DiBlasi, Esq., Penny Shane, Esq., David M.J. Rein, Esq., Richard J.L. Lamuscio, Esq., Sullivan and Cromwell LLP, New York, New York Liaison Counsel for Issuer Defendants: Jack C. Auspitz, Esq., Joel C. Haims, Esq., Hilary M. Williams, Esq., Angela T. Rella, Esq., Reema S. Abdelhamid, Esq., Morrison and Foerster LLP, New York, New York For the Greene Objectors: Leland L. Greene, Esq., Garden City, New York For the Siegel Objectors: Edward F. Siegel, Esq., Cleveland, Ohio For the Pentz Objectors: John J. Pentz, Esq., Class Action Fairness Group, Maynard, Massachusetts For the Weinstein Objectors: Jeffrey L. Weinstein, Esq., The Weinstein Law Firm, Athens, Texas For the Bechtold Objectors: Theodore A. Bechtold, Esq., Brooklyn, New York James J. Hayes (Pro Se), Annandale, Virgnia
    Case Number: 21 MC 92

    District Judge Shira A. ScheindlinDecided: June 18, 2010For Plaintiffs' Executive Committee:S

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    Just Sittin' on the Dock of the Pay at Simpson

    Above the Law reports that Simpson Thacher will garnish the wages of lawyers who are late with their time sheets. It posted an internal firm memo dated November 1:

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  • November 8, 2010 | The Associated Press

    DA "Most Likely" Masturbated at Public Area of Resort, Sheriff Finds, But Will Not Be Charged

    MADISON, Wis. — A report says a Wisconsin prosecutor was caught by hotel security viewing pornography in the business center of a resort and then was "most likely

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  • October 5, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Dechert, Simpson Thacher Win Dismissal of Lehman ERISA Class Action

    Jenner & Block chairman Anton Valukas's March 2010 examiner's report in the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy came in mighty h

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  • McGrath v. Toys R Us Inc.

    Publication Date: 2004-02-03
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
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    Appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Charles P. Sifton, Judge), entered on October 22, 2002, awarding $193,551 in attorney's fees to Plai

  • December 1, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    News in Brief

    Hafetz Withdraws From Marshall's Defense Team Anthony D. Marshall, who faces at least one year in prison for looting the estate of his mother, socialite Brooke Astor, wi

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  • February 24, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Big Business Hiring More Women- and Minority-Owned Firms

    It seemed ambitious at the time: Eleven major U.S. corporations pledged to spend $30 million with women- and minority-owned law firms in 2010 as part of a program called the Inc

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  • November 10, 2010 | Daily Business Review

    Bankruptcy Judge Recuses Over Fianc�'s Ties to Firm

    MIAMI - U.S. Bankruptcy Judge John Olson has agreed to recuse himself from a case after he was accused of showing bias to his fiancé, a lawyer at a firm representing

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  • February 25, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Lone Law School That Agreed to Transparency

    It seems like it's one step forward and two steps back for Law School Transparency, the Tennessee nonprofit pushing law schools to make more-detailed employment data available to prospective studen

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  • February 24, 2011 | International Edition

    MegaFirm Lays Off Associates, More Axings On the Way

    LONDON - Hogan Lovells is to make three associates in its London tax practice redundant following a consultation that started in November last year. The consultation was led by tax par

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