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Arbitration Scorecard: Treaties
A listing of investment treaty arbitrations active in 2007-2008 in which at least $100 million was in controversy. Expanded for the Web.There's nothing unusual about judges awarding attorneys' fees to the winning side in certain types of cases. But in a bitter dispute between the Internet entrepreneur Halsey Minor and the auction house Christie's, both sides have been awarded fees--and Christie's has gotten a lot more for its Skadden counsel, even though, by most standards, it lost the trial.
With the $3 billion civil and criminal deals reached Monday with GlaxoSmithKline, it's shaping up to be an incredible year for health care settlements under the False Claims Act.
Attorney's defective disclosure delays imposition of sanction
A former in-house attorney for a publishing giant who used company funds to cover rent for his Rhode Island summer home won't be practicing in Washington anytime soon. The D.C. Court of Appeals stopped short of disbarring former Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co. attorney Oscar W. Weekes Jr., but did issue a five-year suspension.Appellate Rulings Highlight Growth in 'Thorny' Indian Law Issues
Attorneys say three Appellate Division rulings last week reflect the growing litigation related to American Indian lands and tribal issues in both state and federal courts in New York. Nearly every case involving Indian nations ultimately touches in one way or another on the question of whether they, like the state and federal governments, have sovereign immunity against being sued without their consent.Cite as: O'Hara v. National Union Fire Insurance, 10-1433-cv, NYLJ 1202489932033, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided April 14, 2011)Before: Cabranes, Pooler and Chin, C.JJ
Bullish 2005 Outlook For Leasing Activity
2004 certainly started off with a bang when, on the day following last year's Real Estate Board of New York Annual Banquet, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP signed the "deal of the year."Trending Stories
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