• August 27, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Plaintiffs Firms Show Support for SEC Shareholder Rights Proposal

    A rare joint letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from a group of defense law firms over shareholder proxy access is receiving an even rarer response from nine of the country's lar

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  • July 19, 2007 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Merck Plaintiffs Get Second Bite At D&O Suit

    The Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday gave Merck & Co. Inc. shareholders a second chance to seek to use after-acquired information in their derivative suits against officer and

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  • January 20, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    A Scathing Indictment Of Law Schools And Large Firms

    Douglas Litowitz, an Ohio attorney and author, has chosen a title for his latest work that practically guarantees rousing debate at law firms and campuses everywhere: "The Destruction of Young

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  • People v. Kareem Bellamy, 2194/94

    Publication Date: 2011-06-24
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department
    Judge: Before: Angiolillo, J.P., Florio, Leventhal, Miller, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano and Sharon Y. Brodt of counsel), for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Banks, New York, N.Y. (David Crow, Law Offices of Thomas Hoffman, P.C., and Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP [Evan R. Chesler, Darin P. McAtee, Antony L. Ryan, Craig A. Batchelor, Dashene A. Cooper, and Robert A. Miranne], of counsel), for respondent (one brief filed).

    Case Number: 2194/94

    Cite as: People v. Kareem Bellamy, 2194/94, NYLJ 1202495670445, at *1 (App. Div, 2nd, Decided May 24, 2011)Before: Angiolillo, J.P., Florio, Leventhal, Miller,

  • April 8, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    9/11 Photographer's Libel Action Against Post Is Dismissed An acclaimed photographer who published a book of pictures taken at ground zero in the immediate aftermath of the Sept

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  • March 14, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

    N.J. Mergers & Acquisitions

    J&J Acquisitions Total $600MNew Brunswick's Johnson & Johnson announced on March 4 its $370 million acquisition of Closure Medical Corp. of Raleigh, N.C., a ma

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  • January 31, 2002 | The American Lawyer

    Scaling Back

    Eighteen months ago, Dublin law firms were swamped with business. Young recruits were in demand. Salaries soared. Deal lawyers were lucky to get home before dawn. "We were maniacally bus

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  • November 17, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Top Court Hears From Ex-Member As It Weighs Power Over Budget

    ALBANY � A former judge of the Court of Appeals yesterday urged his ex-colleagues to rein in the governor's budgetary power � a power which emanated at least partially from a decision that he

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  • December 7, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

    New Deals: Swiss Company Logitech to Acquire LifeSize Communications

    LIFESIZE COMMUNICATIONS INC. TO BE ACQUIRED BY LOGITECH INTERNATIONAL S.A. Vinson & Elkins represents LifeSize Communications Inc. in the Austin-based company's pending acquisition by

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  • January 1, 2009 | Focus Europe

    Big Deals

    The five largest recent transactions involving targets or acquirors from each of six European jurisdictions or regions: Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, France, Scandinavia, and Italy

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