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Judge Appoints Interim Class Counsel in Trillion-Dollar Libor Class Action Litigation
Publication Date: 2011-12-01
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Class action litigation is beginning to take shape over allegations that major banks manipulated Libor, the benchmark rate used to calculate interest on trillions of dollars in securities globally. On Monday the federal district court judge hearing the litigation consolidated 20 class complaints, and appointed interim class counsel.

MBIA Inc., et al v. BN AMRO Bank, N.V. 601475/09
Publication Date: 2011-01-11
Practice Area: Business Law
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Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department
Judge: Before: Peter Tom, J.P.; Angela M. Mazzaretti; John W. Sweeny, Jr.; Helen E. Freedman; Sheila Abdus-Salaam, JJ.
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For plaintiff: Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP, New York (Marc E. Kasowitz, Daniel R. Benson, Aaron H. Marks, Albert S. Mishaan and Kenneth R. David of counsel), for appellants.
For defendant: Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York (Gandolfo V. DiBlasi, Michael T. Tomaino, Jr. and Brian T. Frawley of counsel), for respondents.
Case number: 601475/09

Cite as: MBIA Inc., et al v. BN AMRO Bank, N.V. 601475/09, NYLJ 1202477729572, at *1 (App. Div., 1st , January 11, 2011)Before: Peter Tom, J.P.; Angela M. Mazza

Stuart Grant of Grant & Eisenhofer and Randall Baron of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd
Publication Date: 2011-10-06
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The plaintiffs lawyers' shareholder suit over last year's leveraged buyout of Del Monte Corporation finally ended Thursday with Del Monte and Barclays agreeing to a combined $89.4 million settlement. But Grant said the case will also have a lasting change on the way big deals are financed.

March 10, 2010 | Law.com

The New China Hands

Just a decade ago, China's rise as an economic superpower still seemed uncertain. Back then, the China practice of major international firms was still mainly the province of the Old China Hands -- lawyers who perhaps had a deeper affinity for Chinese language and culture than the practice of law -- who focused on representing foreign companies opening factories and shops in China. But with the country's economic rise, the face of the China practice at international firms has grown increasingly ... Chinese.
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March 12, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Law Firm Roundup

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November 23, 2005 | Law.com

Is the Magic Circle Becoming the Tragic Circle?

From 1998 through 2001, U.K.-headquartered law firms had astonishingly high growth rates. The last three years have been less kind, and firms are trying to hold on to these gains by the skin of their teeth. The largest and most lucrative mergers and acquisitions deals in Europe are being cherry-picked by U.S. firms, and Europe has seen neither a rise in U.S.-style litigation nor the volume of corporate meltdowns handled by their American counterparts. Partha Bose analyzes who will survive -- and how.
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January 20, 1999 | Law.com

High Rollers

New York's Cravath, Swaine & Moore has a $35 million bet riding on the success of the AOL-Time Warner merger in a contingency-fee gamble that is unusually large and risky. As lead outside counsel to longtime client Time Warner in the largest merger in history, Cravath agreed to a fee structure that could net the firm $35 million if the merger closes. But if the deal falls apart, Cravath's lawyers could go home empty-handed.
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MBIA, Morgan Stanley Reach Accord in Multibillion-Dollar Credit Crisis Showdown
Publication Date: 2011-12-13
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After months of cutting quiet deals with banks in the high-stakes Manhattan state court litigation challenging its 2009 restructuring, MBIA Inc. reached a major settlement with Morgan Stanley on Tuesday. But for some of MBIA's Wall Street adversaries, the notion that MBIA had to rely on a loan to fund part of the settlement vindicates their claims that the insurer's restructuring was a fraud.

July 01, 2011 | The American Lawyer

THE A-LIST 2011 Upheaval in the Ranks

None of the firms on last year's A-List returned to the same spot this year. Whether it was a result of a firm's spike in its associate satisfaction score, or a drop in its revenue per lawyer, the 2011 A-List was all about volatility.
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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

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