• October 27, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Make New Crack Law Retroactive

    In August, President Barack Obama signed landmark legislation revising broadly condemned laws passed in the late 1980s that punished crack cocaine offenses much more harshly than crimes involving p

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  • November 17, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Representing Corporate New Jersey

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  • J.P. Morgan Sec. Inc. v. Vigilant Ins. Co., 600979/09

    Publication Date: 2011-12-15
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department
    Judge: Before: Peter Tom, J.P., Richard T. Andrias, David Friedman, Sheila Abdus-Salaam, Nelson S. Román, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Vigilant Insurance Company and Federal Insurance Company, appellants: DLA Piper LLP (US), New York (Joseph G. Finnerty III, Megan Shea Harwick, Eric S. Connuck and Miles D. Norton of counsel). For Travelers Indemnity Company, appellant: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, New York (Douglas M. Mangel, Marsha J. Indych, Ericka R. Lenz and David F. Abernathy of counsel). For National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa., appellant: D'Amato & Lynch, LLP, New York (Luke D. Lynch, Jr., Richard F. Russell and Liza A. Chafiian of counsel). For Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, appellant: Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP, New York (Scott A. Schechter of counsel). For Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London, appellant: Clyde & Co. US LLP, New York (Edward J. Kirk and Allison M. Calkins of counsel). For American Alternative Insurance Corporation, appellant: Landman Corsi Ballaine & Ford P.C., New York (Michael L. Gioia of counsel).
    for defendant: For Respondents: Proskauer Rose LLP, New York (John H. Gross, Francis D. Landrey, Steven E. Obus and Seth Schafler of counsel).

    Case Number: 600979/09

    Cite as: J.P. Morgan Sec. Inc. v. Vigilant Ins. Co., 600979/09, NYLJ 1202535520311, at *1 (App. Div., 1st, Decided December 13, 2011)Before: Peter Tom, J.

  • October 5, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    BofA's $4 Billion Case Against Bear Stearns Survives Motion to Dismiss

    Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly reported that Judge Crotty dismissed Bank of America's breach of contract claims against Bear Stearns. In fact, he let

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  • May 13, 2002 | Legal Times

    Keeping Up With Alumni

    By Thomas AdcockAmerican Lawyer MediaAs of last month, the small army of attorneys out there who once worked for Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom are now able to check out the la

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  • June 14, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Dewey & LeBoeuf Resolves Lawsuit Aimed at Protecting Pensions

    A federal agency tasked with protecting the nation's pensions has succeeded in taking over three retirement plans run by ban

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  • September 6, 1999 | National Law Journal

    DIVORCE IN THE BOOM MARKET

    Two young lawyers got married, went on a honeymoon to Europe � and split up three days later. The marriage lasted 72 hours; the tortuous divorce proceedings took a whole year, according to the wi

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  • August 13, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    Corporate and Securities Litigation

    RULE 10b-5, promulgated by the SEC pursuant to �10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the act), prohibits any person from "employ[ing] a device, scheme, or artifice to defraud . . . , [or f

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  • April 12, 2011 | New York Lawyer

    NY Makes It a Little Easier for Out-of-State Lawyers to Work Here In-House

    ALBANY - In-house attorneys who are not licensed to practice law in New York will nevertheless be able to offer legal advice in the state under a target="new" href="http://www.nycourts.gov/ctapps/

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  • October 10, 2005 | Legal Times

    Building an Entertainment Beast in D.C.

    Three years ago, the closest most lawyers at Jenner & Block came to the entertainment industry were the compact discs its partners bought or the movies its associates rented.But

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