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10 Jun 2019, 8:04 am by Dan Bressler
” After various facts played out and an unhappy client sued, said the Court: “‘An attorney may not be held liable for failing to act outside the scope of a retainer (see AmBase Corp. v Davis Polk & Wardwell, 8 NY3d 428 [2007]). [read post]
1 Jun 2018, 4:35 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Plaintiff had avenues to withstand the motion to dismiss but “[chose] to stand on [its] pleading alone” (Rovello v Orofino Realty Co., 40 NY2d 633, 635 [1976]). [read post]
23 May 2018, 3:59 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
 at 50 [internal quotation marks and citation omitted]; see Dombrowski v Bulson, 19 NY3d 347, 350 [2012]; AmBase Corp. v Davis Polk & Wardwell, 8 NY3d 428, 434 [2007]). [read post]
12 Mar 2018, 4:36 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
 at 50 [internal quotation marks and citation omitted]; see Dombrowski v Bulson, 19 NY3d 347, 350 [2012]; AmBase Corp. v Davis Polk & Wardwell, 8 NY3d 428, 434 [2007]). [read post]
20 Nov 2017, 3:59 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
 at 50 [internal quotation marks and citation omitted]; see Dombrowski v Bulson, 19 NY3d 347, 350; AmBase Corp. v Davis Polk & Wardwell, 8 NY3d 428, 434). [read post]
20 Nov 2017, 3:00 am by John Jenkins
Here’s an excerpt from this Wachtell Lipton memo (also see this Davis Polk blog): 1. [read post]
10 Nov 2017, 4:25 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
For the majority:  “A legal malpractice claim requires that the plaintiff show that “the defendant attorney failed to exercise the ordinary reasonable skill and knowledge commonly possessed by a member of the legal profession which results in actual damages to a plaintiff, and that the plaintiff would have succeeded on the merits of the underlying action ‘but for’ the attorney’s negligence” (AmBase Corp. v Davis Polk & Wardwell,… [read post]
11 Apr 2017, 5:59 am by Staci Zaretsky
" Five women who once worked at Davis Polk and had been gone for at least two years to raise their families have returned to the firm for one-year stints with a program called "Davis Polk Revisited. [read post]
2 Sep 2016, 6:06 am
Roper, Stanford University, on Thursday, September 1, 2016 Tags: Basic, Disclosure, Erica John Fund v. [read post]
20 May 2016, 6:45 am
McLaughlin and Yafit Cohn, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, on Friday, May 13, 2016 Tags: Acquisition agreements, Contracts, Corporate fraud, Delaware cases, Delaware law, Due diligence, Fair values,Fairness review, Liability standards, Merger litigation, Mergers & acquisitions, Reliance Genuine Parts Co. v. [read post]
18 Sep 2014, 4:31 am by SHG
Benkard of Davis Polk, Mike attacked the sole prosecution witness, Brunilda Capella, as having been fed her identification by police. [read post]
28 Jan 2013, 2:57 am by Peter Mahler
Circuit Judge Rosemary Pooler of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and he then practiced law at Davis Polk & Wardwell and Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke LLP, both in New York City. [read post]
4 Sep 2012, 2:47 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
" However, the documentary evidence demonstrated that the plaintiff's individual liability on the notes was a matter outside of the scope of the defendants' representation of the plaintiff in her capacity as co-executor of the estate (see CPLR 3211[a][1]; AmBase Corp. v Davis Polk & Wardwell, 8 NY3d 428, 435; DeNatale v Santangelo, 65 AD3d 1006, 1007; Turner v Irving Finkelstein & Meirowitz, LLP, 61 AD3d 849, 850).… [read post]
Sandler is a partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and co-head of the firm's global corporate governance group. [read post]