• April 5, 2000 | National Law Journal

    Names Behind the News

    NEW PARTNERSSugarman, Rogers, Barshak & Cohen P.C. (Boston): Alexandra H. Glover and Jean A. Musiker.Townsend and Townsend and Crew (San Francisco): Charles J. Kulas, Kevin T. LeM

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  • Georgakis v Excel Mar. Carriers Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2010-04-13
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, 1st Dept
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2529

    Mazzarelli, J.P., Sweeny, Renwick, Freedman, Rom�n, JJ. 2529 Index 650322/08 Christopher I. Georgakis, Plaintiff-Respondent, v Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd.,

  • September 16, 2004 | National Law Journal

    Trolls are Back -- In Suits Testing Copyright Restoration Law

    When Danish woodcutter Thomas Dan carved out the fuzzy-haired troll doll in 1959 because he was too poor to buy his daughter a birthday gift, he probably never imagined his creation would wind

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  • Cohen v. Viray, 08-3860-cv

    Publication Date: 2010-10-01
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: Before: Hall, Livingston, and Chin,* C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: GARY D. SESSER (William F. Sondericker, Laura Anne Reeds, and Christopher J. Young, on the brief), Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP, New York, New York, for Intervenor-Appellant D. David Cohen. THOMAS G. AMON, Law Offices of Thomas G. Amon, New York, New York, and Brian J. Robbins, and Gregory E. Del Gaizo, on the brief, Robbins Umeda LLP, San Diego, California, for Plaintiff-Appellee Alvin Viray, Derivatively on Behalf of DHB Industries, Inc.
    for defendant: ERIC RIEDER (David P. Kasakove and Chris M. LaRocco, of counsel, on the brief), Bryan Cave LLP, New York, New York, for Defendant-Appellee DHB Industries, Inc., now known as Point Blank Solutions, Inc.. MARK HOLLAND (Mary K. Dulka, on the brief), Goodwin Procter LLP, New York, New York, for Defendants-Appellees Barry Berkman, Cary Chasin, Gary Nadelman, and Jerome Krantz. JEROME GOTKIN, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., New York, New York, for Defendant-Appellee David H. Brooks. STEVEN G. KOBRE (Francisco J. Navarro, on the brief), Kobre & Kim LLP, New York, New York, for Defendant-Appellee Dawn M. Schlegel. RACHEL PENSKI, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, New York, New York, for Defendants-Appellees David Brooks International, Inc., Elizabeth Brooks International, Inc., and Andrew Brooks International, Inc.

    Case Number: 08-3860-cv

    Cite as: Cohen v. Viray, 08-3860-cv, NYLJ 1202472745889, at *1 (2d Cir, Decided September 30, 2010)Before: Hall, Livingston, and Chin,* C.JJ.p class="decid

  • June 23, 2003 | New Jersey Law Journal

    The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Cybergenics Corporation v. Chinery, etc., et al,

    BANKRUPTCY — Fraudulent Transfers No. 01-3805; Third Circuit; opinion by Becker, U.S.C.J.; dissent by Fuentes, U.S.C.J.; filed May 29, 2003. Before Judges Be

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  • October 6, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Has the Recession Forever Changed Large Law Firms?

    Believe it: The worst economic downturn since the Great Depression has hit law firms hard. Historically, the legal sector has weathered recessions better than many other sectors have, buoyed by the

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  • October 14, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Robbins Russell Scores Mega Win for Tousa Creditors in Chapter 11 Fraud Suit Against Banks

    The lawyers at the Washington, D.C., boutique of Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber have long been known for their a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/tal/PubArticleTAL.jsp?id=1202

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  • March 30, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Rare Securities Class Action Trial Begins in Years-Old Subprime Case

    Years before the phrase "toxic assets" became a cliche, the shareholders of a mortgage company called Household International filed a class action in Chicago federal district court, alleging

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  • October 1, 2003 | The American Lawyer

    From Latham & Watkins to Wolf Block

    L | M | O | P | Q | R | S | T | V | A hr

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  • February 28, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Aurelius Hires Dechert, Gears Up for Litigation Stemming from $45 Billion TXU Buyout

    The biggest leveraged buyout in history took place at the peak of the credit bubble, when KKR and TPG Capital acquired the Texas electric utility TXU for $45 billion in February 2007. Ever since,

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