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13 Jan 2015, 3:57 am by Broc Romanek
Recently, I blogged about how SEC Commissioner Dan Gallagher and former SEC Commissioner Joe Grundfest wrote a paper attacking Harvard’s “Shareholder Rights Project” (also see this Davis Polk blog). [read post]
9 Mar 2011, 11:20 am by Ashby Jones
Shortly after joining Davis Polk permanently, he worked on a little case called Erie Railroad v. [read post]
20 Jun 2011, 3:42 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
    Put simply:  "Defendant's failure to inform plaintiff of the defects in title to the apartment when he learned of them was a failure "to exercise the ordinary reasonable skill and knowledge commonly possessed by a member of the legal profession," and this failure resulted in actual damages to plaintiff (see AmBase Corp. v Davis Polk & Wardwell, 8 NY3d 428, 434 [2007]). [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]
25 Aug 2023, 5:30 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
” “An attorney may not be held liable for failing to act outside the scope of the retainer” (Genesis Merchant Partners, L.P. v Gilbride, Tusa, Last & Spellane, LLC, 157 AD3d 479, 482; see AmBase Corp. v Davis Polk & Wardwell, 8 NY3d 428). [read post]
12 Feb 2019, 4:32 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
In particular, the clients alleged an attorney-client relationship; the firm’s failure to exercise ordinary and reasonable skill and knowledge; and damages flowing from additional costs in retaining substitute counsel to restructure the client entities so as to avoid taxes, and the cost of taxes occasioned by the improper corporate structure (see generally AmBase Corp. v Davis Polk & Wardwell, 8 NY3d 428, 434 [2007]). [read post]
20 Jul 2009, 11:23 am
 A memo by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, available here, discusses the decision.) [read post]
8 Jan 2021, 5:52 am
Young, and Connie Milonakis, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, on Saturday, January 2, 2021 Tags: Compliance and disclosure interpretation, Cybersecurity, Disclosure, Environmental disclosure, ESG, Financial reporting, Management, Mergers & acquisitions, SEC enforcement, SEC rulemaking, Securities enforcement, Securities regulation Shareholder Activism at Closed-End Funds in the Wake of Covid-19 Posted by Keith… [read post]
6 Jun 2008, 10:01 am
  "Plaintiff has stated a cause of action for legal malpractice by alleging that "but for" defendant's failure to prepare and procure documents necessary to provide him with a first-priority security interest, he would have been able to recover the amounts owed to him by the defaulting borrower (see AmBase Corp. v Davis Polk & Wardwell, 8 NY3d 428, 434 [2007]). [read post]
15 Dec 2017, 6:13 am
Wang (Harvard Business School), on Wednesday, December 13, 2017 Tags: Airgas v. [read post]