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March 04, 2013 |

Citigroup ppredicting 57-year CPI low backs traders

Colombia's slowest inflation since 1955 is boosting speculation the central bank will cut interest rates again this month to stoke economic growth.
4 minute read
March 29, 2010 |

Judge Approves Zero-Dollar Settlement Of Class Action Over Merck Merger

A class-action suit over the merger of drug giants Merck and Schering-Plough has ended in a settlement that pays nothing to the class but $3.5 million in fees to class counsel. But a federal judge approved it nevertheless, finding the attorneys' efforts brought a sufficient benefit for the class.
5 minute read
March 07, 2005 |

Pro Bono Digest

William J. Dean, executive director of Volunteers of Legal Service, writes that in its pro bono projects, VOLS matches law firms with other major institutions. For example, in the VOLS Children's Project, six law firms are matched with hospitals in New York City.
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Susan Beck's Summary Judgment: First Amendment Protection for Flawed Credit Ratings Rests on Shaky Legal Foundation
Publication Date: 2010-06-09
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Read the rulings: The three cases that supposedly establish the principle of Constitutional protection for credit rating agencies have little to do with actual ratings, but instead focus on publications issued by the agencies. There's no real "public concern" at stake when rating agencies are paid lavishly to confer their blessing on securities. So let's stop pretending there is and let investors sue.

November 06, 2007 |

Declines shake confidence in hedge fund industry

THE HEDGE FUND INDUSTRY is grappling with its first shakeout in a decade as investors increasingly recoil from startups considered susceptible to the toxic shocks of this year's credit markets. New hedge funds are opening at the slowest pace since 2003 with almost all of the $164 billion of new investments going to managers with proven records, data compiled by Chicago-based Hedge Fund Research Inc.
5 minute read
January 24, 2011 |

Bank valuations stuck at 2009 lows shows no recovery

Valuations for U.S. financial stocks have fallen so far, it's like the rebound from the worst crisis since the 1930s never happened.
8 minute read
May 17, 2011 |

Wal-Mart first-quarter profit rises

Wal-Mart Stores, the world's largest retailer, posted a 3.8 percent gain in first-quarter profit, beating analysts' estimates as growth abroad helped make up for U.S. sales declines.
4 minute read
October 01, 2007 |

Carbon Market Opportunity Came Out of Thin Air

Atlanta attorney John Varholy went to London six years ago to help clients trade an invisible, intangible commodity on a market that didn't exist. Now the managing partner of Troutman Sanders' London office, Varholy focuses on the market for trading carbon emission allowances -- essentially, the right to pollute. Created by a Gordian knot of regulations, the multibillion-dollar market is big business in Europe, and it may one day serve as a model for what could happen in the United States.
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MBIA Insurance Company v. Countrywide Home Loans, 602825/08
Publication Date: 2011-07-01
Practice Area: Business Law
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Court: Appellate Division, First Department
Judge: Before: Angela M. Mazzarelli,J.P., David B. Saxe, Dianne T. Renwick, Leland G. DeGrasse, Roslyn H. Richter, JJ.
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For plaintiff: Goodwin Procter LLP, New York (Mark Holland, Christopher J. Garvey, Abigail K. Hemani, Ashley H. Gray, Paul F. Ware, Jr., and Sarah Heaton Concannon of counsel), for appellants-respondents.
For defendant: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, New York (Philippe Z. Selendy, Peter E. Calamari, Sanford I. Weisburst, Manisha M. Sheth and Eve S. Moskowitz of counsel), for respondent-appellant.
Case number: 602825/08

Cite as: MBIA Insurance Company v. Countrywide Home Loans, 602825/08, NYLJ 1202499059313, at *1 (App. Div. 1st, Decided June 30, 2011)Before: Angela M. Mazzarel

July 18, 2013 |

Dozens of South Florida Attorneys Named To Florida Bar Committees And Boards

Dozens of South Florida attorneys have been named to leadership positions on Florida Bar committees and boards.
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