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August 30, 2001 |

Top New York Lawyers Share Their War Stories

Everyone loves a good war story, and lawyers are no exception. The New York Law Journal asked some of New York's top lawyers to share their most embarrassing, absurd, poignant or simply memorable experiences of their many years of practice. These tales include both the ridiculous mistakes of junior lawyers and the courtroom surprises of seasoned lawyers. Keep in mind: The attorneys profiled here survived. So will you.
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March 31, 2006 |

Muzak to His Ears

Muzak: Is there anything more ubiquitous? Muzak's GC, Michael F. Zendan II, probably hopes not, noting that the company serves 400,000 client locations and 100 million listeners worldwide. Because Zendan manages a lean five-member department that includes only two other attorneys, he's involved in a lot of business decisions involving contractual and financial matters. And what's playing in his office? Why, Muzak, of course.
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March 15, 2010 |

Evolution of Military Commissions Clouds Debate Over 9/11 Trials

The debate over where to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is defined by sharp disagreement over the legal rights of accused terrorists and the relative strengths and weaknesses of civilian and military commission systems. The Obama administration is nearing a decision on where to hold a trial once slated for New York, and officials are struggling to develop a clear rationale for sending some detainees into federal court, others into trial by military commission, and detaining others without any trial at all.
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AIG Loses Bid to Dismiss Class Action over Subprime Exposure
Publication Date: 2010-09-27
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The AIG litigation machine keeps humming as a New York federal judge declines to dismiss a class action alleging that the insurer misled shareholders about its credit default swap portfolio.

DOJ Finally Joins the E-Book Antitrust Fray, Leaving Plaintiffs Lawyers to Chase Damages
Publication Date: 2012-04-11
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The government's case against Apple and and five of the "big six" book publishers is good news indeed for plaintiffs lawyers at Hagens Berman and Cohen Milstein as they pursue their own class action claims against the same crowd of defendants.

This Week in Morrison: The Supreme Court's Oft-Cited Recent Ruling Is Being Applied Outside the Bounds of Securities Class Actions
Publication Date: 2010-08-26
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The high court ostensibly addressed only f-cubed securities claims in its landmark Morrison v. NAB opinion. But defendants--and judges--are finding the ruling extends beyond those limits.

Skadden Loses Mass Tort Heavyweights to Quinn Emanuel
Publication Date: 2013-04-23
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Sheila Birnbaum and Mark Cheffo made the big switch on Tuesday, becoming the latest high-profile additions to Quinn Emanuel's ever-growing roster of litigators.

Litigation Department of the Year: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
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When other firms and conventional strategies come up short, clients in deep trouble turn to Gibson, Dunn for fresh, aggressive thinking and innovative rescues.

April 16, 2010 |

Will Global Warming Become the Next Mass Tort?

The recent 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, once again focused the world's attention on the issue of global warming. But far from Copenhagen, the issue of whether global warming will become the next mass tort is playing out in courtrooms across America.
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August 02, 1999 |

Lawyers Expect Y2K Business, Despite New Law

Even as he signed the Y2K Act into law last month, President Clinton could not help but sound a note of caution: "We will be watching to see whether the bill's provisions are misused," he said in an accompanying statement. After months of debate, the enacted legislation attempts a delicate balancing act: Weed out the frivolous suits expected to flood the nation's courts come Jan. 1, 2000, while allowing legitimate suits to go forward. But lawyers are certain there will be plenty of Year 2000 work.
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