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November 10, 2006 |

Morgan Stanley's gamble is too little, too late

NOBODY COULD accuse Morgan Stanley's staffers of ignoring the boss. Late last year, Chief Executive Officer John Mack said he wanted to expand into hedge funds. Now they have delivered. The second-largest U.S. investment bank by market value has just spent almost $1 billion buying stakes in three hedge-fund management firms.
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November 09, 2011 |

Glasscock Applies Step-Transaction Doctrine in Contract Dispute

Delaware Chancery Court Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock applied the step-transaction doctrine to determine that two disputed transactions did not trigger a merger agreement's acceleration provision. Glasscock is the first vice chancellor to apply the step-transaction doctrine since its use was affirmed by the Delaware Supreme Court in September.
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May 06, 2013 |

People in the News

Governor Tom Corbett is scheduled to address Villanova University School of Law's class of 2013 as the school's commencement speaker.
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August 26, 2013 |

Circuit Tells Argentina to Pay Bondholders $1.4 Billion

The decision "affirms a proposition essential to the integrity of the capital markets: borrowers and lenders may, under New York law, negotiate mutually agreeable terms for their transactions, but they will be held to those terms," Judge Barrington Parker wrote for the panel.
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August 26, 2013 |

Argentina Dealt a $1.4 Billion Defeat in U.S. Bond Debt Case

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit gave Argentina's spurned bondholders a $1.4 billion victory Friday in their lengthy legal battle to collect debts unpaid since the country's world-record 2001 default.
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December 01, 2006 |

Present at the Creation

Four lawyers who took on novel in-house challenges-and succeeded.
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Newman v. Family Management Corporation, 08 Civ. 11215
Publication Date: 2010-11-01
Practice Area: Business Law
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Case number: 08 Civ. 11215 (LBS)

Cite as: Newman v. Family Management Corporation, 08 Civ. 11215, NYLJ 1202474183030, at *1 (SDNY, Decided October 20, 2010)District Judge Leonard B. Sandp

May 16, 2012 |

Buffett's firm buys 10M share stake in GM

Warren Buffett's company is apparently bullish on the U.S. auto industry. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. took a new 10-million share stake in General Motors Co. in the first quarter.
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January 24, 2013 |

3rd DCA reverses condo judgment

A split panel of the Third District Court of Appeal reverses a summary judgment granting a third-party purchaser of a foreclosed condo unit relief from overdue assessments.
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Government Can Pursue Suit Against BofA, Countrywide
Publication Date: 2013-08-27
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U.S. district judge Jed Rakoff has refused to toss a government lawsuit accusing Bank of America Corp and its subsidiary Countrywide of fraudulently selling defective mortgages to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. BofA and Countrywide are being represented by Williams & Connolly and Goodwin Procter respectively.

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