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January 09, 2008 | New York Law Journal

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Does SEC Case Against Connecticut Hedge Fund Signal Paradigm Shift?
Publication Date: 2010-10-27
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Historically, only hedge funds that turned out to be Ponzi schemes had to worry much about the agency coming after them. But with its suit against Southridge Capital, the SEC is taking a hard, new look at hedge fund operating procedures.

April 26, 2007 | Law.com

Where the firms rank, 2007.

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November 22, 2000 | Law.com

C-SPAN Hopes Supreme Court Is Ready for its Close-Up

After open proceedings in the lower courts, the fate of the Florida recount will vanish within the Supreme Court's marble bunker -- shielded from direct inspection by all but the few able to get a seat inside the courtroom. But when the Bush campaign appealed to the high court, C-SPAN asked for permission to cover any hearings that might result. "The public interest in the Court and its role in our government would likely never be higher," C-SPAN Chairman Brian Lamb wrote.
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January 31, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Panel Overturns Legal Fee Award in Medicaid Case

For the second time in five years, the Third Department has overturned an order awarding $100,000 in counsel fees in a case where the state Health Department had directed the community spouse of a Medicaid patient to invest in an annuity.
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Covington Wins Judgment for Verizon in Billion-Dollar ERISA Class Action Based on In-House Lawyer's Typo
Publication Date: 2009-11-04
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Ever heard of a $1.67 billion word-processing mistake? That was the scenario facing Verizon in a class action that survived Covington's motion to dismiss. But then the judge heard from the in-house lawyer who drafted the ERISA contract.

September 15, 2004 | Law.com

Being Dan Webb

Winston & Strawn partner Dan Webb, dubbed a "superlawyer" by The New York Times, is used to handling companies' high-profile legal matters -- ranging from Wyeth's fen-phen woes to a Microsoft trademark beef -- but even he calls an upcoming federal proceeding "the mother of all trials." Webb is the lead lawyer for Philip Morris USA Inc., the nation's biggest cigarette maker and currently at the center of a $280 billion racketeering suit that the DOJ has filed against the tobacco industry.
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October 28, 2002 | National Law Journal

Chart: The Legal Times 100

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December 02, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Accolades

For outstanding pro bono business counsel given to nonprofit organizations, the Lawyers Alliance for New York presented its annual Cornerstone Awards to Proskauer Rose and Shearman & Sterling, nine individual attorneys and a Columbia Law School professor during a reception last month at the Colgate-Palmolive headquarters on Park Avenue.
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March 22, 2005 | Law.com

Clifford Chance Turns to Partner From London to Halt U.S. Slide

During the past five years, Clifford Chance, one of the world's largest law firms, has endured dozens of high-profile partner departures and a messy West Coast retreat. It was against this backdrop that global managing partner Peter Cornell relocated last month to New York, where he has swiftly made his presence felt. Cornell projects confidence and an eagerness to throw himself into the fray. But can anyone pull Clifford Chance's U.S. operation out of its downward spiral?
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