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December 01, 2009 |

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Jury Vindicates SEC in Tourre Case
Publication Date: 2013-08-01
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On Thursday, after a day and a half of jury deliberations in federal court in Manhattan, the SEC finally got the victory it was hoping for in its case against former Goldman Sachs trader Fabrice Tourre.

November 23, 2005 |

Is the Magic Circle Becoming the Tragic Circle?

From 1998 through 2001, U.K.-headquartered law firms had astonishingly high growth rates. The last three years have been less kind, and firms are trying to hold on to these gains by the skin of their teeth. The largest and most lucrative mergers and acquisitions deals in Europe are being cherry-picked by U.S. firms, and Europe has seen neither a rise in U.S.-style litigation nor the volume of corporate meltdowns handled by their American counterparts. Partha Bose analyzes who will survive -- and how.
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April 26, 2001 |

Who are the International Arbitration Elite?

Where are the arbitration stars of the future, and which firms will they call home?
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N.Y. Appeals Court Reinstates Credit Default Swap Suit Against Merrill
Publication Date: 2011-01-06
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In April, when Willkie won the dismissal of the case for Merrill, the firm told us the dismissal ruling was an important clarification of notification standards in the credit default swap arena. It's not looking so important anymore.

Research in Motion to Pay Visto $275 Million to Settle Patent Litigation
Publication Date: 2009-07-16
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All good things must come to an end, and from what we gather the global patent war between Research in Motion and Visto has been a very good thing to the lawyers involved. On Thursday, both companies announced that they had agreed to settle all litigation over RIM's Blackberry patents, with RIM paying Visto $267.5 million. In exchange RIM gets access to all Visto patents and acquires some of its intellectual property.

Lehman Directors Off the Hook for Collapse of Employee Stock Plan
Publication Date: 2010-02-03
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Manhattan federal district court judge Lewis Kaplan is tossing out Lehman cases as if they were old shoes. Last week it was the ratings agency case; this week it's an ERISA class action.

Judge Kaplan Green-Lights Most Claims in Giant Lehman Securities Case
Publication Date: 2011-07-27
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Citing Lehman's infamous Repo 105 balance transfers, federal district court Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled that most of the claims in the mammoth Manhattan securities class action against Lehman's directors, officers, auditor, and underwriters could move forward.

Credit Default Swap Litigation Lurches Forward
Publication Date: 2013-08-06
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Four years after regulators began investigating alleged collusion by the banks controlling the CDS market, private antitrust litigation is finally starting to take shape.

Alcoa Reaches $85 Million Cash Deal to Ditch RICO Suit
Publication Date: 2012-10-09
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Akin Gump triggered a worldwide criminal probe back in 2008 when it accused Pittsburgh-based Alcoa of racketeering and fraud on behalf of Aluminium Bahrain. On Tuesday, the firm beat prosecutors to the punch yet again, wresting a long-awaited settlement from Alcoa.

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