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Who's the Splashiest Plaintiffs Lawyer in the Mortgage-Backed Securities Game? Ex-Dewey Insurance Litigator David Grais
Publication Date: 2010-03-22
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Two new California state court suits filed by Grais were the subject of a Sunday New York Times column that noted his strategy of steering clear of hard-to-prove fraud allegations. But there are still a raft of defense firms standing between Grais and a big payday.

Kasowitz Benson Files $3 Billion Suit Against Banks That Allegedly Abandoned Las Vegas Resort Project
Publication Date: 2009-04-24
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Fontainebleau Las Vegas accuses the banks that were supposed to provide it with $790 million in revolving financing of falsely claiming the project was in default. For Kasowitz Benson, it's another chance to take on litigation against banks, a favorite target of the firm.

June 07, 2013 |

Lehman Brokerage on Track to Pay Hedge Funds, Banks in Full

New payments will return 100 percent of their money to all brokerage customers, trustee James Giddens said in a statement. Previously, he said a full payment of more than $15 billion was likely when the brokerage settled its disputes with affiliates.
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Hughes Hubbard Partner Appointed Trustee in Lehman Brokerage Liquidation
Publication Date: 2008-09-23
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Susan Beck's Summary Judgment: Let's Hear It for Court-Appointed Trustees in Litigation over Financial Wrongdoing
Publication Date: 2011-08-30
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Court-appointed trustees in big-ticket bankruptcies are taking bold steps to recover billions from alleged malefactors on Wall Street and beyond.

August 16, 2012 |

If It Is Broken, We Should Fix It

In her Securities Regulation column, Roberta S. Karmel, Centennial Professor and co-director of the Dennis J. Block Center for the Study of International Business Law at Brooklyn Law School, writes: It is increasingly apparent that the capital markets and their regulation are both broken. The financial press for July 2012 reads more like a scandal sheet than a newspaper.
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January 07, 2010 |

New Deals

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis will pay $28.1 billion for an additional 52 percent stake in Alcon, the world's largest eye-care company. The transaction is the second stage of a takeover announced in April 2008 when Novartis purchased from Nestl� S.A. 25 percent of the company for $10.4 billion. Also, Cedar Fair Entertainment Co., an Ohio amusement park and resort operator, has agreed to be acquired by Apollo Management LP for $650 million.
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January 21, 2003 |

Inadmissible

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March 12, 2009 |

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Bankruptcy Judge Dismisses Champion's Breach of Contract Claims against Credit Suisse
Publication Date: 2012-08-31
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Unsecured creditors of bankrupt Champion Enterprises Inc. have come up empty in their breach of contract claim against Credit Suisse. On Thursday, a Delaware federal bankruptcy judge found that while Credit Suisse did breach a $187 million credit agreement with Champion, the breach did not damage the manufacturer of prefabricated housing, nor did it cause Champion's bankruptcy.

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