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November 23, 2004 |

Motorola Credit Corporation v. Uzan

Under Swiss Law Governing Agreements Nonsignatory Defendants Lacked Right to Compel Arbitration
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October 06, 2004 |

Did a Controversial Lobbyist Fool his Own Firm?

As lobbyist Jack Abramoff sat silently in the witness chair last week, attempting to avoid self-incrimination by taking the Fifth, senators reached into the thesaurus to find insults strong enough to hurl at him. But questions remain: How was Greenberg Traurig unable to see what was going on with their flamboyant and controversial partner, who stands accused of hoodwinking millions out of Native American clients?
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Delaware Supreme Court Tosses Shareholder Challenge to Lyondell Merger
Publication Date: 2009-03-26
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M&A litigators can rest assured: The bedrock principles of the Revlon decision are alive and well in Delaware. On Wednesday the Delaware Supreme Court overturned Vice Chancellor John Noble, whose decision in the Lyondell Chemical Company shareholders' suit had called into question Revlon principles.

Eleventh Circuit Revives Alien Tort Suit Against Drummond, Highlighting Split with Second Circuit on Statute's Reach
Publication Date: 2011-02-07
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The Second Circuit says the ATS doesn't extend to corporations. The Eleventh Circuit begs to differ.

March 28, 2006 |

The High Court's Highest-Stakes Case

Today, the Supreme Court takes up a challenge raising vital questions about executive power in the war on terror. Accused enemy combatant Salim Ahmed Hamdan contends that President Bush lacked authority to establish military commissions to try Guantanamo Bay detainees for alleged war crimes. When the president signed into law the Detainee Treatment Act last year, the stakes in Hamdan's case soared, and now the Court must determine whether it even has jurisdiction to decide the issue.
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November 09, 2000 |

New Congress to Favor Business Interests

The apparent Republican sweep of the congressional election bodes well for business interests, but may not lead to an easing of antitrust scrutiny. Business leaders expect Congress -- even with a razor-thin Republican majority -- to embrace issues important to Wall Street, including tax cuts, deregulation, free trade and education reform. But the record for mergers and acquisitions is far more murky.
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November 03, 2011 |

Candidates Who Passed the July 2011 N.Y. Bar Exam

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November 05, 2004 |

The Firm Reports: From A to F

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January 28, 2003 |

SEC Signals Lawyers Still in Crosshairs

Although the SEC carved out the "noisy withdrawal" provision from its attorney governance rules last week, the commission has signaled it will ultimately impose some form of the requirement. Some corporate firms are already hustling to set up internal compliance programs. Says Foley & Lardner's Richard Weiss, firms must "affirmatively look for compliance, not just wait for people to come to you with questions."
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June 02, 2003 |

Adding CGO to Executive Alphabet Soup

A new type of corporate executive is on the rise, spurred by a mix of new laws, litigation fears and marketing strategies. The executive is the chief governance officer, or CGO, typically a legally trained executive who oversees a company's coprporate governance issues and acts as a liaison with the board and the investing community.
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