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October 28, 2009 |

Defendants in AIG Scam Lawyer Up for Appeal

An ex-AIG employee and four former top execs at General Re convicted last year of engaging in a scam to inflate AIG's loss reserves have filed papers asking the 2nd Circuit to overturn their convictions. To increase their chances, three of them have shaken up their legal teams by adding Am Law 200 lawyers with sterling appellate resumes. The defendants are asking the circuit to toss out the convictions on several grounds, including claims that the trial judge admitted hearsay evidence and gave improper jury instructions.
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July 17, 2012 |

'Concepcion' One Year Later

In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court decided AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, courts have eliminated many obstacles to enforcement of fair and effective arbitration provisions. But arbitration opponents are not giving up.
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Lucia v Goldman
Publication Date: 2009-12-22
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Case number: 2008-09680

Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P. ANITA R. FLORIO RUTH C. BALKIN JOHN M. LEVE

Not Afraid to Litigate--or Negotiate: Kirkland & Ellis
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
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Kirkland & Ellis partner William Pratt led the team that represented Discover in its landmark $2.75 billion settlement with Visa and MasterCard. We talked with him about the challenges to the litigation.

April 24, 2009 |

Flash training 2010 Test: Part 2a

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February 06, 2009 |

Rolling the Dice

Some big-firm refugees, like Omair Farooqui, are finding the bad economy can be good for launching small firms.
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December 10, 2009 |

Heller Leaders Saw Failure Looming

Confidential documents from Heller's creditors show then-Chairman Matthew Larrabee and other leaders worried about the firm's "mortality" months before the collapse.
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January 01, 2010 |

An Ugly End

Did Heller partners get the straight story as the firm folded?
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February 09, 2007 |

Lawyer Helps Paper-Maker Bowater Merge With Former Rival Abitibi

Overseeing the legal issues of a merger that will create North America's third-largest publicly traded pulp and paper company was a lot like "herding cats," said Troutman Sanders partner William C. Smith. Smith was the lead corporate adviser to Greenville, S.C.'s Bowater on its merger agreement with Montreal's Abitibi-Consolidated. Completing a cross-border transaction of this type is tricky, says Smith, involving "disparate egos" -- not to mention that much of Abitibi's business is conducted in French.
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Sanchez-Benitez v. Principi
Publication Date: 2001-08-06
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Appealed from: United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims Judge Frank Q. NebekerJose A. Sanchez-Benitez appeals from the decision by the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims ("Veterans Cour

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