Michael D Goldhaber

November 21, 2005 | National Law Journal

Some U.S. law firms that got in on the ground floor in China stand to prosper as the Asian behemoth reforms its banking system.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

11 minute read

March 27, 2012 | The American Lawyer

There's more than one path to success in ranking litigation departments.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

9 minute read

June 07, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Plenty has changed in a decade of investor-state arbitration. But not enough.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

9 minute read

November 30, 2012 | The American Lawyer

The lawyer shortage in Africa has critical implications for the continent's development.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

5 minute read

September 30, 2012 | The American Lawyer

When lawyers on both sides of the Atlantic sought a way to hold companies liable for human rights and environmental abuse committed in other nations, U.S. lawyers primarily chose the Alien Tort Statute, while U.K. lawyers began to file old-fashioned common law tort suits. A strong argument may be made that the common law theory has been more effective.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

7 minute read

July 12, 2004 | National Law Journal

Abb Vetco Gray Inc., an oil services firm with a history of bribing foreign officials, may sound like an unlikely buyout candidate. But a private equity group is on the verge of plunking down big money for the confessed serial briber in the wake of a settlement reached last week.

By Michael D. GoldhaberSpecial to The National Law Journal

4 minute read

June 08, 2001 | Law.com

A lateral move is like a divorce: Once you do it, you're more likely to do it again. Witness London antitrust star Christopher Bright. Bright moved from Linklaters to Clifford Chance in 1999; now he's joining the London office of New York's Shearman & Sterling. Some of Bright's deals may be negotiated by Shearman's Kenneth MacRitchie, who helped recruit him. MacRitchie is himself a Clifford Chance alumnus -- and lateral leapfrogger.

By Michael D. Goldhaber and Laura Pearlman

4 minute read

August 30, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Five rulings in 10 days bring some clarity to alien tort and human rights litigation.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

6 minute read

June 07, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

The Ecuadorian plaintiffs who are trying to collect the $18 billion oil pollution verdict that they won against Chevron in their home country have filed their first enforcement action—in Canada. But the Canadian action could be overtaken by other legal moves in the U.S., Europe, and possibly even Ecuador itself.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

6 minute read

October 20, 2013 | The American Lawyer

One of Steven Donziger's own former consultants joined a Chevron scientist in testifying for the oil giant. Plus: Thoughts on the first week of trial, including the legal points scored and learning to read Judge Kaplan's body language.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

6 minute read