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April 29, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Green Mountain Railroad Corp. v. State of Vermont

ICC Termination Act Pre-Empts State Law Permit Requirement On Proposed Railroad Activity
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July 20, 2007 | New York Law Journal

Shi Liang Lin, petitioner v. United States Department of Justice, respondents

No Per Se Asylum for Spouses of Women Persecuted Under China�s One-Child Family Planning Policy
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July 12, 2007 | New York Law Journal

New Deals

In its first major investment as a publicly traded company, The Blackstone Group LP has reached an agreement to acquire Hilton Hotels Corp. for approximately $26 billion. Also, Canada's largest telecommunications company, BCE Inc., has agreed to be purchased for $48.82 billion by Ontario Teachers Pension Plan, Providence Equity Partners Inc. and Madison Dearborn Partners.
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April 06, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Ramchair v. Conway

Habeas Upheld Over Ineffective Assistance, Appellate Counsel Did Not Raise Mistrial Claim
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June 17, 2008 | New York Law Journal

United States, appellee v. James M. Leonard et al. (Silver), defendants-appellants

In Applying 'Howey' Court Can Look to Parties' Positions to Evaluate Expectation of Investor Control
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March 12, 2003 | New York Law Journal

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January 29, 2009 | New York Law Journal

New Deals

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. has agreed to purchase rival drug company, Wyeth, in a $68 billion cash-and-stock transaction, creating the world's largest pharmaceutical company. Also, Unilever, a consumer products conglomerate responsible for such brands as Dove, Lipton and Hellman's, has acquired TIGI, parent company to Toni & Guy hair products and academies, in a $411.5 million cash deal.
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September 04, 2009 | New York Law Journal

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February 21, 2008 | New York Law Journal

The False Promise of 'Reform'

C. Evan Stewart, a partner at Zuckerman Spaeder and an adjunct professor at Fordham and Brooklyn Law Schools, writes that while eating lunch one day, Chicken Little is hit by an acorn and concludes that the sky is falling. Her analysis and the hysteria that she then engenders should be cautionary tales for those who have publicly been bemoaning the fast eroding primacy of the U.S. capital markets. Also in this issue of GC New York, 'Law Department Management.'
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