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September 09, 1999 |

Capital Defense Pay Challenged

The legal world will be turned on its head when a State Supreme Court justice in Albany, N.Y. hears arguments this morning on the suit challenging the judges of the New York Court of Appeals over the Court's reduction of attorney compensation rates in capital cases by as much as 50 percent. In the suit, brought by the State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the justice will have the unenviable task of deciding whether the Court of Appeals was within its legal powers in approving the new rates.
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September 04, 2002 |

Federal Ruling Shifts Power In PG&E Bankruptcy Case

Friday`s U.S. District Court decision allowing bankrupt Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to slip out from under state regulation opens up new fronts and shifts the balance of power in the protracted Chapter 11 case.
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Stanford Receiver and Antiguan Liquidators End Tug-Of-War over Investor Claims
Publication Date: 2012-12-06
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Things may be looking up for victims of convicted Ponzi artist R. Allen Stanford. On Wednesday court-appointed Stanford receiver Ralph Janvey and his lawyers at Baker Botts agreed to make nice with the folks liquidating the fraudster's Antiguan bank, with both sides vowing to work together to recover assets for investors.

June 14, 1999 |

$850,000 Attorney Sanction a Record

A growing torrent of frivolous litigation sanctions imposed on Albany attorney Andrew F. Capoccia reached flood tide when an Albany city judge awarded sanctions totaling $850,000 in 87 separate, but similar, debt collection cases last week. State court officials and practitioners said the fine imposed on Capoccia and his firm, Andrew F. Capoccia Law Centers, is by far the largest ever levied under New York's attorney disciplinary rules.
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April 16, 2012 |

Introducing the NLJ 350

This week marks the debut of our expanded NLJ law firm survey. The new NLJ 350 ranks 100 national and regional law firms that have been added to our annual list of the nation's largest firms by headcount.
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August 24, 2007 |

How Much Will 'Best Law Firms for Women' List Influence Attorneys?

Female law students entering the recruiting season have another weapon for their interviewing arsenal: a list of the 50 U.S. firms deemed most woman-friendly. The survey by Working Mother magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers covers benefits and compensation; parental leave and policies; child care; workforce profile; flexibility; and retention and advancement. Some women in the profession, however, question how much of an impact the list might have on a newly minted attorney's employment decisions.
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June 10, 1999 |

Nonresident's Contract Suit Bound by Home State's Rules

Clarifying New York's "borrowing statute," the Court of Appeals yesterday held that a nonresident plaintiff's breach of contract claim is subject to the statute of limitations of its home state. Although the disputed contract was negotiated, signed and carried out in New York, the Court rejected a "grouping of contacts" analysis and held that a nonresident plaintiff's cause of action accrues where it suffers the economic injury, generally its state of residence.
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SEC Investigating Allegations that Khuzami Caved to Pressure from Citigroup, Spared Individual Defendants in Bank's Controversial $75 Million Settlement
Publication Date: 2011-01-11
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An anonymous tipster with apparent inside knowledge of the agency's negotiations with Citi raised the allegations in an unsigned fax to Sen. Charles Grassley. True or not, the fax makes for compelling reading--and we've got a link to it.

September 15, 2004 |

Defending Detainees

One day he's on a brief with conservative scholar Richard Epstein, the next he's challenging the Guantanamo tribunals. Neal Katyal defies easy categorization. Just seven years after a Supreme Court clerkship, the young Georgetown University law professor has already figured in many important cases. Says a former deputy attorney general who supervised Katyal at the Department of Justice: "He is already a force, and he will be recognized as a national figure in the law."
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SEC Suits Against Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Execs May Turn on Subprime Loan Definition
Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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The SEC capped its investigation into Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac by charging six former executives with failing to disclose their companies' exposure in high-risk mortgages. The defendants have fired back, with one arguing that there's no standard definition for subprime loans.

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