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January 09, 2002 | New York Law Journal

Second Circuit Review

I n this month`s column, we discuss two decisions issued earlier this month by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, both addressing the doctrine of forum non conveniens. In the first, the Second Circuit, en banc, determined the degree of deference appropriately accorded a plaintiff`s choice of a United States forum where that forum differs from the one in which the plaintiff resides. In the second decision, the Court clarified what constitutes an "adequate alternative forum" in the for
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May 05, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Politically-Connected Prosecutor Resigns Amidst Probe of Possible Drug Use

A Jefferson County prosecutor entangled in a drug investigation has resigned, but did not disclose the reason.
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September 01, 2006 | Law.com

2nd Circuit Rejects N.Y. Judicial Conventions

This year should be the last that political parties in New York can use the state's arcane convention system to nominate candidates for Supreme Court, the 2nd Circuit ruled Wednesday. The unanimous decision agreed with a district court ruling that the convention system is a top-down apparatus totally controlled by party leaders, which tramples the associational rights of candidates lacking leadership support to run for Supreme Court and violates the First Amendment rights of voters as well.
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June 28, 2007 | Legaltech News

Cost-Shifting and Accessible Data in EDD

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure have been modified to acknowledge explicitly the role electronic information plays in contemporary legal disputes. Attorneys H. Christopher Boehning and Daniel Toal assess how the recent amendments have altered the existing legal landscape concerning electronic discovery.
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Firms Battling Andrew Cuomo in Court Help Fund His Campaigns
Publication Date: 2009-11-24
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New York attorney general Andrew Cuomo's hard-charging ways are keeping a lot of defense lawyers busy. Should the lawyers thank their firms for funding his campaigns?

MasterCard and Visa Settle DOJ Antitrust Case; AmEx Brings in Boies and Cravath and Vows to Fight
Publication Date: 2010-10-04
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The last time the Justice Department made a run at the credit card industry, it regarded AmEx as a victim of a conspiracy between Visa and MasterCard. Boies, who represented AmEx in its follow-on private suit, says the government's changed view of AmEx is wrong.

Ambac, Underwriters Reach $33 Million Securities Class Action Settlement
Publication Date: 2011-05-09
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More than a year after failing to win dismissal of claims that they misrepresented underwriting practices and misled investors in a February 2007 mortgage-backed securities offering, Ambac and seven bank underwriters finally waved the white flag.

Winston & Strawn Wins Dismissal for Grant Thornton in Parmalat Suit
Publication Date: 2009-09-21
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A Manhattan federal court judge ruled that Parmalat could not recover damages against auditor Grant Thornton because Parmalat's own officers were responsible for fraud at the company.

February 26, 2003 | Law.com

New Partners, Class of 2003

A roster of the partnership classes at the Bay Area's top firms. For this listing of the law firm partner class of 2003, The Recorder collected the names of those attorneys who were elevated to equity or non-equity partner status in several Bay Area-based law firms.
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May 05, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Does Philadelphia Overpay Its Outside Counsel? No One's Sure, But It's Definitely the Lawyers' Fault

Philadelphia's controller questioned in a report Wednesday the payments the City Law Department made to real estate tax collection law firm Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, finding the department's procedures for reviewing the payments were not up to par.
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