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November 08, 2007 |

Buried Alive

When federal district court Judge Lewis Kaplan dismissed criminal charges against 13 former KPMG partners indicted in the government's massive tax shelter fraud case, he beamed a bright light on a subject that is usually very private: the cost of defending a complex corporate fraud case. By prodding KPMG to end its longtime practice of advancing employees' legal fees, he concluded, the government had irreversibly damaged the defendants' ability to defend themselves.
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July 19, 2013 |

Am Law Firms, Local Shops in Drive for Detroit Work

With Thursday's Chapter 9 filing, the hard-pressed Motor City took its first legal step toward what will be the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history—and set off a scramble among a bevy of firms eager to land roles on a record-setting case.
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September 26, 2003 |

Upcoming PRLDEF Fund-Raisers

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Kirkland Wins Dismissal of 'Future Sale' Claims Against Exxon by Gas Station Owners
Publication Date: 2009-11-09
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When Exxon announced it was getting out of the retail gasoline business, it found itself facing a whole new batch of suits from gas station owners who claimed breach of contract. A federal judge in Maryland has dismissed the suits of owners whose stations still haven't been sold, saying their claims aren't yet ripe.

Jonathan Pickhardt of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Publication Date: 2012-03-01
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Getting the Delaware Chancery Court to permanently block a deal is no easy feat, but Pickhardt pulled it off on Monday for BankAtlantic investors hoping to scuttle the bank's sale of $2.1 billion in loans and $3.3 billion in deposits to BB&T.

November 04, 2002 |

Prosecutor in the Cross Hairs

The low profile of Maryland U.S. Attorney Thomas DiBiagio came to an abrupt end last week when his office filed a 20-count complaint against alleged sniper John Allen Muhammad in federal district court in Greenbelt, Md. Plus: A look at the Virginia anti-terrorism law that may be used against the suspects if they're tried in that state, and, what the U.S. Attorney's Manual says about how to decide where to bring a case.
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May 26, 2000 |

In-House Hunting

Anybody can get a job, but what about a great job? Lawyers shopping their resumes have corporate counsel on the defensive and have gotten awfully picky. What are lawyers on the move looking for in a corporate counsel post? The answer is contained in profiles of nine corporate law departments from the Washington, D.C. metro area -- five deemed "hot" and four "not."
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McKithen v. Brown, 08-4002-pr
Publication Date: 2010-11-23
Practice Area: Constitutional Law
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Court: Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Cabranes, B.D. Parker, C.J., and Underhill*, D.J.
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For plaintiff: ALLEN G. REITER, Arent Fox LLP, New York, NY (Matthew Trokenheim, Aswathi Zachariah, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellee. Daniel M. Donovan, District Attorneys Association of New York State, White Plains, N.Y. (Anthony J. Servino, Steven A Bender, on the brief), for Amicus Curiae.
For defendant: DRAKE A. COLLEY, Corporation Counsel for the City of New York, New York, NY, (Edward F.X. Hart, Michael A. Cardozo, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellants.
Case number: 08-4002-pr

Cite as: McKithen v. Brown, 08-4002-pr, NYLJ 1202475224064, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided November 19, 2010)Before: Cabranes, B.D. Parker, C.J., and Underhill*, D.J.

January 06, 2003 |

Red Scare

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January 28, 2005 |

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