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  • November 22, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Parmalat Creditors In U.S. Cry Foul Over Spreading Litigation

    The legal war accompanying the collapse of the bankrupt Italian food giant Parmalat is being waged mainly in Italy. But litigation has spread to American courts, and some U.S. creditors of Par

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  • January 14, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    2nd Circuit Judges Challenge FCC Policy on Penalizing 'Fleeting Expletives' on TV

    A federal appeals panel appeared ready and eager Wednesday to overturn as a First Amendment violation the Federal Communications Commission rule banning even the one-time utterance of "fleetin

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  • October 19, 2001 | Corporate Counsel

    Up From the Ashes

    On a Friday afternoon in a Manhattan synagogue, Stephen Merkel wasn't in the mood to give any kind of perspective on the tragedy that befell his company and city. Merkel, general counsel for t

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  • October 9, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

    Remember That EEO Laws Apply to Firms

    Managing an organization composed of successful lawyers is difficult. The traits that make lawyers successful are found in abundance in firm partners: a healthy skepticism, a penchant for deba

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  • April 29, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Justices Divide 5-4 in Upholding FCC Prohibition of 'Fleeting Expletives'

    WASHINGTON - By a narrow 5-4 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday ruled that the Federal Communications Commission acted reasonably in banning even the single-time utterance of "f

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  • April 11, 2003 |

    The Exodus Several firms-notably Clifford Chance, Dewey Ballantine, and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld-skimmed talent liberally from the foundering Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison

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  • July 2, 2010 | Daily Report Online

    Court of Appeals allows class action against insurer

    In a resounding defeat for the defendant insurance company, the Georgia Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court's decision allowing a class action to proceed on behalf of potentially hundre

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  • January 27, 2003 | Legal Times

    Metro Players

    GOVERNMENT STICKS POGOThe federal government filed a civil suit last week against the nonprofit Project on Government Oversight and an Interior Department employee, alleging tha

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  • April 11, 2003 | National Law Journal

    Big Suits

    Artful dodger?: If a picture is worth a thousand words, it is worth millions of dollars to federal prosecutors who hauled New York art dealer Lawrence Gagosian into court over $26.5 milli

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  • February 18, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Leventhal Named to Appellate Term Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice John M. Leventhal has been appointed to the Appellate Term of the Second and Eleventh Judicial Districts.

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