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Credit Suisse, Frank Quattrone Still on the Hook in Nine-Year-Old AOL-Time Warner Securities Class Action
Publication Date: 2011-08-29
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Lead plaintiffs counsel Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer beat back summary judgment motions, potentially clearing the way for trial in the blast-from-the-past case.

April 07, 2003 | Law.com

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July 02, 1999 | Law.com

Litigators Won't Rule in the Valley

In the Silicon Valley, the top firm lawyers are not necessarily litigators, and the peers of corporate counsel are not other top lawyers. They are venture capitalists and market watchers who point the way to the next waves of success. The winners among Valley law firms will be those constantly at work cultivating the garden, not those simply plucking ripe fruit from the tree.
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Ruling in MERS Exposure Class Action is Tough for BofA, Good News for Execs, Underwriters
Publication Date: 2012-07-11
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A judge has trimmed a consolidated class action accusing Bank of America and its executives of misleading shareholders about the bank's mortgage fraud exposure, but a crucial part of the case can still go forward.

February 26, 2004 | Law.com

Mofo Attorneys Turn $660M Acquisition in 12 Days

It turned out to be an unforgettable Valentine's Day for the crew of lawyers who inked a $660 million deal for Credence Systems Corp. to acquire NPTest Holdings Corp. "The deal went from a handshake to a definitive agreement in 12 days,� said William Sherman, a partner in Morrison & Foerster's Palo Alto office, who represented Milpitas-based Credence Systems. �I've been doing this 32 years and I've not done a deal this fast or seen a company taken public and sold so fast.�
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July 01, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Ready to Commit

The U.K.'s Ashurst has finally found an international merger partner, in Australia's Blake Dawson. Can it tie the knot with an American firm, too?
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July 05, 2000 | Law.com

Big Times for Small IP Firms

These days, big firms in Silicon Valley don't need no stinkin' rainmakers. The last thing they want to see is somebody with a big book of business because they already have more work than they can handle. But this enviable problem is proving good news for small IP shops in the San Francisco area.
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MBIA Ins. Corp., v. Morgan Stanley, 29951-10
Publication Date: 2011-06-02
Practice Area: Business Law
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Court: Supreme Court, Westchester County
Judge: Justice Gerald E. Loehr
Case number: 29951-10

Cite as: MBIA Ins. Corp., v. Morgan Stanley, 29951-10, NYLJ 1202495779084, at *1 (Sup, WE, Decided March 26, 2011)Justice Gerald E. Loehr

N.Y. Judge: Delaware Plaintiffs Must Wait to Fight $20 Million BofA Deal
Publication Date: 2012-05-15
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Bank of America shareholders who want to scuttle a proposed $20 million settlement of derivative claims arising from the bank's acquisition of Merrill Lynch have been thwarted again.

Allstate Sues Another Bank over MBS Losses, but This Time Quinn Emanuel Stays on the Sidelines
Publication Date: 2011-07-06
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For its newly-filed complaint against Morgan Stanley, Allstate turned to Bernstein Litowitz rather than Quinn, which filed the last six suits against banks that sold Allstate toxic mortgage-backed securities. Turns out there's a good reason for that.

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