• June 6, 2011 | Daily Report Online

    Firms still cautious in summer hiring

    Summer associate programs have not gone the way of the dodo. That's the good news for second-year law students. But firms are staying cautious about hiring. After paring the size of th

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  • May 18, 2011 | The Recorder

    Claims Against Countrywide Aren't Preempted, Second District Says

    A California court of appeal revived a potentially massive securities class action today against Countrywide Financial Corp. and other financial institutions. The Second District panel rejec

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  • November 17, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Representing Corporate New Jersey

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  • J.P. Morgan Sec. Inc. v. Vigilant Ins. Co., 600979/09

    Publication Date: 2011-12-15
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department
    Judge: Before: Peter Tom, J.P., Richard T. Andrias, David Friedman, Sheila Abdus-Salaam, Nelson S. Román, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Vigilant Insurance Company and Federal Insurance Company, appellants: DLA Piper LLP (US), New York (Joseph G. Finnerty III, Megan Shea Harwick, Eric S. Connuck and Miles D. Norton of counsel). For Travelers Indemnity Company, appellant: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, New York (Douglas M. Mangel, Marsha J. Indych, Ericka R. Lenz and David F. Abernathy of counsel). For National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa., appellant: D'Amato & Lynch, LLP, New York (Luke D. Lynch, Jr., Richard F. Russell and Liza A. Chafiian of counsel). For Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, appellant: Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP, New York (Scott A. Schechter of counsel). For Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London, appellant: Clyde & Co. US LLP, New York (Edward J. Kirk and Allison M. Calkins of counsel). For American Alternative Insurance Corporation, appellant: Landman Corsi Ballaine & Ford P.C., New York (Michael L. Gioia of counsel).
    for defendant: For Respondents: Proskauer Rose LLP, New York (John H. Gross, Francis D. Landrey, Steven E. Obus and Seth Schafler of counsel).

    Case Number: 600979/09

    Cite as: J.P. Morgan Sec. Inc. v. Vigilant Ins. Co., 600979/09, NYLJ 1202535520311, at *1 (App. Div., 1st, Decided December 13, 2011)Before: Peter Tom, J.

  • November 7, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

    How Altria Group Reshuffled the Deck

    William Ohlemeyer stands up, brimming with excitement. He rushes to his desk and rummages around. He holds up a magazine triumphantly. "This," says the associate general counsel of a hr

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  • December 29, 2008 | Legal Times

    Burning Down the House

    It’s official: 2008 is the year the Big Law boom came to a screeching halt. Deal flow is dead, hundreds of lawyers and staff were pink-slipped, and some major Am

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  • December 22, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Judge Enjoins Cigar Maker's Use of Cohiba Name

    Among cigar aficionados, the Cohiba name has a legendary mystique. Although the brand originated in Cuba--it's the preferred cigar of Fidel Castro--Cohibas have been marketed in the U.S. by an America

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  • August 1, 2011 | National Law Journal

    MOVERS

    LATERALS JONES DAY: Robert Kantner joins the firm's trial practice as partner in the Dallas office and will focus on intellectual pro

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  • February 21, 2012 | The Recorder

    Morgan, Lewis Snags Securities Litigator from Orrick

    SAN FRANCISCO — Securities litigator Susan Resley has left Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe in Silicon Valley to join Morgan, Lewis & Bockius in San Francisco. A former att

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  • October 6, 2008 | National Law Journal

    What price your pet, or peace of mind?

    Sherrie R. Savett has been busy putting price tags on unusual losses, including credit card holders' fear of identity theft and beloved family pets, whose worth can't be measured in doll

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