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January 16, 2013 |

Not So Fast: Equitable Arguments Slow Foreclosures

In their Financing column, Joshua Sohn and Jason Goldstein, members of DLA Piper, write that two new cases concerning disputes between senior lenders and mezzanine lenders suggest that the general principle that New York courts will strictly enforce arms-length commercial real estate agreements may not be quite the hard-and-fast rule that many expect it to be.
10 minute read
March 16, 2005 |

Former Prosecutor Put on the Defensive

It's one of the most shocking legal stories in the East Bay -- a former prosecutor alleges he and a now-deceased judge conspired to keep Jews off the jury in a capital punishment case. Yet the protagonist has been largely MIA. Not for much longer. John Quatman, whose allegations last year set off a firestorm of anger in the Alameda County district attorney's office, is expected to resurface next week in a San Jose courtroom -- along with portions of his personnel file.
3 minute read
August 10, 2000 |

Hog Mild

If you were to meet them during the workweek, you might be forgiven for thinking that Colin Harley and Bob Heckart of New York's Davis Polk & Wardwell were just a couple of Wall Street lawyers. But come the weekend, these two pull on their boots, hop on their motorcycles, and morph into road warriors.
7 minute read
February 11, 2009 |

Judge decertifies off-label drug use class action

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July 04, 2002 |

Toxic Mold Litigation Is in the Air

It has been well-anticipated among the legal community that mold litigation may be the next new wave of toxic tort to be litigated on a mass scale. Unlike their asbestos and latex counterparts, mold plaintiffs will represent a variety of people from all walks of life.
14 minute read
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June 23, 2008 |

From New Haven To Guantánamo

While millions of Americans spent Memorial Day barbecuing in their backyards, New Haven attorney Elizabeth P. Gilson was preparing a meal of beef, rice and vegetables for two brothers far from home. Every three months, Gilson flies to Cuba to visit Bahtiyar Mahnut, 31, and Arkin Amamud, 40, at the Guant�namo Bay naval base where the men are among 270 detainees held by the U.S. because of suspected ties to terrorist organizations.
6 minute read
November 21, 2000 |

Reported $10M Settlement in New Jersey Turnpike Shooting Case Called Too High

Lawyers well-steeped in civil suits by police-shooting victims are raising eyebrows over reports that New Jersey might pay $10 million to the men shot by troopers when their van was stopped on the New Jersey Turnpike in 1998 -- especially considering that the indictments against the state troopers involved in the case have been dismissed.
7 minute read
April 29, 2003 |

Settlement With Analysts Could Fuel Litigation

The California Department of Corporations expects a new wave of securities litigation now that regulators have reached a historic settlement with investment banks over analyst conflicts of interest. Although regulators pitched it as a "global settlement," the deal allows investigators to share with the private bar the evidence they collected -- including thousands of e-mails -- and does not protect the participating investment banks from claims.
4 minute read
March 04, 2010 |

New Deals

AIG has agreed to sell its Asian insurance unit to Prudential PLC for $35.5 billion. Proceeds from the sale will allow AIG to pay back more quickly the $180 billion it received from the federal government to help it stay in business. Also, the Coca-Cola Company is acquiring the North American operations of Coca-Cola Enterprises, its largest bottler, in a transaction worth more than $13 billion.
6 minute read
November 09, 1999 |

Amazon.com as Plaintiff and Defendant Fighting to Protect Patent

Amazon.com has been in court over its 1-click patent -- and its name. If the online bookseller succeeds in its patent case against Barnes & Noble, the decision may affect many other Internet businesses. Technology akin to that described in Amazon.com's patent for "one-click" online ordering is widely used. In another case, a dispute with a Minneapolis bookstore over rights to the Amazon name was settled.
3 minute read

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