• April 13, 2007 | Alm

    Calif. Court's OK Likely In Overstock.com Stock Libel Suit

    All that the attorneys for Overstock.com Inc. want at this point is a trial on the company's libel claims. And a trial it seems they'll get. During 75 minutes of oral arguments Tuesday

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  • Police and Fire Retirement System of Detroit v. Indymac MBS, 11-2998-cv(L)

    Publication Date: 2013-07-05
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Cabranes, Raggi, and Carney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Proposed Intervenor-Appellant: General Retirement System of the City of Detroit., Jeffrey C. Zwerling, Justin M. Tarshis, on the brief, Robin F. Zwerling, Zwerling, Schachter & Zwerling, LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Proposed Intervenor-Appellant: Los Angeles County Employees Retirement System., Patrick T. Egan, on the brief, Joseph J. Tabacco JR., Berman DeValerio, Boston, MA. For Proposed Intervenor-Appellant: Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi., Michael J. Miarmi, Joy A. Kruse, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee: IndyMac MBS, Incorporated., William R. Stein, Scott H. Christensen, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, Washington, DC. For Defendants-Appellees: Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC., Aric H. Wu, Jason W. Myatt, Dean J. Kitchens, on the brief, Robert F. Serio, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA. For Amicus Curiae W.R. Huff Asset Management Co., LLC in support of Intervenors-Appellants: Lawrence M. Rolnick, Thomas E. Redburn, Jr., Sheila Sadighi, Lowenstein Sandler PC, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 11-2998-cv(L), 11-3036-cv(CON)

    Cite as: Police and Fire Retirement System of Detroit v. Indymac MBS, 11-2998-cv(L), NYLJ 1202609366057, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided June 27, 2013) 11-2998-cv(L), 11-3036-cv(CON)

  • October 10, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

    N.J. RICO Claims Against Lawyers Survive, for Now, in Long-Running Attorney-Client Dispute

    Lawyers whose clients refuse to pay their fees routinely file lawsuits and win judgments against them. But attorney Ellen Marshall's disputes with a former divorce client have been anything but rou

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  • January 8, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

    $165 Million Schering-Plough Class Action Settlement Includes $37 Million in Fees

    A federal judge in Newark, N.J., has approved a $165 million settlement of a securities fraud suit against Schering-Plough Corp. that includes more than $37 million for the plaintiffs lawyers.

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  • April 13, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Whistleblower Alleges Conspiracy Between Plaintiffs Attorneys and Employer Voids Arbitration Agreement

    Lawyers for a former Prudential Insurance Co. agent with a whistleblower claim asked an appeals court April 5 to buck a national trend in favor of alternate dispute resolution and rule that litigat

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  • August 30, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

    3rd Circuit: Employees May Sue Under ERISA When Company's Stock Crashes

    Participants in 401(k) plans face a smorgasbord of options, some riskier than others. Now, those who invested in company stock only to see it plummet have been handed a procedural remedy.

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  • May 11, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Porzio Bromberg Launches Lobbying Subsidiary

    With an eye on new rules that make life tough for lawyers who lobby, Porzio, Bromberg & Newman has decided to outsource its governmental affairs practice -- to itself. The 80-lawyer Morr

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  • December 26, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

    A Lone Wolf Who Gets Results

    When David Mazie won the largest liquor liability verdict in U.S. history last January, he didn't just make national headlines. His representation of the girl paralyzed in a crash with a drive

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  • October 24, 2006 | The Associated Press

    Ouster of UnitedHealth CEO Rachets Up Stock Options Scandal

    Chief executives caught in the stock options scandal may find it harder to keep their jobs now that a CEO as mighty as UnitedHealth's William McGuire has fallen. The scandal rattling corp

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  • June 16, 2003 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Inadmissible

    Farber's Turn To Say No - Still smarting over Gov. James McGreevey dumping her as a state Supreme Court nominee, Zulima Farber last week spurned his offer to appoint her t

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