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January 11, 2012 |

Circuit Rejects Investors' Claims of Deceptive Conduct by Refco

The Second Circuit found investors failed to allege deceptive conduct by Refco's principals because the investors knew what they were getting into when they signed a standard agreement allowing the use of securities and other property held in customer brokerage accounts to secure margin trading.
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November 09, 2010 |

5th Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Lawsuit Over Firm's Tax Advice

Proskauer Rose got some good news Oct. 27, when the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court's decision in a suit filed over tax advice.
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January 24, 2006 |

Heerwagen, plaintiff-appellant v. Clear Channel Communications, defendants-appellees

Monopolization Claims Against Concert Promoter Denied Class Certification; Ticket Market Is Local
33 minute read
April 06, 2005 |

S.F. Venture Capitalist Joins List Suing Sidley Austin

Add a new name to the list of wealthy former clients who have sued Sidley Austin Brown & Wood and tax lawyer R.J. Ruble over complaints about the use of dubious tax shelters. San Francisco venture capitalist Dixon R. Doll, whose capital management firm helped launch more than 50 companies, has sued in federal court with a suit that alleges securities fraud, breach of contract and negligence regarding a tax-shelter product the defendants developed.
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February 21, 2005 |

Nonprofits Ponder Governance Rules

Nonprofits are waking up to the reality that they'll soon need to heed the same Sarbanes-Oxley governance rules that apply to for-profit companies.
12 minute read
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January 18, 2005 |

With Charity for All?

In the wake of scandals at The Nature Conservancy and the James Beard Foundation, more and more nonprofit GCs are implementing SOX-like practices. Says one nonprofit taxation and governance expert: "Governance is something that all responsible nonprofits should be thinking about."
12 minute read
October 07, 2009 |

Star Turn for Some Hollywood Newcomers

When Summit Entertainment needed an attorney to help promote its new vampire movie, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," general counsel David Friedman turned to an old colleague from his former Paramount Pictures job. That lawyer, Nancy Derwin-Weiss, had moved to Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon and helped it break through the barriers that have frustrated more than one East Coast firm's ambition to go Hollywood. And at least three other firms from outside California are using similar tactics to get into entertainment law.
9 minute read
June 01, 2006 |

The mighty Quinn makes its mark on the Am Law 200

Without a doubt, Quinn Emanuel is one of the boldest firms among the ranks of The Am Law 200 -- and one of the most profitable. Average partner compensation in 2005 was $1.65 million, making it the most lucrative firm outside of New York.
23 minute read
May 24, 2004 |

Decision summaries from the NLJ

Offending arbitration terms may be severable � and other decisions from The National Law Journal.
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January 25, 2007 |

2d Circuit's 'IPO' Ruling

The U.S. Supreme Court long ago instructed judges to engage in a "rigorous analysis" of Fed. R. Civ. P. 23's class certification requirements. Yet an earlier high court decision -- Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin -- was routinely invoked by plaintiffs in an attempt to discourage that analysis. The 2d Circuit recently joined other courts in rejecting this argument.
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