Michael D Goldhaber

September 27, 2013 | The American Lawyer

As U.S. policy turns hostile to patent trolling, the epic battle between Nokia Oyj and IPCom GmbH may determine whether trolls return to their original stomping grounds, and repopulate Europe.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

7 minute read

July 09, 2012 | The American Lawyer

In a once-sleepy corner of the Treasury Department, regulation of overseas conduct is going strong. That's bad news for European banks, but good news for American foreign policy--and a handful of well-positioned firms that excel at both litigation and bank regulation.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

5 minute read

October 01, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Shell's U.K. deal shows the common law's value for human rights lawsuits.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

5 minute read

January 01, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Businesses face human rights litigation in British courts.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

6 minute read

April 21, 2013 | The American Lawyer

The U.S. Supreme Court didn't kill the corporate alien tort in Kiobel. But by restricting the law's territorial reach, the Justices left plaintiffs with something like a Dead Doctrine Walking.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

6 minute read

January 02, 2012 | The American Lawyer

The Lilliputian litigation team at Wachtell, Lipton has made a practice of defying the odds. From defending the poison pill to curtailing shareholder litigation in a key Supreme Court ruling, the firm has secured its place in litigation history.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

6 minute read

September 28, 2012 | The American Lawyer

As emerging market companies go on a buying spree, which law firms are doing the deals?

By Michael D. Goldhaber

9 minute read

February 12, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Skadden's $77.5 million win for Hank Greenberg may be hard to replicate.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

5 minute read

January 01, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Litigation over an air shipping cartel has brought antitrust mass actions to Europe. But will the new capital of private anticartel enforcement be London or Amsterdam?

By Michael D. Goldhaber

13 minute read

February 19, 2009 | National Law Journal

Shearman & Sterling reports a 4.9 percent dip in revenues, to $876 million, for 2008, along with a 9.6 percent drop in profits per equity partner, to about $1.7 million. Shearman is well-positioned to weather the economic downturn, says senior partner Rohan Weerasinghe, because it has spurned aggressive growth, negotiated favorable real estate leases and trimmed its long-term debt by nearly 40 percent. "I look on 2009 as a period of challenge," says Weerasinghe, "but also a time of tremendous opportunity."

By Michael D. Goldhaber

4 minute read