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  • March 6, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Consider the Implications of Mandatory Advancement of Legal Fees

    Corporate indemnification and advancement of legal expenses are distinct rights, with advancement being a narrower and more provisional contractual benefit. By relieving corporate officials from th

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  • Suez Equity Investors v. Toronto-Dominion Bank

    Publication Date: 2001-05-09
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    Date Filed: 2001-05-08
    Court: 2nd Cir.
    Judge: Cardamone, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 99-9042

    Argued: May 15, 2000Defendants persuaded plaintiffs to invest in enterprise in which defendants already had a large financial stake. The enterprise soon failed. Plaintiffs brought federal securitie

  • Matter of Baird v. Kelly

    Publication Date: 2004-04-06
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    Court: Supreme Court, New York County
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    Supreme Court IA Part 2 Justice York Petitioner brought this Article 78 proceeding for an order (i) vacating respondents' decision to deny him a line-of-duty accident

  • June 9, 2008 | Bloomberg

    Bob Geldof, Bono sing praises of Japan's G-8 summit

    Bono and Bob Geldof hit the stage in Japan last week. They weren't singing songs, but drumming up support for an unlikely cause: the Group of Eight. The rockers lent star power to the

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  • August 14, 2013 | New York Law Journal

    When the Attorney-Client Relationship Ends

    As do all things in life, an attorney-client relationship, once commenced must someday end. It may end at the settlement or verdict of a litiga it may end at the completion of a transac

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  • August 9, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Where Have All the Securities Class Actions Gone?

    The era was marked by mysterious envelopes. When opened, the official-looking documents inside informed the reader that, because he owned three shares of, say, Microsoft Corp. stock some years

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  • Lego v. Stratos Lightwave Inc.

    Publication Date: 2004-11-15
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    U.S. District Court Southern District of New York Judge Kaplan The plaintiffs in this action, which is pending in the Northern District of California, move to compel n

  • August 31, 2007 | Daily Report Online

    Lines drawn over the friendly skies

    YOU MAY HAVE already met Edna, the blue-collar, big-haired lady who flew coach-probably in the middle seat. She's been hanging out in your in-flight magazine, in your newspaper, on th

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  • March 10, 2006 | The Associated Press

    Kirkland & Ellis' Bill for United Airlines Bankruptcy: $99.8 Million

    United Airlines' three-year bankruptcy restructuring, the largest and longest in the industry's history, will end up costing the carrier more than $335 million in fees to lawyers and consultants,

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  • Mody v. Brooks

    Publication Date: 2001-04-19
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    Date Filed: 2001-04-16
    Court: N.J. Super. App. Div.
    Judge: Alley, J.A.D.
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    Case Number: A-5002-99T5

    NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISIONArgued March 27, 2001On April 5, 1999, plaintiff, Ashok A. Mody, filed a complaint against defendants, Geraldine Brooks (Brooks)