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May 16, 2011 |

Court Upholds Dismissal of Claims Against Ratings Agencies

Moody's Investor Services Inc. and other rating agencies cannot be considered underwriters for their role in the structuring of securities transactions to achieve the desired ratings for issuing banks, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
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January 19, 2011 |

West Publishing Moves to Overturn $5 Million Libel Verdict

Lawyers for West Publishing are asking a federal judge to overturn a verdict of more than $5.1 million in a defamation suit brought by two law professors who claimed their reputations were damaged when West falsely identified them as the authors of a poorly researched treatise update.
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February 26, 2007 |

Immigration Law

Stephen Yale-Loehr, of counsel at Miller Mayer, and Ted Chiappari, a partner at Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke, write that, frustrated with the stalemate in Congress over comprehensive immigration reform, many states and cities have passed their own immigration laws. Whether those laws are found to be pre-empted by federal law or withstand judicial scrutiny remains to be seen.
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April 16, 2009 |

Law professors seek injunction over 'sham' treatise supplement

An ugly dispute has erupted between West Publishing and two law professors who claim they were falsely identified as the authors of an annual supplement to their treatise. In a federal suit, professors David Rudovsky of the University of Pennsylvania and Leonard Sosnov of Widener Law School claim the December 2008 supplement to their book "Pennsylvania Criminal Procedure — Law, Commentary and Forms" was a poorly researched "sham" that will harm their reputations if allowed to stay on library shelves.
5 minute read
January 18, 2011 |

Credit Rating Agencies Win Dismissal in Goldman Mortgage Securities Class Action

Yet another judge has ruled that investors cannot pursue Securities Act claims against credit rating agencies for their role in a Goldman Sachs offering of mortgage-backed pass-through certificates.
3 minute read
October 09, 2006 |

Wording of Debt-Collection Letters 'Could' Bring Problems

Warning to lawyers who do debt-collection work: Using the word "could" in a dunning letter could get you sued.
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June 09, 2008 |

Taking wing

FROM FLIGHT TO FIGHT — Profile of Michael Denton, vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary to defense contractor Curtiss-Wright Corp.
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