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  • June 13, 2011 | National Law Journal

    How can a phenomenal show make no money?

    Who Wants to Be a Millionaire was an immediate cultural phenomenon when it premiered in 1999. On paper, however, the Regis Philbin-hosted quiz show was a turkey. It lost million

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  • January 5, 2000 | National Law Journal

    Deal of the Week

    Peapack, N.J.'s Pharmacia & Upjohn Inc. hired New York's Davis Polk & Wardwell and St. Louis-based Monsanto Co. turned to New York's Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to handle their $23.3

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  • August 16, 2000 | Connecticut Law Tribune

    Court Rules Non-Economic Damages Are Not Automatic

    Ever since the 1930 precedent of Johnson v. Franklin, it has been considered wrong for a jury to grant a plaintiff's requested damages for economic losses, like hospital care and lost income

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  • United States Fid. v. American Re-Ins. Co., 604517/02

    Publication Date: 2012-01-26
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    Court: Appellate Division, First Department
    Judge: Before: Peter Tom, J.P., David B. Saxe, Rolando T. Acosta, Helen E. Freedman, Sheila Abdus-Salaam, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Respondents: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York (Mary Kay Vyskocil, Chet A. Kronenberg and Seth A. Ribner of counsel). For Reinsurance Association of America, amicus curiae: Freeborn & Peters LLP, Chicago, Illinois (Kerry E. Slade, Joseph T. McCullogh IV, and Robin E. Dusek of counsel). For Complex Insurance Claims Litigation Association and Chartis Inc., amici curiae: Chaffetz Lindsey LLP, New York (Peter R. Chaffetz and Andreas A. Frischknecht of counsel).
    for defendant: For American Re-Insurance Company, Appellant: Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York (Herbert M. Wachtell and Ben M. Germana of counsel). For Excess Casualty Reinsurance Association and OneBeacon America Insurance Company, Appellants: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York (Kathleen M. Sullivan, Michael B. Carlinsky, Jane M. Byrne and Sanford I. Weisburst of counsel). For ACE Property & Casualty Company and Century Indemnity Company, Appellants: Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP, Albany (George F. Carpinello and Benjamin I. Battles of counsel).
    Case Number: 604517/02

    Cite as: United States Fid. v. American Re-Ins. Co., 604517/02, NYLJ 1202540004249, at *1 (App. Div., 1st, Decided January 24, 2012)Before: Peter Tom, J.P

  • December 1, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

    Deals & Suits

    United Technologies Goodrich United Technologies Corporation agreed to pay $18.4 billion for Goodrich Corporation on September 21. The deal would be the largest eve

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  • January 18, 2007 | Daily Report Online

    Deal Watch: K&S helps Mirant sell six plants

    KING & SPALDING has extended its relationship with Atlanta energy producer and marketer Mirant Corp., advising the company on an agreement to sell some of its power plants. Partner

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  • New York County First Department SUPREME COURT,

    Publication Date: 2012-06-19
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    Justice Lucy BillingsNYCTL 2009-A v. Launi (104858/10)—Closed MotionJustice Richard

  • November 1, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

    IP People on the Move

    The new GC of Facebook, Inc., Theodore Ullyot, may not be getting a slew of "friend requests" on the popular social networking Web site. Scores of Silicon Valley attorneys wanted the plum spot. And

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  • New York County First Department SUPREME COURT — Published in the Law Journal on: December 2, 2011,

    Publication Date: 2011-11-30
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    Justice Richard Braun51 Park Place Lh v. Con Ed Co. (111237/11)—Mot sposed As IndicatedKenneally v. 400 Fifth Rlty. (112031/09)—Mot

  • Matter of Doman

    Publication Date: 2009-12-08
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    Court: Appellate Division, 2nd Dept
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    Case Number: 2008-10295

    Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P. ANITA R. FLORIO RUTH C. BALKIN JOHN M. LEVE