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April 19, 2002 | New York Law Journal

Death Row Appeal Reaches Court

ALBANY No case on the Court of Appeals April-May calendar has the headline-grabbing potential of People v. Harris , the first death penalty matter to reach the state`s highest tribunal since capital punishment was reinstated in 1995. But the calendar is chock full of cases of import and interest.
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Another One Bites the Dust: With Emphatic Dismissal of Antitrust Auction-Rate Securities Class Action, Plaintiffs Cut Off from Alternative Route to ARS Recovery
Publication Date: 2010-01-27
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It's quite remarkable, really. A $300 billion market imploded, but plaintiffs firms can't figure out how to bring a viable suit. This time, a New York judge concluded their class action was a securities case in antitrust clothing.

November 16, 2000 | Law.com

Posting a Privacy Policy Is Not Enough

In the past two years, a rising number of Web sites have adopted privacy policies describing how they collect and use personal data. Although these policies typically have been adopted to meet user expectations and not in compliance with any legal requirement, they are not without legal ramifications. Recent cases have alleged some companies are engaged in unlawful deceptive practices by not adhering to their own "voluntary" policies.
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Quinn and Hausfeld Win Class Cert for Shippers in Multi-Billion Dollar Suit Against Railroads
Publication Date: 2012-06-22
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The class, which includes a huge swath of U.S. industry, accuses CSX, Union Pacific, and others of fixing prices for fuel surcharges. Treble damages could run into the billions of dollars.

Simpson Thacher Scores for Banks, Fends Off Appeal in Auction-Rate Antitrust Class Action
Publication Date: 2013-03-05
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It was inevitable that the collapse of the $300 billion auction-rate securities market in 2008 would trigger securities litigation. But the ARS freeze also spawned a massive antitrust case, after a trio of plaintiffs firms cooked up a theory that the market's demise was triggered by an illegal boycott on the part of major banks.

April 24, 2002 | New York Law Journal

New Deals

In a deal valued at about $4 billion, Boise, Idaho-based provider of semiconductor memory solutions Micron Technology Inc. announced on Monday that it had signed a memorandum of understanding to purchase the memory business of South Korean computer chipmaker Hynix Semiconductor Inc. Under the terms of the memorandum, Micron will issue 108.6 million of its common shares, worth a total of $3.8 billion, to purchase Hynix. Micron will also invest $200 million in cash for a 15 percent stake in Hynix`s non-memory
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June 10, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Lippman Names 28 to Task Force to Expand Access to Legal Services

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May 14, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

The M&A Toll Tax

The past few years have seen a dramatic spike in M&A litigation, despite an equally dramatic decrease in deal volume after the post-Lehman economic collapse. These days, essentially every corporate merger involving a publicly traded company invites a lawsuit from shareholders claiming that the target corporation's board of directors breached its fiduciary duty by agreeing to sell the company for an unfair price through a tainted process, write Charles W. Schwartz and Daniel E. Bolia.
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Matter of OxyContin II, 700000/07
Publication Date: 2010-09-27
Practice Area: Products Liability
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Court: Appellate Division, Second Department
Judge: Before: Prudenti, P.J., Fisher, Roman, Sgroi, JJ.
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For plaintiff: Chadbourne & Parke LLP, New York, N.Y. (Donald I. Strauber, Mary T. Yelenick, Phoebe A. Wilkinson, and Alexandra A. Nellos of counsel), and Harold Siegel, Staten Island, N.Y., for appellants (one brief filed).
For defendant: Sanders Viener Grossman, LLC, Mineola, N.Y. (Douglas H. Sanders, Melissa C. Ingrassia, Aybike Donuk, and Michael Ihrig of counsel), for respondents.
Case number: 700000/07

Cite as: Matter of OxyContin II, 700000/07, NYLJ 1202472518491, at *1 (App. Div. 2nd, Decided September 21, 2010)Before: Prudenti, P.J., Fisher, Roman, Sgroi, J

June 26, 1999 | Law.com

Attorneys' Fees in a Nutshell

Under the well-settled "American Rule," litigants generally must pay their own attorneys' fees -- win or lose. One major exception to the rule arises under statutes that contain fee-shifting provisions. This article examines attorneys' fee awards to prevailing parties -- both plaintiffs and defendants -- in employment-related cases arising under anti-discrimination statutes.
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