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August 26, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Breach of Duty to Defend Stands Out Among Noteworthy Issues

Evan H. Krinick, co-managing partner of Rivkin Radler, writes: The past term's significant insurance law decisions by the New York Court of Appeals resolved a variety of issues that will alter the practice of insurance law in important ways. But one decision in particular, in which the court evaluated the consequences to an insurance carrier of its breach of the duty to defend its insured, will surely be one of the most widely discussed and debated insurance law decisions rendered by the court in recent years.
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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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May 03, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

The 'Rogue Employee' and Dogs That Eat Homework

Have you ever noticed, when companies become the focus of a compliance scandal, that one of the first instincts of the company spokesperson is to blame the bad act on the proverbial "rogue employee"?
5 minute read
August 01, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Virginia Toll Road Moves Forward with Help from Orrick, Ballard Spahr

The $935 million project—which will widen a 29-mile stretch of Interstate 95 in Virginia to cater to carpoolers and those willing to pay a premium for a speedier drive—is the latest public-private partnership on which the two firms have worked.
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June 22, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Q&A: Peter J. Kiernan

Kiernan, who is of counsel at Schiff Hardin, was the governor's principal lawyer from 2008 to 2010, one of the most turbulent periods for state government in recent memory.
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Litigator of the Week: Jacob Buchdahl of Susman Godfrey
Publication Date: 2013-02-07
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Assured Guaranty's case against Flagstar Bancorp wasn't the biggest case brought by a bond insurer against a mortgage-backed securities issuer in the wake of the housing crisis. But that doesn't make Buchdahl's $90 million victory this week any less of a problem for the banks.

September 10, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Requisite Mental Capacity for Executing an Intervivos Trust

Sanford J. Schlesinger and Ross Katz of Schlesinger Gannon & Lazetera write that while the law is replete with examples of cases discussing the requisite mental capacity of a testator necessary to execute a will, few decisions exist wherein a court is faced with analyzing the requisite mental capacity necessary to execute an intervivos trust. A recent decision sheds light on this seldom analyzed area of law.
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September 17, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Quiet Trusts and Great Expectations

Jonathan J. Rikoon, a partner at Debevoise & Plimpton, and Louise Ding Yang, an associate at the firm, write that over the past decade more than 30 jurisdictions have enacted legislation - primarily driven by controversial provisions included in the 2000 Uniform Trust Code - permitting some form of a "quiet" or "silent" trust in which the settlor abrogates or severely limits a trustee's duty to inform beneficiaries of the existence of an irrevocable trust or to notify beneficiaries of certain other trust information.
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August 06, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Va. Toll Road Moves Forward With Help From Law Firms

Drivers stuck in traffic in Northern Virginia, take heart: As of Tuesday, a long-stalled $935 million highway project aimed at easing congestion by widening a 29-mile stretch of Interstate 95 is finally on the road to completion.
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September 23, 2013 | Legaltech News

Four Firms Dialed In for BlackBerry's Take-Private Deal

Stumbling smartphone maker BlackBerry said Monday it has agreed to sell itself to a consortium led by its largest investor, Canadian insurance company Fairfax Financial Holdings, for $4.7 billion. Skadden and Canadian firm Torys are advising a special committee of BlackBerry's board, while the buyers have turned to Shearman & Sterling and McCarthy Tétrault.
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