From: New York Law360 <[email protected]> To: Subject: Cravath's Ties To NYU Not Enough For New Trial, Judge Says Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2019 07:17:32 +0000 aw360 New York NEW YORK Wednesday, July 3, 2019 Law360 TOP NEWS ;`,'NYU.jpg Cravath's Ties To NYU Not Enough For New Trial, Judge Says A New York federal court ruled that a former judge who rejoined Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP after tossing out a $358 million ERISA class action against New York University was not biased in NYU's favor, rejecting university workers' bid for a new trial. Order attached I Read full article States Reach $6M Deal With LexisNexis Over Withheld Fees LexisNexis Risk Solutions Inc. agreed on Tuesday to pay $5.8 million to resolve a suit in Florida federal court brought by various states and a city ;.,Law360 Pro Say Podcast Listen to our new podcast here LAW FIRMS Arrowood LLP Barclay Damon Berger Montague Calhoun & Lawrence Chaffetz Lindsey Cooley Cravath Swaine DLA Piper Dentons Emery Celli Faruqi & Faruqi Fenwick & West Foley & Lardner Foster Pepper Freidin Brown Freshfields Bruckhaus Furniss Davis Gadow Tyler Garvey Schubert Gibson Dunn Glasser & Glasser Goldman Ismail Greenberg Traurig EFTA00032583

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