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September 02, 2003 |

Appeals Challenge Balance of Power

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May 15, 2002 |

NEW DEALS

In a cash deal valued at about .9 billion, Hoffman Estates, Ill.-based retail giant Sears, Roebuck and Company announced on Monday that it had agreed to acquire Lands` End Inc., the upscale catalogue and Internet retailer that maintains its headquarters in Dodgeville, Wis. Under the terms of the transaction, Lands` End will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Sears and will continue to be headquartered in Dodgeville. Sears intends to introduce a selection of Lands` End products into many of its 870 full-lin
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Esther Kiobel, individually and on behalf of her late husband, Dr. Barinem Kiobel, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, 06-4800-cv
Publication Date: 2010-09-20
Practice Area: Torts
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Court: Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Jacobs, Ch.J, Leval, and Cabranes, C.JJ
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For plaintiff: Paul L. Hoffman, Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman, LLP, Venice, CA (Stephen A. Whinston, Carey R. D?Avino, Keino R. Robinson, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees. Jeffrey J. Keyes, Briggs and Morgan, P.A., Minneapolis, MN (Mark Girouard, Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson, Minneapolis, MN, on the brief), for amici curiae International Law Professors in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants. Naomi Roht-Arriaza, San Francisco, CA, for amici curiae International Law Scholars Cherif Bassiouni, et al. in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants. Judith Brown Chomsky (Jennifer M. Green, on the brief), Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, NY (Marcos Simons, Richard Herz, Earthrights International, Washington, DC, on the brief), for amici curiae Wiwa Plaintiffs in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.
For defendant: Rowan D. Wilson (Rory O. Millson, Thomas G. Rafferty, Michael T. Reynolds, on the brief), Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.
Case number: 06-4800-cv

Cite as: Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., 06-4800-cv, NYLJ 1202472235126, at *1a,2a (2d Cir., Decided September 17, 2010)Before: Jacobs, Ch.J, Leval, and Ca

Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, 06-4800-cv
Publication Date: 2011-02-07
Practice Area: International Law
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Jacobs, Ch.J., Leval and Cabranes, C.JJ.
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For plaintiff: Paul L. Hoffman, Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman, LLP, Venice, CA (Carey R. D'Avino, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, on the brief), for Plaintiffs- Appellants-Cross-Appellees.
For defendant: Rowan D. Wilson (Rory O. Millson, Thomas G. Rafferty, on the brief), Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees-Cross- Appellants.
Case number: 06-4800-cv

Cite as: Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, 06-4800-cv, NYLJ 1202480401014, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided February 4, 2011)Before: Jacobs, Ch.J., Leval and Cabranes, C.

April 19, 2002 |

Death Row Appeal Reaches Court

ALBANY No case on the Court of Appeals April-May calendar has the headline-grabbing potential of People v. Harris , the first death penalty matter to reach the state`s highest tribunal since capital punishment was reinstated in 1995. But the calendar is chock full of cases of import and interest.
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November 05, 1999 |

Gimme Shelter

The tax implications of "accelerated charitable remainder trusts" might seem as exciting as a pot of drying glue. But when Carlyn McCaffrey, of New York's Weil, Gotshal & Manges, began reviewing the instrument's "fourth-tier return of corpus distribution" for her client, she was lawyering for high stakes. The document prepared by McCaffrey wasn't standard lawyer-client advice. Her client has been using McCaffrey's favorable analysis as promotional material peddling the trusts as aggressive tax shelters.
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Morrison Strikes Again: Miami Judge Tosses Foreign-Flavored Madoff Class Action
Publication Date: 2010-08-02
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The Supreme Court ruling barring securities claims by foreign investors is quickly reshaping the securities class action landscape. In the latest application of Morrison v. NAB, foreign investors in a Bahamian fund can't proceed with claims that several non-U.S. banks should have detected Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme.

November 13, 2006 |

The NLJ 250 Chart (51-100)

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October 09, 2006 |

Fresh Recruits

Associates Class of 2006.
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January 21, 2000 |

Beyond the Valley: Who's Winning the Tech-Law Biz?

There are many ways to spot which hi-tech regions are the hottest challengers to the dominance of Silicon Valley. You can rank them by the amount of venture capital, or by the growth of tech jobs -- or you can track where the technology lawyers are flocking. Northern Virginia is the clear leader by the latter. A close second is New York's Silicon Alley, which has become a magnet for firms with established technology practices in Silicon Valley, Boston and Texas.
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