Michael D Goldhaber

May 03, 1999 | Law.com

Gordon Gekko would be proud. On April 24, the 1,000th member joined "Greedy Associates," an Internet chat club founded last fall as a "place for the overprivileged to complain." More precisely, GA is a Web site where young lawyers swap pay rumors (or create sex rumors) under silly pseudonyms.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

6 minute read

April 05, 2000 | Law.com

Abstract A rite of passage for every deal-driven associate is their first all-nighter, complete with games, food and the all important naps. But like all experiences, every one is individual. While some enjoy Peter Luger steaks and massages, others nap on hallway floors and imbibe gallons of Diet Coke just to make it through the night.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

4 minute read

September 09, 2005 | The Recorder

One-year LL.M. programs at U.S. law schools are on the rise again, attracting fledgling power brokers from around the world.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

8 minute read

September 12, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

In 2002 an unlikely coalition of victims, mostly represented by Motley Rice, and property insurers, mostly represented by Cozen O'Connor, sued Saudi Arabia and a clutch of Saudi princes and charities that allegedly funded al-Qaeda.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

5 minute read

September 22, 2010 | The American Lawyer

In the massive toxic tort litigation against Chevron in Ecuador, plaintiffs have returned to Ecuadorian court with a damages claim of more than $100 billion. Meanwhile, Chevron gets a taste of its own medicine and loses a 1782 discovery motion based on an embarrassing transcript.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

5 minute read

April 05, 2000 | Law.com

It's a fact of life that law firms list their rosters in the authoritative Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. But one giant firm has taken the plunge, and decided to do so no longer. Chicago's Sidley & Austin, now at nearly 900 lawyers, will not pay up next year, says Charles W. Douglas, chairman of the firm's management committee.

By Ritchenya A. Shepherd, Michael D. Goldhaber and Matt Fleischer

4 minute read

February 23, 2011 | The American Lawyer

"We just sort of kept motoring along," says Sidley chair Thomas Cole.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

3 minute read

February 08, 2011 | The American Lawyer

The unprecedented litigation over Chevron's alleged contamination of the Ecuadorian rainforest took a stunning turn Tuesday when Manhattan federal district judge Lewis Kaplan granted Chevron's request for a 14-day temporary restraining order against the Ecuadorian plaintiffs and their lawyers.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

5 minute read

November 01, 2007 | The American Lawyer

By Michael D. Goldhaber

8 minute read

August 01, 2007 | The American Lawyer

By Michael D. Goldhaber

17 minute read