Firm Profiles

Banks Ask First Department to Reverse Ruling for MBIA

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David Bario : The Litigation Daily : April 1, 2013

As they promised immediately after their high-profile loss to MBIA Inc. earlier this month, Bank of America and Societe Generale are taking their fight with the bond insurer back up to a New York state appellate court.

Magistrate Judge Says Facebook Contract Is Fake

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David Bario : The Am Law Daily : March 28, 2013

Three years after New York businessman Paul Ceglia first alleged that a contract with Mark Zuckerberg entitled him to a 50 percent ownership stake in Facebook, a federal magistrate judge has agreed with the defense that the case is a fraud. In a 155-page March 26 decision,

Suits to Watch

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Julie Triedman, with Tom Coster : The American Lawyer : March 28, 2013

U.S. v. The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc.; Millennium Import v. Reed Smith; ACA Financial v. Goldman Sachs

On 10-year anniversary, war veteran lawyers reflect

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Brian Baxter : The Am Law Daily : March 28, 2013

With the U.S. marking the 10th anniversary of the Iraq war, The Am Law Daily, a Daily Report affiliate, contacted lawyers with personal connections to a conflict that claimed the lives of roughly 4,500 Americans and untold Iraqis for their thoughts a decade after the invasion.

Expert Testimony on Child Sex Abuse Found Both Useful and Prejudicial

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Joel Stashenko : New York Law Journal : March 27, 2013

The state Court of Appeals found yesterday that expert testimony on child sexual abuse was useful to jurors in one case but in another it was prejudicial to the defendant because of improper questioning by the prosecution.

Military Vets Turned Law Firm Partners Reflect on Experiences Abroad

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Brian Baxter : The Am Law Daily : March 26, 2013

With the U.S. marking the 10th anniversary of the Iraq war, The Am Law Daily contacted lawyers with personal connections to a conflict that claimed the lives of roughly 4,500 Americans and untold Iraqis for their thoughts a decade after the invasion. Here, in their own words, a group of former Am Law 100 associates—now partners at various firms—who served overseas describe their recollections of a war many Americans would like to forget.

Estate awarded $5.5 million for smoker's lung cancer death

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: Daily Business Review : March 21, 2013

Passing of the Gavel Judicial Reception

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: Daily Business Review : March 13, 2013

6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Marketplace

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Monica Paquette : New York Law Journal : March 13, 2013

Moving its facility closer to Manhattan's tech corridor, SAE Institute of Technology has signed a 10-year lease for 27,000 square feet at 218 W. 18 St. Also, Jefferies & Company Inc., an affiliate of the global investment firm Jefferies LLC, will be increasing the size of its footprint by 130,000 square feet at 520 Madison Ave.

Insurer Must Cover School's Costs in Criminal Probe, Court Rules

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Joel Stashenko : New York Law Journal : March 11, 2013

Syracuse University's insurer is obligated to cover the school's costs of complying with six subpoenas prosecutors issued during criminal investigations of child molestation against ex-Syracuse basketball coach Bernie Fine, a state judge has ruled.