Michael D Goldhaber

November 14, 2000 | Law.com

Ignoring politics for a night, lawyers like jazz singer/artist Ondine Darcyl nibbled brie, sipped chardonnay and chatted about acrylic. "Society makes us choose between professions," said Darcyl at the opening of the New York bar's 38th annual Art and Photography Exhibition, "but I think most of us have more than one side." Other "artsy" lawyers offered commentary about law, art and breaking the rules.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

5 minute read

November 08, 1999 | Law.com

Macy's boasts the world's largest store. Lawyers for the disabled add it boasts "the world's largest ADA violation." A federal judge in California seems to agree. "They have half a million feet of retail space in this store," says one disabled rights advocate, "and they couldn't find 36 inches for a wheelchair." A district court found aisles at a San Francisco Macy's offered "barely enough room for even able-bodied customers to squeeze through" and the store rarely gave the disabled decent customer service.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

5 minute read

October 05, 2011 | Law.com

The megadisputes involving Russia's seizure of Yukos Oil and Chevron's 18-year legal battle over oil pollution in Ecuador have very different histories. But they also share similarities, including promises of a "lifetime of litigation" by those with the funding and motivation to make good on those vows.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

6 minute read

November 01, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

In China, capital markets lawyers are retooling an economy that some analysts predict will surpass the United States' by 2041. The current deal wave represents an advanced stage in China's privatization and market liberalization. The inflow of investment into Chinese banks coincides with their IPOs, which began this summer and will stretch into 2007 and beyond. No client has greater legal needs than a bank, and a handful of firms are especially well-positioned to benefit.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

11 minute read

November 16, 2010 | The American Lawyer

The multifront, multinational Telenor-Alfa litigation saga offers a primer in how to use arbitration and Western courts to defend against the abuse of courts in emerging markets.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

8 minute read

June 13, 2000 | Law.com

Fact: In February, New York's Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft debated how to match the big associate raise. Fact: At the same time, the firm was completing reviews of associate performance. Fact: Somewhere in the range of 10 to 15 associates were told to take steps toward leaving the firm. Were these pressured departures the result of tough fiscal choices or of tough quality assurance?

By Michael D. Goldhaber

4 minute read

January 05, 2001 | Law.com

George W. Bush's conservatism may be compassionate, but is it constitutional? No, say four lawsuits alleging improper state funding of a Bible class for the jobless and wrongful termination of a lesbian counselor. "Bush's plan for the social services would essentially merge church and state into a single bureaucracy," claims Barry W. Lynn, director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

9 minute read

April 05, 1999 | Law.com

Psst. Wanna make up to $175 an hour and name your own hours? This is not an infomercial come-on or a hallucination brought on by an all-nighter. It's a real job description that attracts former partners, Fortune 500 counsel and at least one assistant attorney general of the United States. It's called temping.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

10 minute read

October 15, 2011 | The American Lawyer

The U.K. Bribery Act arrived this summer in a hail of publicity. But that act won't move mountains without a change in Britain's legal structure. "There's a real need [in the U.K.] for a middle ground between full-on criminal prosecution and civil recovery," said the former U.K. corruption prosecutor Matthew Cowie, now with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meager & Flom.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

5 minute read

July 01, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Europe's system of investment treaties is in disarray. What will emerge from the debris?

By Michael D. Goldhaber

9 minute read