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  • July 31, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    America's Cup Fight Continues in Courts, No Sign Yet of the Sea

    It was bound to happen. We've exhausted our supply of wisecracks about the America's Cup litigation, which we've covered, inexplicably, for a year now. (Our two most recent posts are a href="http://w

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  • February 7, 2000 | Legal Times

    One Part Lawyer, One Part Executive

    As local high-tech companies grow from budding enterprises to full-fledged corporations, they are giving rise to the latest crop of influential brokers on the D.C. scene -- their general counsel.

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  • September 6, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. v. Gerling Global Reinsurance Corp. of America

    Decided Aug. 18, 2005Before Walker, Ch.J.; Pooler and Wesley, C.JJ. Appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Janet Bond Arterton

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  • June 13, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    New York Court of Appeals Roundup

    A divided Court of Appeals interpreted statutory indemnification provisions in a 4-3 decision of importance to directors and officers who may wish to retain counsel separate from that of the corpor

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  • October 20, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Progress Proves Elusive for Diversity in the Legal Profession

    Five years ago this month, Roderick Palmore wrote "A Call

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  • February 1, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    The 2010 Lateral Report Starring Roles

    For More than 40 years white-collar litigator Robert Bennett has advised high-profile clients--including President Bill Clinton (during the

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  • April 29, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Big News in MBS Litigation: Second Circuit to Review Class Certification Rulings

    Plaintiffs in the crowded world of mortgage-backed securities litigation got some good news on Thursday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has decided to look at the issue of wheth

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  • In Re UBS AG Securities Litigation

    Publication Date: 2012-10-05
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    Court: U. S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Richard J. Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiffs are represented by: Gregory M. Castaldo, Andrew L. Zivitz, Sharan Nirmul, Naumon A. Amjed, Jennifer L. Joost, and Richard A. Russo, Jr. of Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA. Jay W. Eisenhofer, Geoffrey C. Jarvis, Brenda F. Szydlo, and Charles T. Caliendo, of Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., New York, NY. Joseph F. Rice, William H. Narwold, Gregg S. Levin, James M. Hughes, and Badge Humphries of Motley Rice LLC, Pleasant, SC. Samuel H. Rudman and Robert M. Rothman of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Melville, NY.
    for defendant: The UBS Defendants are represented by: Robert J. Giuffra, Jr., Suhana S. Han, and Matthew A. Schwartz of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY. The Underwriter Defendants are represented by: Barry Robert Ostrager and Jonathan K. Youngwood of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 07 Civ. 11225 (RJS)

    Cite as: In Re UBS AG Securities Litigation, 07 Civ. 11225 (RJS), NYLJ 1202573957674, at *1 (SDNY, Decided September 28, 2012)District Judge Richard J. Su

  • May 16, 2013 | Litigation Daily

    Litigation Finance Firm BlackRobe Bites the Dust

    BlackRobe Capital may have been backed by plenty of high-profile legal talent, but it turns out that wasn't enough to keep the litigation funding firm afloat. On Tuesday a href="http://onlin

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  • Bauza v Livingston

    Publication Date: 2007-05-15
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    STEPHEN G. CRANE, J.P. GABRIEL M. KRAUSMAN ROBERT A. LIFSON RUTH C. BALKIN, JJ. Miriam Bauza, et al., appellants-respondents, v Judith A. Livington, et al., respondents-appe