Michael D Goldhaber

April 06, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Billing itself as the world's first global arbitration boutique, Three Crowns is being launched Monday by a sextet of top international arbitration lawyers from Freshfields, Covington & Burling, Shearman & Sterling and Jones Day.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

4 minute read

March 24, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Chevron's case against online poker magnate Russell DeLeon over his funding of the Lago Agrio pollution case is gaining traction. Any funder or lawyer involved in the business of enforcing foreign judgments would be wise to pay attention.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

6 minute read

March 17, 2014 | Litigation Daily

By favoring BP Group this month in its battle with Argentina, the Supreme Court sided with arbitrators over judges, with the U.S. arbitration industry over its rivals, and with the international investment system over scofflaws.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

5 minute read

March 04, 2014 | Litigation Daily

After 20 years and hundreds of millions of dollars in litigation costs, we have a winner in the Chevron Ecuador dispute. And of all the countless legal battlegrounds, it's now clearer than ever that U.S. litigation was the main event.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

4 minute read

February 28, 2014 | Litigation Daily

World Bank arbitrators asserted jurisdiction over more than $1 billion in claims brought by Churchill Mining plc and its Australian affiliate alleging that the Republic of Indonesia expropriated Churchill's coal mining concession in East Kutai, Indonesia.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

3 minute read

February 19, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Starting the year at an all-time high financially in 2013, Latham & Watkins made modest gains across in the key fiscal categories, growing gross revenue 2.7 percent, profits per partner 2 percent, and revenue per lawyer 1.4 percent, according to The American Lawyer reporting.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

2 minute read

February 19, 2014 | The American Lawyer

In its first full year with a new management team at the helm, Shearman & Sterling saw its gross revenue rise 9.1 percent in 2013, to $820.5 million, and its profits per partner jump 18.4 percent, to $1.8 million, according to The American Lawyer's reporting

By Michael D. Goldhaber

3 minute read

February 12, 2014 | The American Lawyer

In Carter Phillips' first year as chair of Sidley Austin, the firm notched growth of greater than 7 percent in both gross revenue, to $1.6 billion, and net income, to $547 million. Profits per partner and revenue per lawyer rose approximately 4 percent, to $1.875 million and $945,000, respectively, according to The American Lawyer's reporting.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

2 minute read

February 11, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Last year was another solid one for White & Case in all key financial categories, with the firm's profits per equity partner climbing 10 percent, to $1.87 million, and its gross revenue increasing roughly 4 percent, to $1.44 billion, according to The American Lawyer's reporting.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

3 minute read

January 27, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Ten firms win Honorable Mention recognition in The American Lawyer's 2014 Litigation Department of the Year competition.

By By David Bario, Michael D. Goldhaber, Robin Sparkman, Julie Triedman and Jan Wolfe

5 minute read