• July 15, 2013 | National Law Journal

    Sedgwick Trims Malpractice Claims Over Role in Ponzi Scheme

    A federal judge has trimmed claims worth $36 million from a $200 million malpractice case against Sedgwick LLP, throwing out allegations brought by the receiver of a failed Ponzi scheme in C

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  • February 18, 2013 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    New Positions. . . Jocelyn Dabeau and Sheryl Kinlaw joined FisherBroyles as partners in its new Austin office. Jennifer Davidow and Charles "Chuck&

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  • November 3, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Wachtell, Lipton, Arnold & Porter Advise $2.5 Billion Acquisition Hellman & Friedman LLC of San Francisco and the Fort Worth, Tex.-based Texas Pacific Group,/

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  • May 1, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

    Deals & Suits

    Apollo El Paso Exploration and Production Apollo Global Management, LLC, teamed with Riverstone Holdings LLC and Access Industries, Inc., on a $7.15 billion agreement to buy

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  • November 16, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Company Can Sue Former Managers of Offices Outside State, Panel Finds

    An appeals court in Brooklyn has clarified an aspect of New York state's long-arm statute, saying state courts can have personal jurisdiction over a dispute involving an employment agreement s

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  • December 31, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Mandatory CLE Going Into Effect in New Jersey

    Mandatory continuing legal education is here. Starting Jan. 1, every lawyer licensed to practice in New Jersey, including judges, law school professors and limited-license in-house counsel, must ta

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  • In re: China Valves Technology Securities Litigation, 11 Civ. 0796 (LAK)

    Publication Date: 2012-09-21
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U. S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Lead Plaintiff Bristol Investment Fund, Ltd.: William Bernard Federman, Federman & Sherwood Byron T. Ball The Ball Law Firm, LLP.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendant China Valves Technology, Inc. and Individual Defendants: Alfred Robert Pietrzak, Joel M. Mitnick, Thomas Andrew Paskowitz, Daniel Allan McLaughlin, Sidley Austin LLP Attorneys for Defendant Moore Stephens Wurth Frazer and Torbet, LLP: Lawrence Allen Steckman, John Sandercock, Lester, Schwab, Katz and Dwyer LLP.

    Case Number: 11 Civ. 0796 (LAK)

    Cite as: In re: China Valves Technology Securities Litigation, 11 Civ. 0796 (LAK), NYLJ 1202572273720, at *1 (SDNY, Decided September 12, 2012)District Ju

  • June 18, 2007 | Connecticut Law Tribune

    Stealth Status Handed Out Haphazardly

    The highest level of secrecy ever employed in Connect-icut's courts was evidently achieved with the lowest level of judicial reasoning. Post-It notes, Day-Glo orange stickers, scrawled

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  • November 14, 2005 | The Recorder

    Sidebar

    GLOBETROTTING LAWYER RETURNS FROM TRIP TO IRANArthur Fine, a partner at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp in Los Angeles, has traveled to more than 100 countries, including Afghan

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  • April 17, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Cert Denial in Subrogation Case Could Complicate Mass Torts

    The U.S. Supreme Court has denied certiorari from a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit decision that private insurers that provide Medicare benefits have the right to recover, just a

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