• December 9, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Court Rules in Attorney-Client Privilege Case

    WASHINGTON — Federal court orders requiring litigants to disclose information that they believe is protected by the attorney-client privilege do not qualify for immediate appeal, the U.S.

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  • October 7, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Hypotheticals Dominate High Court Case

    WASHINGTON — It was a day of wild hypotheticals Tuesday, as the U.S. Supreme Court reached far and wide for help in deciding whether a federal law that makes it a crime to depict animal c

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  • January 1, 2009 | Focus Europe

    L'Homme To See

    On Monday, January 21, 2008, back when extreme stock volatility was still a novelty, world equity markets plunged 6 percent with no full explanation apparent. Then, on Thursday, the myst

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  • September 13, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves in The Am Law 200

    CORRECTION, 9/16/13, 11:35 a.m. EDT: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the country where King & Spalding partner Mehdi Haroun was born. It is Alger

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  • May 6, 2002 | Daily Report Online

    Andersen Defense Starts Shaking Like House of Cards

    Brenda Sapino Jeffreys [email protected] HOUSTON-Defense lawyer Russell "Rusty" Hardin holds a markedly different hand for the start of Arthur Andersen's trial than th

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  • June 6, 2013 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: June 6, 2013

    JapanMori Hamada & Matsumoto and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett are advising Osaka-based beverage maker Suntory Holdings Ltd. on what is e

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  • Dobina v. Weatherford International Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2012-11-26
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    Industry:
    Court: U. S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Lewis Kaplan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Lead Plaintiff American Federation for Musicians and Employers Pension Fund: Eli R. Greenstein, Erik D. Peterson, Ramzi Abadou, Stacey M. Kaplan, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendants Weatherford International Ltd., Bernard J. Duroc-Danner, Andrew P. Becnel, Jessica Abarca, and Charles E. Geer, Jr.: Robert J. Malionek, Kevin H. Metz, Peter A. Wald, Sarah A. Greenfield, Latham &Watkins, LLP. Attorneys for Defendant Ernst & Young LLP: Stanley J. Parzen, Mayer Brown LLP.

    Case Number: 11 Civ. 1646 (LAK)

    Cite as: Dobina v. Weatherford International Ltd., 11 Civ. 1646 (LAK), NYLJ 1202579311701, at *1 (SDNY, Decided November 7, 2012)District Judge Lewis

  • March 16, 2006 | The Recorder

    Hot Intellectual Properties

    Stanford Law School patent professor Mark Lemley has become one of the most sought-after lawyers in town. Companies vie for his representation, and law conference organizers flock to sign him up as

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  • April 7, 2005 | The Recorder

    Calif. Justices to Consider Credit Card Holders' Ability to File Class Actions

    Credit card holder Christopher Boehr was outraged when he learned that Discover Bank imposed a $29 late fee on some customers even if their payments arrived on the due date.But when he

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  • April 20, 2007 | National Law Journal

    States Look at Reforming Lineup Methods

    A continuing wave of exonerations and revelations about wrongful convictions linked to false eyewitness identification has led more states to consider reforming their lineup procedures with new gui

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