Earlier this week, Angelina Jolie wrote a heartfelt op-ed in The New York Times about her decision to undergo a preventive double mastectomy. She made the decision after doing a genetic test that showed she carries a gene that greatly Read more »
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Treveria and Hatfield clash over defaulted German loan
By Owen Sanderson Fri May 17, 2013 9:04am EDT LONDON, May 17 (IFR) – Special servicer Hatfield Philips has sought to reassure investors in the Talisman-6 CMBS worried about the future of the EUR360.4m Orange Loan, which has been in Read more »
Simpson Thacher Wins Appeal in Thriller-Worthy Contract Feud
Everyone seems to agree that the case that Simpson Thacher & Bartlett’s Barry Ostrager took on for a member of the Jordanian royal family—a twisting tale involving Iraqi oil, a Florida billionaire, and a former CIA agent—feels drawn from the Read more »
Can Will Smith’s Son Jaden Really Pursue Emancipation?
A few days ago, UK tabloid The Sun “revealed” that Will Smith’s son, Jaden, wanted to be emancipated for his 15th birthday. But apparently, parents reporters just don’t understand. “Here’s the thing I need to explain,” Jaden later clarified on Read more »
The Global Lawyer: Kiobel’s Continental Cousins
By Michael D. Goldhaber On the first day of spring—about a month before the U.S. Read more »
Ex-Dewey Lawyer’s Move Adds Wrench to Firm’s Bankruptcy
The announcement earlier this week that onetime Dewey & LeBoeuf partner Stephen Best had moved from Brownstein Hyatt Farber & Schreck to Brown Rudnick has prompted a barbed email exchange between two lawyers representing clients with competing interests in now-defunct Read more »
ResCap examiners’ report filed under seal
Mon May 13, 2013 3:34pm EDT May 13 (Reuters) – A report by a court-appointed independent examiner into dealings between Residential Capital LLC and the bankrupt lender’s parent, Ally Financial Inc, has been filed under seal, a lawyer for the Read more »
Citi, Ex-Dewey Partner End Capital Loan Dispute
A heated dispute between Citibank and a former Dewey & LeBoeuf partner over what the bank claimed was his unpaid capital contribution loan was quietly resolved Wednesday when a Manhattan federal district court judge approved a settlement under which the Read more »
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