• August 17, 2006 | Daily Report Online

    NASCAR deal in the fast lane

    D. TULLY HAZELL, a partner in Burr & Forman's Atlanta office, is a self-described latecomer to the world of NASCAR racing. But he got involved in a big way this month when he advised on t

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  • Parks v. MBNA America Bank, N.A.

    Publication Date: 2012-06-21
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2012-06-21
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rosner & Mansfield, Law Office of Michael R. Vachon and Michael R. Vachon for Plaintiff and Appellant. Arbogast & Berns, David M. Arbogast; Spiro Moss and J. Mark Moore for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Jr., and Kamala D. Harris, Attorneys General, Manuel M. Medeiros, State Solicitor General, Frances T. Grunder, Assistant Attorney General, Kathrin Sears and Sheldon H. Jaffe, Deputy Attorneys General, for People of the State of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Arnold & Proctor, Nancy L. Perkins, Laurence J. Hutt, Teri R. Richardson and Christopher S. Tarbell for Defendant and Respondent. Morrison & Foerster, James R. McGuire, Rita F. Lin and Aaron D. Jones for American Bankers Association and California Bankers Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent. Sullivan & Cromwell, Bruce E. Clark, H. Rodgin Cohen, Michael M. Wiseman and Achyut J. Phadke for The Clearing House Association L.L.C. as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent. Horace G. Sneed and Douglas B. Jordan for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Administrator of National Banks, upon the request of the Court of Appeal.

    Case Number: No. S183703

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 6966 ALLAN PARKS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. MBNA AMERICA BANK, N.A., Defendant and

  • May 16, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    Destination: New York

    By most measures, these are not the best of times for the New York City economy.That economy has lost more than 100,000 jobs since last summer. While the rest of the nation talks

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  • May 22, 2001 | National Law Journal

    When Banks Go to Court, These Firms Hold the Bag

    Something new this year. Our 2001 survey of law firms that represent America's largest financial institutions involves two major changes. Last year's survey consolidated "Who Represents Corpor

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  • June 25, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    Goldman Loses Bid to Dismiss CDO Suit

    A federal judge has refused to dismiss a class action alleging Goldman Sachs sold substandard synthetic collateralized debt obligations to its customers at the same time it was betting t

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  • September 8, 2010 | National Law Journal

    FDIC's new power raises concerns

    "A narrow hole, but very, very deep." That's how one leading bankruptcy lawyer described the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s new power to take over and liquidate nonbank companies w

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  • January 9, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    S&C Advising Dish on Effort to Trump Sprint's Clearwire Deal with Better Bid

    Less than a month after wireless network operator Clearwire agreed to sell Sprint Nextel the nearly 50 percent stake in the company that Sprint does not already own, Dish Network Corporation

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  • October 12, 2006 | Daily Report Online

    Investors press their demands

    A NEW FRONT has opened in the long, litigious battle between shareholders and corporations. In the past, investors used litigation to guarantee boards of directors greater oversight po

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  • August 6, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Summer Hiring Survey: Big Firms Slimmed Down in 2013

    Law students seeking coveted positions as summer associates at large firms had slightly fewer job openings available to them in 2013 than they did last year, according to The American L

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  • May 19, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    'Painful But Unavoidable:' Courts Trim Jobs

    ALBANY - New York court administrators laid off 367 nonjudicial employees yesterday to comply with state budget cuts ordered by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the state Legislature. Starting J

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