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February 3, 2012 | The American Lawyer

What's So Bad About Carlyle's Ban Against Class Actions?

Update: On Friday, The New York Timesa href="http://dealbook.nytim

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July 8, 2004 | The Recorder

Plenty of Moving Parts in Fenwick Telecom Deal

Flextronics is buying Nortel assets, and Fenwick & West is helping write up the shopping list.Flextronics Intl. is taking over certain optical, wireless and enterprise manuf

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January 19, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey M&As Fall Again in 2010, Continuing a Four-Year Downturn

Acquisitions involving New Jersey companies sagged in 2010, continuing a four-year-long downward trend that was offset only by two megadeals in 2009. The top 30 completed deals with New Jers

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August 10, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Law Schools See Signs of Better Job Opportunities for Students

Emerging from one the most dismal law firm recruiting seasons in years, law schools are preparing for what early signs indicate will be an improved job market for their students. The annual

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United States Fid. v. American Re-Ins. Co., 604517/02

Publication Date: 2012-01-26
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Court: Appellate Division, First Department
Judge: Before: Peter Tom, J.P., David B. Saxe, Rolando T. Acosta, Helen E. Freedman, Sheila Abdus-Salaam, JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Respondents: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York (Mary Kay Vyskocil, Chet A. Kronenberg and Seth A. Ribner of counsel). For Reinsurance Association of America, amicus curiae: Freeborn & Peters LLP, Chicago, Illinois (Kerry E. Slade, Joseph T. McCullogh IV, and Robin E. Dusek of counsel). For Complex Insurance Claims Litigation Association and Chartis Inc., amici curiae: Chaffetz Lindsey LLP, New York (Peter R. Chaffetz and Andreas A. Frischknecht of counsel).
for defendant: For American Re-Insurance Company, Appellant: Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York (Herbert M. Wachtell and Ben M. Germana of counsel). For Excess Casualty Reinsurance Association and OneBeacon America Insurance Company, Appellants: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York (Kathleen M. Sullivan, Michael B. Carlinsky, Jane M. Byrne and Sanford I. Weisburst of counsel). For ACE Property & Casualty Company and Century Indemnity Company, Appellants: Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP, Albany (George F. Carpinello and Benjamin I. Battles of counsel).
Case Number: 604517/02

Cite as: United States Fid. v. American Re-Ins. Co., 604517/02, NYLJ 1202540004249, at *1 (App. Div., 1st, Decided January 24, 2012)Before: Peter Tom, J.P

April 8, 2004 | New York Law Journal

Municipal Liability for Lead Paint, Death Penalty

This month we discuss two recent Court of Appeals decisions. One addressed the circumstances in which a municipality that is not the owner of a building may be held liable to building resident

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October 4, 2010 | Daily Business Review

They survived the economic downturn, now what?

Many people would consider midlevel associates at the nation's largest law firms to be extremely fortunate. While thousands of their colleagues lost jobs, these young lawyers are gainfully employed

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April 30, 2003 | The Recorder

Bank Withdrawal

Ten years ago, a technology deal often started with a simple phone call between friends.A lawyer would call a banking buddy at one of San Francisco's A HREF=http://www.law.com/s

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June 22, 2007 | The American Lawyer

Dealmakers of the Year

You won't find our dealmakers of the year wearing suspenders and shoulder pads, but otherwise, you'd be forgiven for thinking you'd drifted back to the '80s. Not since the buyout of RJR Nabis

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July 2, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Circuit Upholds Sanctions Against Cleary Gottlieb

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit yesterday affirmed sanctions against Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton for allegedly trying to convince a non-party witness not to att

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