Michael D Goldhaber

September 09, 2011 | Daily Report Online

By Michael D. Goldhaber

5 minute read

October 30, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Media law exports come in two main packages—a free press, and freedom of information—and both are usually marked "Return to Sender." A new book, Exporting the Matrix: The Campaign to Reform Media Laws Abroad, describes some recent small victories achieved in pro bono projects around the world.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

4 minute read

December 01, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Could the U.K.'s anticorruption enforcement arm use an injection of American justice?

By Michael D. Goldhaber

5 minute read

February 08, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

The U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 decision broadly bars plaintiffs from bringing class actions under U.S. law based on securities traded outside the U.S. Naturally, plaintiffs lawyers would now like to bring such suits under non-U.S. law. And their first choice would be to bring them under non-U.S. law in U.S. courts.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

7 minute read

December 06, 2011 | The American Lawyer

A new report on law firm social responsibility moves way beyond pro bono and asks firms to hew to international human rights principles--even if it means dropping clients.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

6 minute read

March 01, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

The ABA endorsed the Ruggie principles, but few law firms have followed.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

5 minute read

May 17, 2012 | Daily Business Review

A lawsuit filed by victims of a Congo massacre may be a springboard for corporate human rights cases in Canada.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

5 minute read

December 04, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Aside from costing Argentina billions, the likeliest effect of an Elliott Associates win in the Argentine bondholder litigation may not be to end sovereign restructuring, but to re-route it from New York to London. And the biggest loser after Argentina might be Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, which has built a tidy business in issuing, restructuring, and litigating New York-law bonds from Latin America.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

7 minute read

July 26, 2002 | Law.com

Defending human rights is dangerous business in Turkey; Kurdish human rights lawyers do not have long life expectancies. But a few courageous lawyers are fighting for the ability to represent clients without fear of being persecuted. In a case pending before the European Court of Human Rights, a group of them have alleged that Turkey's treatment of lawyers violates the European Convention on Human Rights.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

9 minute read

January 24, 2012 | The American Lawyer

By Michael D. Goldhaber

5 minute read