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March 27, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Is the STOCK Act Unconstitutional?

Peter G. Neiman, a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, writes that barring members of Congress from trading on material non-public information obtained through their service to the public is, and should be, uncontroversial, but the STOCK Act goes much further than that and threatens to chill important political speech.
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July 26, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Enforcing Arbitration Awards Under Investment Disputes Convention

In their International Litigation column, Lawrence W. Newman, of counsel at Baker & McKenzie, and David Zaslowsky, a partner at the firm, look at the practicalities of enforcing an ICSID award in the United States and certain best practices recommended by a recent New York City Bar report.
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January 25, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Class Actions: Is Bigger Always Better?

C. Evan Stewart, a partner at Zuckerman Spaeder, writes that more and more defendants have been vigorously challenging certifications, with the federal judiciary increasingly sympathetic to the notion that class actions are not always the best means by which to resolve complex litigation.
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January 15, 2008 | New York Law Journal

State Liable for Sexual Assualt On Autistic Woman, Panel Says

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March 14, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Jewish Groups Fail in Bid to Hold Poland Liable

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April 21, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Eviction From Hotel Found Not Cause of New Year's Accident

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April 18, 2003 | New York Law Journal

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February 02, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Updated: Meyer Suozzi Loses Bid to Enforce Retainer Agreement

The retainer agreement with Meyer Suozzi set a $300,000 flat fee for legal representation to be paid in three installments, the first upon execution of the agreement. The agreement added that the firm "is entitled to the entire amount of this fee regardless of the outcome of the Litigation or the timing of its resolution."
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December 06, 2012 | New York Law Journal

The Curious Case of Security Interests in FCC Licenses

In their Secured Transactions column, Alan M. Christenfeld, senior counsel at Clifford Chance, and Barbara M. Goodstein, a partner at Mayer Brown, write: The struggles of secured lenders to convince bankruptcy courts that proceeds of the sale of an FCC license are original collateral, and, in particular, that a lien on such collateral has attached pre-petition, are highlighted in two recent federal court decisions.
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February 18, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Jones, petitioner-appellant v. West,* respondent-appellee

1988 Robbery Conviction Reversed; Prosecutor's Challenge of Black Jurors Violated 'Batson'
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