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January 23, 2003 | Law.com

Bad Year for N.Y. Law Firms Handling M&As

How bad a year was it for New York mergers and acquisitions lawyers? Just ask any lawyer not aboard for Pfizer's $61.3 billion acquisition of Sweden's Pharmacia, which accounted for almost 15 percent of the total value of announced U.S. merger activity in 2002. The dearth of U.S. deals even knocked New York firms off of the summit of the worldwide rankings.
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July 27, 2004 | New York Law Journal

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August 12, 2002 | New Jersey Law Journal

ABA Delegates Weigh Dueling Plans For Hastening Judicial Nominations

Political infighting over federal judge selection has spilled into the deliberations of the American Bar Association. At press time, two dueling resolutions, both designed to put the ABA on record in favor of speeding up the confirmation process for judges, were on the agenda for the ABA House of Delegates at the bar group`s national meeting in Washington, D.C.
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October 20, 2003 | New York Law Journal

State of Connecticut v. Crotty

Nonresident Lobster Law Violates Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article IV
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February 27, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Sentences Show District Judges Embrace Guidelines Discretion

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May 16, 2006 | Law.com

Judge May Allow Proof of Earlier Suit Against Weil Gotshal

The judge overseeing the malpractice trial involving Weil, Gotshal & Manges and two of its partners is considering letting the jury hear about another suit against the firm filed by the pop singer Michael Bolton. Judge Richard Lowe previously ruled that he would exclude mention of other claims against the firm. But on Friday, the judge said he thought testimony Wednesday by one of the partners, Robert Sugarman, about his celebrity representations might "open the door" to questions about the Bolton suit.
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February 01, 2010 | The American Lawyer

The 2010 Lateral Report Buyer's Market

By most measures, 2009 was a dismal year for the legal industry. One notable exception to the drumbeat of record layoffs and bankruptcy actions: By our count, there were also a record number of lateral partner moves in The Am Law 200.
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December 04, 2012 | Daily Report Online

2nd Circuit judges eye copyright case

The concept of building an entire business model around the language in a single court decision got a workout in New York on Nov. 30 as judges at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit peppered a lawyer for AEREO with questions about why the Internet start-up TV company shouldn't be shut down for copyright infringement.
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June 05, 2003 | New York Law Journal

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November 22, 2004 | New Jersey Law Journal

Jama et al v. INS, etc.

The law of nations can be said to have reached a consensus that the inhumane treatment of a huge number of persons accused of no crime and held in confinement is a violation of customary international law, and because other remedies available to those who are held in penal institutions may not be available to immigration detainees such as plaintiffs, the summary judgment motions of defendants, a private detention facility and its officers, are denied as to plaintiffs' Alien Tort Claims Act claim.
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