Michael D Goldhaber

June 01, 2008 | The American Lawyer

This year's Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition had an unlikely winner-an American law school.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

8 minute read

February 15, 2001 | Law.com

Patti Harris, managing partner at New York's Zetlin & De Chiara, started boxing a year ago. Her sparring partner, Barbara Levitan, an estates lawyer at Greenfield, Stein & Senior, took it up about the same time. "We're not masochists," says Levitan, unconvincingly. "We just do risky things." Call it what you will, but the lawyers' trainer says "white-collar boxing" appeals to the office-bound.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

4 minute read

January 03, 2003 | Law.com

By Michael D. Goldhaber

16 minute read

September 29, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Both Chevron and the former owners of Yukos have promised a "lifetime" of litigation against their adversaries in their mega-billions disputes raging in courts and before arbitration tribunals around the world. Will the arbitrators manage to bring the mammoth cases to a close before those promises come true?

By Michael D. Goldhaber

6 minute read

September 07, 2010 | The American Lawyer

The Jordanian bank, represented by Dewey & LeBoeuf, claims that severe sanctions imposed by federal judge Nina Gershon of the Eastern District of New York will deprive the bank of a fair trial. "This is an erroneous discovery ruling that has metastasized into something of enormous international implications," said Dewey's Kevin Walsh.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

4 minute read

April 19, 1999 | Law.com

If you're a firm and you want to grow fast, you can do one of two things: You can merge or you can cherry-pick. Mergers make glitzy headlines. But most of the fastest growers prefer lateral acquisition. Florida's Greenberg Traurig P.A., which has never added more than 15 lawyers at once, provides a case study in cherry-picking done right.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

8 minute read

October 23, 2000 | Law.com

The push to re-enfranchise felons is gaining steam, most notably in Florida and Pennsylvania, where key lawsuits have been filed to restore prisoner voting rights. Defenders of felon voting restrictions refer to the social contract, while franchising advocates point to issues of race. If the country's 4 million disenfranchised felons could vote, a new study indicates the votes would help the Democrats.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

9 minute read

January 01, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Gide and Salans both started in Paris and spread around the globe. But please, no comparisons.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

15 minute read

August 20, 2007 | The American Lawyer

By Michael D. Goldhaber

9 minute read

April 01, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Whatever happens to the federal Alien Tort Statute in Kiobel v. Shell, corporations can still be sued for alleged human rights violations under state law. When those state claims arrive, of course, defense lawyers will still try to eviscerate them--and they've got a formidable legal arsenal at their disposal.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

6 minute read