• November 16, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

    Animated Top Lawyer Andrew Chang Finally Lands His Dream Job

    First DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. rolled out a chubby, green ogre called Shrek. Then the crazy Madagascar penguins and a Panda Kung Fu master. And now animated top lawy

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  • June 2, 2000 |

    Severance & Release Plans Help Transition Employees

    Under current economic conditions, a carefully drafted and thoughtfully implemented severance and release plan for professional support staff may be an appealing option for law firms and other

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  • October 24, 2006 | National Law Journal

    'Rambus' Ruling Is a Standards Landmark

    With a single stroke, the Federal Trade Commission may have restored the value of the handshake and good-faith promise among high-tech competitors, yet opened the doors to potential new litigat

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  • In Re: Indymac Mortgage-Backed Securities Litigation

    Publication Date: 2012-11-15
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    Court: U. S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Lewis Kaplan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff Police and Fire Retirement System of the City of Detroit: Denis F. Sheils, Joseph C. Kohn, William E. Hoese, Kohn, Swift & Graf., P.C., Lawrence P. Kolker, Gregory M. Nespole, Rachel S. Poplock, Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP., Steven J. Toll, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC., Attorneys for Plaintiff City of Philadelphia Board of Pensions and Retirement: Ira N. Richards Trujillo Rodriguez & Richards, LLC, Timothy J. MacFall Rigrodsky & Long, P.A. Attorneys for Lead Plaintiffs Wyoming State Treasurer and Wyoming Retirement System: Daniel E. Barenbaum, Nicole C. Lavallee, Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr., Patrick T. Egan, Anthony D. Phillips, Julie Goldsmith Reiser, Berman Devalerio.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Individual Defendants: Eric R. Levine, Eric Aschkenasy, Eiseman Levine Lehrhaupt & Kakoyiannis, P.C., Michael W. Fitzgerald, Robert L. Corbin, Joel M. Athey, Corbin, Fitzgerald & Athey LLP Robert H. Fairbank, Kimberly M. West, Richard D. Gluck, Michael B. Norman, Fairbank & Vincent Attorneys for Underwriter Defendants: Dean J. Kitchens Robert F. Serio, Jonathan C. Dickey, Aric H. Wu, Eric M. Creizman, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. Attorneys for Defendant IndyMac MBS, Inc.: William R. Stein, Scott H. Christensen, Kenneth M. Katz, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP.

    Case Number: 09 Civ. 4583 (LAK)

    Cite as: In Re: Indymac Mortgage-Backed Securities Litigation, 09 Civ. 4583 (LAK), NYLJ 1202578466408, at *1 (SDNY, Decided August 17, 2012)District Judge

  • July 16, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Law Firm Roundup

    O'Melveny Sues Maker of Bratz Dolls for Unpaid Legal Fees O'Melveny & Myers has filed suit against MGA Entertainment seeking payment of $10.2 millio

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  • May 29, 2012 | National Law Journal

    Ted Olson takes aim at teacher tenure

    Theodore Boutrous and Theodore Olson, two of the attorneys who persuaded a federal judge to strike down California's gay marriage ban as unconstitutional two years ago, are setting their sigh

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  • October 18, 2005 | The Recorder

    Movie Outsourcing a Boon for Lawyers

    Entertainment lawyer Patricia Mayer recently juggled phone calls about a French movie deal with a German lawyer in Poland, a London-based sales agent and a Japanese distributor."You en

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  • February 5, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

    New Deals

    AMERICREDIT CORP. ACQUISITION OF LONG BEACH ACCEPTANCE CORP. FROM ACC CAPITAL HOLDINGS CORP. Michael May, executive vice president, chief legal officer and corporate secretary of Fort

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  • July 20, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Morgan Stanley Hires Lynch to Handle Legal Affairs Morgan Stanley has named a new general counsel. Gary Lynch will become chief legal officer at the investment bank as we

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  • May 2, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Justices Reignite Calif. Emissions Battle

    The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision involving the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions has reignited a court battle between the state of California

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