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Kutner v. Vazquez, 45140/06
Publication Date: 2007-11-23
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Case number: 45140/06

District Judge Andrew M. Engel NASSAU COUNTY District Court For the Plaintiff: Hrry H. Kutner, Jr., Esq. For the Defendants: Bermingham & Fernandez, LLP/p

December 07, 2006 |

IPO Case Hits Big Snag At Second Circuit

A federal appeals court Tuesday vacated class certification in six key cases in the massive litigation over dot-com era initial public offerings - a potentially devastating setback for plaintiffs in the biggest consolidated securities class action in U.S. history.
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August 20, 2002 |

Johnson & Johnson Loses Bid to Limit Discovery in Class Bias Suit

Plaintiffs in a discrimination suit against Johnson & Johnson are entitled to companywide discovery and do not have to proceed in stages, despite defense claims that producing all the documents at once is burdensome, a federal judge in New Jersey has ruled. The suit, filed last November, alleges that Johnson & Johnson discriminated against Hispanic and black employees throughout the pharmaceutical company and its subsidiaries.
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May 04, 2000 |

Law Firms Foster 'New Girls' Networking

In the typical image of law firm rainmaking, a group of lawyers and clients trade war stories and close deals in a box at the ball game or over scotch and cigars after 18 holes. It is a decidedly male tableau.
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The Global Lawyer: The 2012 Global Lawyers of the Year
Publication Date: 2012-12-27
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How to choose between a record $2 billion ICSID award and a $2 billion ICC award that's also in record terrain? We've decided to throw up our hands and pronounce a tie for the 2012 Global Lawyer of the Year. We're honoring Debevoise & Plimpton's David W. Rivkin for his ICSID win in Occidental v. Ecuador, and Shearman & Sterling's Henry Weisburg, for prevailing in The Dow Chemical Company's ICC feud with Kuwait.

June 02, 2003 |

Class Action Against Interpublic Group to Proceed

Interpublic Group of Cos., a holding company that ranks as the world's second-largest owner of advertising agencies, must defend a class action accusing it of defrauding investors, a federal judge in New York ruled Friday. The suit alleges that Interpublic issued misleading financial statements tied largely to questionable accounting practices at its flagship McCann-Erickson agency, the world's largest advertising network.
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September 29, 2003 |

The Inexact Science of the First-Year Associate Class

Law firm hiring committees are like restaurateurs. Neither party brings hard science to expensive decisions: how many first-year associates to hire, how much meat to order for tonight's special. The process is distinct, far from streamlined, with precious few reliable numbers on which to predict needs. How else to explain the scattered statistics of 25 international firms' New York first-year associate classes from 2001 to 2003?
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November 20, 2007 |

Lawsuit Over Picasso Painting Dismissed

A New York court Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the alleged owner of a Pablo Picasso painting who claimed his great-uncle was forced by the Nazis to sell the artwork. Justice Rolando T. Acosto found that Julius H. Schoeps, who claims to be an heir to Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, lacked standing to sue the Andrew Lloyd Webber Art Foundation, the current owner of "Portrait de Angel Fernandez de Soto," because he had not been appointed as the personal representative of Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's estate.
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November 04, 2004 |

Guerrilla Girls Take Copyright Dispute to Court

The attorney for a group of self-proclaimed "art-terrorists" has been disqualified in the latest chapter of a legal battle that pits the Guerrilla Girls against a splinter group in a dispute over posters, books and other property. The women use deceased female artists' names and don gorilla masks at public appearances, decrying segregation and discrimination in the art world.
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May 22, 2008 |

New Deals

In a $650 million transaction, Cablevision will form a partnership with the Tribune Co. under which it will purchase about 97 percent of the Newsday Media Group. The deal values Newsday at $632 million; Tribune also will receive $18 million at closing in prepaid rent for properties used in the business. Also, Hewlett-Packard Co. has agreed to buy Electronic Data Systems Corp. for $13.9 billion, a move that will more than double its technology services business.
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