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  • October 2, 2001 | Legal Times

    What Now for Federalism, Judges and Scandal?

    It's been three weeks since terrorists struck at America on its home turf. The attack, and the government's response, has thrown usual political dynamics off balance. Below are explorations of

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  • May 8, 2001 | Alm

    Bush's First Judges

    Formally starting a Senate confirmation process already mired in partisan bickering, President George W. Bush today will announce 11 nominations to federal appeals courts, according to an admi

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  • Amazon LLC v. New York State Dept. of Taxation & Fin., 601247/08

    Publication Date: 2010-11-05
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    Court: Appellate Division, First Department
    Judge: Before: Richard T. Andrias, J.P., John W. Sweeny, Eugene Nardelli, James M. Catterson, Leland G. DeGrasse, JJ
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York (Randy M. Mastro, Gabriel Herrmann and Timothy D. Swain [and Julian W. Poon, Taheane E. Kapur, and Kahn A. Scolnick, of the California Bar, admitted pro hac vice], of counsel), for Amazon.com, LLC and Amazon Services, LLC, appellants.
    for defendant: Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General, New York (Peter Karanjia, Barbara D. Underwood and Andrew D. Bing of counsel), for respondents.
    Case Number: 601247/08

    Cite as: Amazon LLC v. New York State Dept. of Taxation & Fin., 601247/08, NYLJ 1202474434225, at *1 (App. Div. 1st, Decided November 4, 2010)Before: Richar

  • February 1, 2010 |

    MBIA, Inc. v. Federal Insurance Company: D&O Coverage For Regulatory Subpoenas & Derivative Investigations

    Judging by the numbers, the SEC’s Enforcement Division had a banner year in 2009. Investigations opened by the SEC during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2009 jumped 6% over the same

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  • March 24, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Class Action Against Directors, Auditor, and Underwriter of Failed Franklin Bank Dismissed on Scienter Grounds

    Lewis Ranieri, the colorful former Solomon Brothers bond trader and structured finance pioneer who helped create the market for mortgage-backed securities back in the 1980s, lost $20 million when

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  • February 25, 2003 | Corporate Counsel

    Blackstone Group / TRW Automotive

    The yearlong dissolution of TRW Inc. — once a mighty $12 billion conglomerate — finally drew to an end in late 2002 when Northrop Grumman Corporation sold TRW Automotive Inc.

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  • October 22, 2007 | Legal Times

    New Study Suggests Veteran Advocates Sway Supreme Court

    For the elite of the Supreme Court Bar, this is the Gilded Age. Or call it the Age of the Guild.The Court's docket continues to shrink. Yet dramatic new research by Georgetown University Law

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  • October 15, 2013 | Litigation Daily

    Baker Botts, Cooley Beat Back Disgruntled Ex-CEO Suit

    Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster of Delaware Chancery Court last week waded into an acrimonious dispute over the leadership of Allegro Development Corp., a software company based in Dallas.

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  • CSX Corporation v. The Children's Investment Fund Management (UK) LLP, 08-2899-cv (L)

    Publication Date: 2011-07-20
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Newman, Winter, and Calabresi, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee: Rory O. Millson (Francis P. Barron & David R. Marriott, on the brief), Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants: Christopher Landau, P.C. (Patrick F. Philbin & Theodore W. Ullyot, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, D.C.; Peter D. Doyle & Andrew M. Genser, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, New York; Howard O. Godnick & Michael E. Swartz, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, New York, New York, on the brief), Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, D.C. For Amicus Curiae Coalition of Private Investment Companies: Adam H. Offenhartz, Aric H. Wu & J. Ross Wallin, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Former SEC Commissioners and Officials and Professors: Richard M. Lorenzo, James G. Szymanski & M. Alexander Bowie II, Day Pitney LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., and Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association: Katherine Tew Darras & Rosario Chiarenza, International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., New York, New York; Ira D. Hammerman & Kevin M. Carroll, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Washington, D.C.; David M. Becker, Edward J. Rosen, Michael D. Dayan, Joon H. Kim & Shiwon Choe, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, New York & Washington, D.C. For Amicus Curiae Managed Funds Association: Roger D. Blanc, Martin Klotz & Richard D. Bernstein, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Washington Legal Foundation, National Association of Manufacturers & Business Roundtable: Daniel J. Popeo & Richard A. Samp, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, D.C. *1
    Case Number: 08-2899-cv (L)

    Cite as: CSX Corporation v. The Children's Investment Fund Management (UK) LLP, 08-2899-cv (L), NYLJ 1202503282709, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided July 18, 2011)Before

  • September 25, 2007 | Daily Report Online

    11th Circuit Limits Nasdaq's Immunity

    By a 7-5 vote, the full 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has cleared the way for a Florida lawyer to sue the Nasdaq Stock Market for more than $600,000 he says he lost by investing in WorldCom.

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