Michael D Goldhaber

June 14, 1999 | Law.com

A recent National Law Journal survey of lawyers' dress shows a surprisingly high penetration of casual Fridays, approaching 90%. [NLJ, May 31.] Yet a survey, by definition, ignores nuances. Interviews following up on the dress survey turned up two big nuances. First, women have not yet won yesterday's battle over business attire. Second, men are scared of casual wear.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

5 minute read

October 01, 2001 | Law.com

By Michael D. Goldhaber

7 minute read

June 01, 2006 | The American Lawyer

High-yield debt has crossed the Atlantic�and a small cadre of U.S. firms are finding riches in the junk markets of Europe.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

18 minute read

October 04, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

The former owners of Yukos Oil have promised a "lifetime of litigation" against the Russian state over the seizure of their company. Half a world away, Chevron has warned that a "lifetime of...litigation" will follow if Ecuador does not render what it considers justice in its 18-year war with residents of the Amazon.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

6 minute read

June 02, 2010 | Daily Business Review

The first woman to become a name partner at one of the nation's largest law firms looks beyond breaking the glass ceiling.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

5 minute read

April 19, 1999 | Law.com

Cesar Alvarez was the first Hispanic Fleader of a major law firm when he was elected Greenberg Traurig P.A.'s CEO two years ago. But as far as Mr. Alvarez and his partners are concerned, he has a second trait that is more significant: Mr. Alvarez has sole control over partner pay at the firm. In law firms, Mr. Alvarez sees benign dictatorship as the alternative to bureaucratic democracy and prefers a dictatorship of one.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

3 minute read

August 31, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Royal Dutch Shell has been sued so many times over its conduct in Nigeria that its cases offer a laboratory experiment for human rights litigation.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

6 minute read

January 26, 2012 | The American Lawyer

The Second Circuit issued a sweeping rejection of Chevron's attempt to use a New York federal court to halt worldwide enforcement of an $18 billion Ecuadorian judgment on Thursday, just as international arbitrators backed Chevron in its efforts to block the Ecuadorian government from acting to enforce the award. The Second Circuit's ruling places the arbitrators center stage--and raises questions about the limits of arbitral power.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

5 minute read

September 14, 2005 | Law.com

The LLM, a one-year advanced degree that allows foreign lawyers to attend U.S. law schools, is rarely regarded as revolutionary -- yet, in the hands of many heads of state, it has helped promote political change. "LLMs are undoubtedly the most effective rule-of-law programs," says Bryant Garth, a law school dean and longtime director of the American Bar Foundation. "You create friends. You create people who understand U.S. models. You build an army of advocates for reform."

By Michael D. Goldhaber

8 minute read

June 03, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Marc Gottridge of Hogan Lovells led the campaign to free Syrian human rights lawyer Muhannad Al-Hassani. On Friday, he received word that al-Hassani was included in the latest wave of individuals granted amnesty by Syrian government.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

5 minute read