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July 20, 2004 | New York Law Journal

Antitrust Trade and Practice

Neal R. Stoll and Shepard Goldfein, partners at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, write that the United States is the only country in the world in which private plaintiffs may seek treble damages for antitrust violations. The possibility of treble damages, combined with liberal U.S. discovery rules, make U.S. courts particularly attractive venues for private antitrust suits.
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September 08, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Eastern District Roundup

Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan, partners at Schlam Stone & Dolan, write that Judge Dora L. Irizarry, relying on plaintiffs' right to intimate association, granted a preliminary injunction requiring defendant university to recognize an all-male fraternity despite the exclusion of females and that Judge Nicolas G. Garaufis disqualified a law firm from representing a defendant in a death-penalty case where counsel had once represented a key witness regarding the same charged arson and murder.
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September 21, 2007 | New York Law Journal

Burt,* plaintiffs-appellees v. Gates,** defendant-appellant

Denial of Federal Funds to Yale Law School Over Military Recruitment Ban Is Upheld
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May 29, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Arrest in Patz Disappearance Presents Challenges to D.A.

Cyraus Vance has to establish that Etan Patz is dead and that he met with foul play. In addition he has to corroborate Pedro Hernandez' confession, legal observers confirmed.
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July 08, 2004 | New York Law Journal

Major Parts of Gambling Bill Upheld

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February 23, 2007 | New York Law Journal

Trends in Work Product Waivers: Disclosures to Auditors

David M. Brodsky, a member of Latham & Watkins, and Robert J. Malionek, a senior associate at the firm, write that with the DOJ's issuance of the so-called McNulty Memorandum on Dec. 12, 2006, setting limits on federal prosecutors' requests during investigations that companies waive attorney-client and work product protections, the debate over the sanctity of these protections should shift to the effects of normal and important disclosures companies routinely make to their independent auditor.
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April 09, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Corporate and Securities Litigation

Sarah S. Gold, a partner at Proskauer Rose, and Richard L. Spinogatti, a senior counsel at the firm, review a recent Southern District decision that highlights the increasing role of early merits-based decision-making at the class-certification stage in �10(b) and Rule 10b-5 cases, as well as the difficulties class plaintiffs will face when alleging that misleading statements were made by market participants.
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August 03, 2007 | New York Law Journal

United States, appellee v. Juan Cuevas, defendant-appellant

Extradition, Guidelines Calculations Affirmed; Sentence Must Be Reconsidered Under �Crosby�
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June 17, 2013 | New York Law Journal

High Court Marshal Crafts New Regulation on Demonstrations

The U.S. Supreme Court moved quickly on Thursday to respond to a recent district judge's decision that struck down the federal law banning demonstrations on the grounds of the court.
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