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Lillian Vernon's Chapter 11 Filing Hughes Hubbard lawyers have been playing a leading role in the recent Chapter 11 filing in the Delaware Bankruptcy Court by Lillian Vernon Corporation and its 7 affiliated debtors. more |
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Bush Appoints Townsend To World Bank's ICSID Arbitration Panel Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP is proud to announce that President George W. Bush has announced his intention to appoint our partner John M. Townsend to be a member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). more |
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e-Alert: A Congressional Foray into the Net Neutrality Debate more |
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e-Alert: Impact of the Writers Guild Settlement On Digital Content Distribution more |
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Hughes Hubbard Names Two New Partners - Scott Christensen and Beatrice Hamza-Bassey Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP has elected two new partners, Scott Christensen in its Washington D.C. office and Beatrice Hamza-Bassey in the firm's New York office. The firm also named three new counsel. more |
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e-Alert: Pending Class Action Points to Potential Pitfalls for Mobile Digital Content Providers While not directly involving mobile digital content providers, a class action lawsuit pending in Federal court in Massachusetts has brought into focus a practice that such providers must be aware of and protect themselves against. more |
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Hughes Hubbard Named to AIG's Employment Litigation Panel Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP announced that it has been named to the Employment Practice Litigation Panel Counsel List for AIG Executive LiabilitySM. more |
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Beinecke on Crain's "Most Influential" List Hughes Hubbard's chair, Candace Beinecke was named one of "The 50 Most Influential Women Lawyers in America" by The National Law Journal. more |
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Newspapers First Appellate Win Hughes Hubbard won an appellate victory for long time client Newspapers First in a disability discrimination case in California. more |
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New York Best Lawyers Seventeen Hughes Hubbard attorneys were named to "The New York Area's Best Lawyers List" published in last week's New York magazine. more |
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Hughes Hubbard Recognized in Chambers USA 2007 Eighteen Hughes Hubbard lawyers and six practice groups are ranked in Chambers USA Guide 2007. more |
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Hughes Hubbard's Chair, Candace Beinecke named among "Most Influential" Hughes Hubbard's chair, Candace Beinecke was named one of "The 50 Most Influential Women Lawyers in America" by The National Law Journal. more |
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Townsend elected Chairman of the Board of the American Arbitration Association John Townsend was elected Chairman of the Board of the American Arbitration Association at the annual meeting of the AAA held in New York City. more |
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Victory for Deloitte Brazil Hughes Hubbard client Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Auditores Independentes, the Deloitte member firm in Brazil, scored a significant victory when U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan dismissed all fraud and malpractice claims arising from audits of certain Brazilian subsidiaries of Parmalat. more |
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International Taxation Expert Joins Hughes Hubbard in Miami more |
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HHR Deals Best of 2006 Trade Finance singled out two Hughes Hubbard deals as "Deals of the Year," the cover story of the magazine's March issue. more |
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Vioxx Victory In a victory for Hughes Hubbard client Merck, an Illinois jury found the drugmaker's painkiller Vioxx did not cause a 52-year-old woman's sudden death and that Merck had adequately warned physicians of the drug's risks. more |
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Former Federal Prosecutor Joins Hughes Hubbard's Securities and White Collar Practices
The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and the New York Law Journal reported that Marc Weinstein, former Co-Chief of the Major Crimes Unit in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District, has joined Hughes Hubbard as a partner. more |
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Hughes Hubbard Client Sees All Counts of Conviction Reversed by Federal Appeals Court Based on Record Laid at Trial In what the Wall Street Journal called "a stunning reversal," the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering and circumvention of internal corporate controls convictions of client Douglas Lake, former Westar Energy executive vice president and member of its board of directors. more |
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Chambers Awards Hughes Hubbard's International Arbitration Practice has been shortlisted for The Chambers Awards for Excellence 2007. more |
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Rembrandt Sells for $25.8M Hughes Hubbard represented nonprofit The Shippy Foundation in its widely reported, $25.8-million sale of a Rembrandt portrait of the Apostle Saint James the Greater at Sotheby's. more |
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Almacenes Exito--Deal of the Year The $700-million purchase last year by client Almacenes Exito S.A., Colombia's largest retailer, of supermarket chain Carulla Vivero, has been named "Deal of the Year" by Latin Finance magazine in the Domestic M&A category. more |
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Major Pharmaceutical Win In one of the most significant pharmaceutical industry antitrust cases decided this year, the firm helped its client secure summary judgment for the defendants in a case alleging price fixing by nearly all the major drug manufacturers. more |
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Educate Agrees to $535M Buyout Hughes Hubbard served as co-counsel to the negotiation committee of the board of directors of Educate, Inc in its agreement to be acquired for $535 million - including assumed debt - by an investor group including its chief executive and two private equity firms. more |
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AET's Kodak Acquisition Hughes Hubbard recently represented the French-Swiss chemical group AET in its acquisition of Kodak's Fine Chemical Business in France. more |
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Yahoo Deal for MediaNews Hughes Hubbard recently represented MediaNews Group, as the lead of a group of seven newspaper chains, in negotiating a consortium agreement with Yahoo to share content, advertising and technology. more |
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Wendy's Win Hughes Hubbard secured a win for client Wendy's International, Inc., defeating a temporary restraining order that would have blocked Wendy's long-anticipated $4 billion spin-off of its majority interest in Tim Hortons. more |
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Judge Rules for Christie's In a victory for client Christie's, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit seeking to block the sale of a painting by Picasso that was expected to sell at auction for as much as $60 million. The painting was withdrawn from the sale because of further legal action. more |
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