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  • July 19, 2004 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Reinstatement of Attorneys

    The New Jersey Lawyers' Fund For Client Protection declares that the following attorneys, having fully satisfied the requirements of R. 1:28-2 and R. 1:20-1, are eligible to practice law in Ne

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  • May 1, 2004 | Corporate Counsel

    The Third Way

    It looked like a done deal. In the summer of 2002, the senior executives of London's Benfield Group Plc, the world's largest reinsurance brokerage firm, prepared to take their business public.

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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

  • October 31, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

    Pfizer Litigators Endure Beast of a Beauty Contest

    It was a cold day for a beauty contest. On a blustery morning last December, a small army of product liability lawyers tried not to slip on the ice as they made their way to the Plaza Hotel in

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  • LCO BUILDING LCC, FORMERLY KNOWN AS, 189 VAN RENSSELAER v MICHAUX, BRUNA

    Publication Date: 2008-07-03
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    Court: Appellate Division, 4th Dept
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    Case Number: 189 VAN RENSSELAER v MICHAUX, BRUNA,801

    SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 801 CA 08-00173 PRESENT: HURLBUTT, J.P., MARTOCHE,

  • May 17, 2001 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Keeping the Home Fires Burning

    Don't expect him to foray into the thicket of thorny issues like abortion, capital punishment or mandatory pro bono.Instead, he stands for loosening the reins of "best practices," revi

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  • December 23, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

    2005: A Competitive Time for Area Firms

    Last year's look back at events in the Philadelphia legal community went something like this: Not too much happened in 2004.This year was a whole different story.Mergers happened left

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  • Viridiana v. Holder

    Publication Date: 2011-01-19
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    Date Filed: 2011-01-19
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: Betty B. Fletcher and Richard A. Paez, Circuit Judges, and Donald E. Walter,* District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gihan L. Thomas, Los Angeles, California, for petitioner Winnie Viridiana.
    for defendant: Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General Civil Division, Richard M. Evans, Assistant Director, Allen W. Hausman, Senior Litigation Counsel Office of Immigration Litigation Civil Division, Washington, D.C., for respondent Eric H. Holder Jr., United States Attorney General.
    Case Number: No. 06-73335

    Cite as 11 C.D.O.S. 719WINNIE VIRIDIANA, Petitioner, v.ERIC H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.p i

  • April 17, 2000 | National Law Journal

    Deal of the Week

    New York's Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is representing American Home Products Corp. in the $3.8 billion sale of its agricultural chemical business to Germany's BASF A.G. BASF has hired New York'

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  • August 4, 2005 |

    CNOOC Throws In Towel

    Chinese government-controlled oil company CNOOC Ltd. said Tuesday it was withdrawing its $18.5 billion cash offer for Unocal Corp. of Los Angeles, blaming unprecedented political opposition on

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