Michael D Goldhaber

March 04, 2013 | New York Law Journal

If the court ordered Argentina to fully pay holdout creditors, who collectively seek more than $10 billion, the country would default on $24 billion in restructured debt, counsel for Argentina declared during a hearing before the Second Circuit that lasted more than two hours.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

6 minute read

March 27, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Hank Greenberg and his legal team at Skadden score the first big award in a Chinese reverse merger case. Was it a fluke?

By Michael D. Goldhaber

4 minute read

April 05, 2012 | The American Lawyer

By Michael D. Goldhaber

6 minute read

December 27, 2012 | The American Lawyer

How to choose between a record $2 billion ICSID award and a $2 billion ICC award that's also in record terrain? We've decided to throw up our hands and pronounce a tie for the 2012 Global Lawyer of the Year. We're honoring Debevoise & Plimpton's David W. Rivkin for his ICSID win in Occidental v. Ecuador, and Shearman & Sterling's Henry Weisburg, for prevailing in The Dow Chemical Company's ICC feud with Kuwait.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

6 minute read

March 27, 2012 | The American Lawyer

If you think corporate lawyers still dominate big U.S. law firms, think again. Litigation Department of the Year data shows that, on average, top-tier firms today are built just as much on litigation.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

8 minute read

September 20, 2000 | Law.com

A third of midlevel associates told The National Law Journalthat the megaraises of 2000 were bad for associates. Others were astounded by the question. "Yeah, I hate rolling naked in piles of cash," wrote one. But what columnist Michael Goldhaber and the rest of us want to know is: What did they buy?

By Michael D. Goldhaber

4 minute read

October 17, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Day Two of trial in Chevron's fraud and RICO case against Steven Donziger and his Ecuadorian allies centered on the testimony of Christopher Bogart, founder and CEO of the prominent U.S.-based litigation financier Burford Capital.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

7 minute read

March 19, 2012 | The American Lawyer

By Michael D. Goldhaber

6 minute read

December 21, 2011 | The American Lawyer

The U.K. has a new antibribery law, but it still must persuade defendants to cooperate.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

4 minute read

October 01, 2011 | Law.com

A historical analysis conducted as part of this year's Global 100 survey shows that over the past dozen years, nearly all of the world's 50 highest-grossing firms have grown rich and global. Is there a connection between the two?

By Michael D. Goldhaber

8 minute read