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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 1368 CA 09-00523 PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., HURLBUTT,
To Build Practice, Ex-Bush SG Embraces Liberal Clients
In George W. Bush's solicitor general's office, Paul Clement built a reputation as one of the most skilled appellate advocates of his generation as he argued the trickiest of cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and appellate courts. Now a partner at King & Spalding, Clement has taken on tough-to-win Supreme Court cases that are far from standard fare for a Bush-era legal icon. But Clement said his conservative political views have not changed: "I haven't had a conversion on the road to Damascus or anywhere else."It's not clear how the Supreme Court's landmark Concepcion arbitration ruling might apply to shareholder litigation. The Carlyle Group and its lawyers at Simpson Thacher are ready to test whether a public company can ban shareholder class actions.
Heller Leaders Saw Failure Looming, Documents Show
Heller Ehrman's leaders discussed the firm's "mortality" while assuring partners it was sound, and recruited more than five merger candidates by early 2008, according to confidential creditors' exhibits. The documents provide details never before available that give clues to the inner workings of a failing law firm and expose embarrassing ironies. The exhibits include notes from policy and executive committee meetings, e-mails about finances, loan documents and balance sheets.Justice Lewis Bart Stone NEW YORK COUNTY Supreme Court Attorneys for Petitioner: Daniel Reisel Sive Paget and Reisel Richard Ben-Venist
District Judge Denny Chin U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Appearances: Attorneys for Plaintiff: By: Roger E. Barton, Esq.
For years, culminating with his Ninth Circuit win against UMG Recordings this week, Elkin has relied on a safe harbor provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to fend off copyright infringement claims against his client Veoh Networks. Elkin's pioneering work has paid off for Veoh, and so far it's paying off for Google and YouTube as they defend against Viacom's $1 billion copyright suit.
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