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September 13, 1999 |

Lawyers In Love Say 'I Do'

How many lawyers marry other lawyers? National statistics do not exist, but the conjugal track record of the Yale Law School Class of '93 is suggestive. Many of the alumni remain single, yet close to 20% are married to lawyers, mostly other Yalies. Michael Goldhaber investigates.
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Susan Beck's Summary Judgment: Think the SEC's Latest Announcements Mean It's Finally Cracking Down on Wall Street Wrongdoing? Think Again
Publication Date: 2011-03-02
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The SEC just filed a common-sense fraud case against a tiny, bankrupt body armor maker in Florida. So why can't it do the same against the banks that nearly wrecked our economy?

Ulico Cas. Co. v Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman Dicker
Publication Date: 2008-09-16
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Case number: 3154

Peter Tom, J.P. Richard T. Andrias Eugene Nardelli John W. Sweeny, Jr., JJ. 3154 Index 602229/99 Ulico Casualty Company, Plaintiff-Respondent, v Wilson, Else

The Global Lawyer: The Rise and Rise of OFAC
Publication Date: 2012-07-09
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In a once-sleepy corner of the Treasury Department, regulation of overseas conduct is going strong. That's bad news for European banks, but good news for American foreign policy--and a handful of well-positioned firms that excel at both litigation and bank regulation.

February 10, 2003 |

Growing Boies

When David Boies left Cravath, Swaine & Moore in 1997 to start his own law firm, he had a simple idea: practice a sophisticated brand of law in a small, bureaucracy-free setting. But it hasn't worked that way. Boies, Schiller & Flexner now has 174 lawyers, 11 offices, more than $100 million in annual revenue, and a star-studded client list. The firm has grown awfully far, awfully fast -- and cracks have started showing in its foundation.
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Teamsters Airline Division v. Frontier Airlines Inc., 09 Civ. 343
Publication Date: 2009-07-24
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Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District
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Case number: 09 Civ. 343

District Judge P. Kevin Castel U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Teamsters Airline Division represented by Marianne Goldstein Robbins, Previant, Goldberg,

Did D&O Insurer Balk at Funding Riggio Settlement in B&N Case?
Publication Date: 2012-06-14
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In an unusual move, Barnes & Noble founder Leonard Riggio paid for a $29 million shareholder settlement out of his own funds. Why? His directors and officers policy likely has a "personal profit" exclusion, which denies coverage when the insured loses money he wasn't legally entitled to.

The People of The State of New York—Plaintiff v. Daryl Hart—Defendant, 12220/98
Publication Date: 2010-08-23
Practice Area: Criminal Practice
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Court: Supreme Court, Queens County, Part K-21
Judge: Justice Darrell L. Gavrin
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Case number: 12220/98

Cite as: People v. Hart, 12220/98, NYLJ 1202470634309, at *1 (Sup., QU, Decided July 22, 2010)Justice Darrell L. GavrinDecided: July 22,

China and SEC Reach Agreement on Deloitte Audit Docs
Publication Date: 2013-07-15
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For the first time, China's securities regulator has agreed to turn over audit documents related to an ongoing SEC investigation of a U.S.-listed Chinese company.

September 16, 2005 |

What Delta Can Learn From Other Bankruptcies

As Delta Air Lines this week joined United Airlines, US Airways and Northwest Airlines as major U.S. carriers operating under Chapter 11 protection, the experiences of Continental Airlines and now-defunct Eastern Air Lines provide case studies of the best and worst scenarios for Delta. Although Eastern is "the prototype of the worst-case scenario," one expert explains how the bankruptcy of Continental worked because management was able to wring significant concessions out of its workforce.
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