Bankruptcy Update

Bankruptcy Update Blog provides current news and analysis of key bankruptcy cases and developments in US and cross-border matters. Patterson Belknap’s Business Reorganization and Creditors’ Rights attorneys represent creditors’ committees, trade creditors, indenture trustees, and bankruptcy trustees and examiners in US and international insolvency cases. Our team includes highly skilled and experienced attorneys who represent clients in some of the most complex cases in courts throughout the US and elsewhere.

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NY Patent Decisions Blog

NYPatentDecisionsBlog.com is a source for the latest patent decisions from the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. The blog is authored by Patterson Belknap’s Patent Litigation practice group, whose members are highly experienced trial attorneys with extensive technical knowledge. Many have advanced scientific degrees and industry experience in fields such as communications, electrical and electro-optical technology, semiconductor technology, metallurgical engineering, chemistry and biochemistry. The team represents consumer products, electrical and software, medical device, mechanical, and pharmaceutical companies in a broad range of patent litigation matters, including district court cases, PTO and PTAB trial proceedings, patent licensing and contractual disputes concerning patent rights.

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Second Circuit Criminal Law Blog

The Second Circuit Criminal Law Blog is your place to follow the criminal law decisions rendered by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.  With a rich 225-year history of legendary judges like Learned Hand and Henry Friendly, the Second Circuit has long been known for writing important and thoughtful opinions on many subjects, including the criminal law.  We review every published criminal law opinion handed down by the Second Circuit in order to provide you with a summary of the holding, an assessment of the key legal issues, and practice pointers based on the Court’s ruling.  Our focus is on white-collar criminal cases and matters relating to internal investigations.  Our blog is written by a team of...

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Securities Enforcement & Litigation Insider Blog

Securities Enforcement & Litigation Insider is a source of insights, information, and analysis on a wide range of topics relevant to securities litigation, with a focus on notable developments in the securities space, including U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement, rulemaking, and other regulatory trends and development. Patterson Belknap’s Securities Litigation team has extensive experience handling highly complex lawsuits and internal investigations. Our blog team includes experienced litigators and corporate advisors, and is led by a former senior counsel for the SEC Division of Enforcement with extensive experience investigating and litigating securities laws violations, providing a unique, interdisciplinary perspective on securities law.

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How to Build a Nation in 15 Weeks

Building a nation in 15 weeks may sound like a daunting summer project, but that’s just what happened at the Constitutional Convention in 1787. And as it happens, the 2018 calendar syncs up with that historic year, giving us the rare opportunity to relive the debates that shaped our government in “real time” (give or take 231 years). Each week, this podcast revisits the hottest topics from the convention that week in 1787 and tracks their current place in our legal and political landscape. What was at stake in the apportionment debate? Does today’s Supreme Court think about separation of powers in the same way that the Committee of Detail did? Why did George Mason add “high crimes and misdemeanors”...

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