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Quattrone Conviction Reversed by 2nd Circuit
The 2nd Circuit on Monday reversed the conviction of former Credit Suisse First Boston star investment banker Frank Quattrone. Citing flawed jury instructions, the panel vacated guilty verdicts against Quattrone for obstruction of justice, obstructing an agency proceeding and witness tampering. The circuit also took the rare step of taking the case away from Southern District of New York Judge Richard Owen -- which made the ruling a sweeping victory for Quattrone and his legal team.Cite as: MBIA Insurance Corp. v. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, 603751/09, NYLJ 1202496051528, at *1 (Sup., NY, Decided June 1, 2011)Justice Shirley Werner
Wilson Sonsini Advising Netflix as Icahn Circles Media Company
The Silicon Valley-based Am Law 100 firm is advising its longtime client Netflix, which adopted a poison pill on Monday to ward off a potential takeover bid by activist investor Carl Icahn, who recently bought almost 10 percent of the on-demand streaming media and movie rental company.Former Players Sue NFL Over Concussions Policy
A dozen former pro players are suing the National Football League, claiming a flawed policy on concussions, coupled with league misuse of the anti-inflammatory drug Toradol, ultimately caused them long-term brain injuries.Hollywood Litigator Fields Ducks Pellicano Net
Like many of his clients, Bertram Fields had become tabloid fodder: Magazines, TV and newspapers point out nearly every week that the Hollywood litigator is a key target in the probe of notorious private eye Anthony Pellicano. Yet the frequent Pellicano client has remained beyond prosecutors' grasp for nearly four years. And the February indictment of Terry Christensen, based on taped phone conversations with Pellicano, has only underscored the difficulty in pursuing Fields: So far, there's no smoking gun.View more book results for the query "Federal Communications Commission"
Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project
The material-support statute, 18 U.S.C. §2339B, is constitutional as applied to the forms of support that plaintiffs seek to provide to foreign terrorist organizations, namely, training, expert advice or assistance, service and personnel.Ministry says $80M-plus trust is mismanaged
When Margaret Simpson died in 2003, she left behind some $80 million to $110 million in land and other assets that are now at the center of a dispute pitting two trustees-one of them a lawyer-against In Touch Ministries Inc., the religious broadcasting organization founded by Charles F. Stanley, senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Atlanta.Collection Lawyers Fleeced In Check Scams
At least two sizeable Connecticut law firms have fallen victim to sophisticated international swindlers posing as major European or Chinese companies in need of debt collection help. The initial inquiry is often in an e-mail, which offers the law firm a chance to work for a large foreign corporation with several million dollars in unpaid bills in the U.S. An attorney signs a formal-looking retainer agreement. Suddenly, he receives a six-figure "debt payment" sent by one of the so-called client's customers, in the form of an authentic-looking bank check.Sample Content License Agreement
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