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December 22, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Accolades

For the first time in its 18-year history, the Mexican Bar Association has bestowed its National Jurisprudence Prize to a foreigner - Donald Francis Donovan. A litigation partner at Debevoise & Plimpton, Mr. Donovan was honored in Mexico City on Dec. 7 for his pro bono work in international arbitration and human rights - and especially for his representation of Mexican nationals on death row in U.S. prisons.
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August 23, 2002 | Law.com

Trial Date Set for WTC Insurance Issue

Jury selection in the trial to decide the multibillion-dollar question of whether the attacks on the World Trade Center were one or two occurrences for insurance purposes will begin on Nov. 4. Judge John S. Martin of the Southern District of New York on Thursday rebuffed an attempt by insurance companies that claimed massive amounts of pretrial discovery and trial preparation made it impossible to conduct the trial efficiently.
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July 19, 2005 | Law.com

A Good Cop/Bad Cop Dynamic Scores Big

It was a good cop/bad cop strategy that won a whopping $6.13 billion settlement of the WorldCom Inc. litigation. The bad cop was plaintiffs' lawyer John P. "Sean" Coffey of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann in New York, and the good cop was Coffey's partner, Max W. Berger. Teamed up against some of New York's largest firms, the duo scored a record securities fraud recovery that sent shock waves through every boardroom in the country.
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September 08, 2009 | Law.com

SEC Could Hold Key for Former Brocade CEO in Backdating Case

From the day former Brocade Communications CEO Gregory Reyes faced backdating charges, the Justice Department and the SEC never seemed to see the case the same way. Prosecutors focused on Reyes, offering immunity to his finance officers, while the SEC saw broader culpability. Now those agencies will have to reconcile their approaches to the case, as Reyes' lawyers hope a tough SEC settlement will help forestall another criminal trial.
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September 29, 2000 | Law.com

Keys to the Kingdom

Misery loves company. Why else do lawyers fight for jobs at firms that take a beating in The American Lawyer's annual midlevel job satisfaction survey? In a word, prestige. Big names -- like Cravath, Swaine & Moore and Sullivan & Cromwell -- rank near the bottom of this year's survey, but according to legal recruiters and associates, the halo hanging over the biggies overrides the malcontent inside.
12 minute read
March 15, 2002 | New York Law Journal

Nuns Fight Diocese Over Land

dispute over ownership of an historic landmark house and the surrounding 42 acres, overlooking Sag Harbor from exclusive North Haven Village, has locked an order of Episcopal nuns in protracted litigation against the church`s Long Island diocese. Each side has accused the other of wanting to sell the estate, estimated to be worth more than million, to developers.
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June 28, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Kaplan Blasts U.S. Pressure on KPMG Case Fees

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November 13, 2006 | Law.com

'NLJ 250' Shows Strong Law Firm Growth Continuing

The 250 largest law firms in the U.S. grew by 4 percent in 2006, a figure that was just shy of the prior year's gains, according to The National Law Journal's 29th annual survey. The results indicate a "healthy legal economy" spurred by strong mergers and acquisitions activity and big-ticket litigation, said one law firm consultant. And while law firms used to base their mergers on geography and size for size's sake, they now take a much more strategic approach, said another consultant.
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June 15, 2007 | Law.com

Fla. Summer Associates Beat Competition, Obstacles

Competition is fierce when it comes to summer law internships in south Florida. Because there are fewer big firms there than in cities such as Chicago and New York, plum summer associate positions are limited. But law firms seeking to hire the best legal minds fight to get the best. They aim to impress law students by giving them real-world experience and sending them to foreign countries. Here are some summers who are about to embark on internships and others who regale about their experiences last year.
10 minute read
April 18, 2002 | New York Law Journal

Privacy Class Action Rejected for Failure To Prove Damages

AN APPELLATE court has dismissed a class action lawsuit against Chase Manhattan Bank in a ruling that lays out strict standards for seeking damages against companies that sell personal information to telemarketers.
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