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August 2010  KBT&F Defeats Dechert LLP’s Motion to Dismiss Fortress’s Claims Against Dechert For Issuing A False Legal Opinion Letter
August 2010  KBT&F Files Lawsuit against Hungary for the Return of Holocaust Looted Art
July 2010  KBT&F’s Marc Kasowitz Profiled as One of The Most Innovative Managing Partners by Law 360
July 2010  KBT&F Wins Verdict on Behalf of Verizon Wireless Against the State of Florida
July 2010  KBT&F Wins Dismissal of All Claims for Client HVB
June 2010  KBT&F Recognized as a Leading Law Firm in Complex Litigation, Bankruptcy & Restructuring and Insurance Recovery in the Chambers USA 2010 Guide
June 2010  Mark Topel Profiled in National Law Journal’s “Winning” Feature
June 2010  KBT&F Names Six New Partners, Five Special Counsel
June 2010  Court Affirms KBT&F Client Appleton Papers Inc.'s Right To Insurance Coverage For CERCLA Liabilities
May 2010  Vault 2010 Associate Survey: KBT&F Ranked #1 New York-based Firm in Satisfaction
April 2010  Chambers USA 2010 Recognizes KBT&F in Major Practice Areas and Names 11 Partners as Leaders in Their Fields
April 2010  KBT&F Attorneys Recognized By The Burton Awards for Legal Achievement
April 2010  KBT&F’s Adam S. Ziffer Named Rising Star by Law360
April 2010  KBT&F Clients Donald and Ivanka Trump Defeat Financier Carl Icahn in Casino Takeover Fight
KBT&F Nominated for Chambers USA 2010 Award for Excellence in Insurance Recovery
March 2010  Court Rejects Request For Preliminary Injunction Against KBT&F Client Spanish Broadcasting System
February 2010  KBT&F Defeats Motion to Dismiss Foreign Plaintiffs' Securities Fraud Claims Arising From Scheme Hatched In New York
February 2010  KBT&F Defeats Lender's Motion to Dismiss Cabi Downtown, L.L.C. Chapter 11 Case
January 2010  Former United States Attorney Marcos Daniel Jiménez Joins Kasowitz
January 2010  Kasowitz Benson Adds Leading Insurance Recovery Litigation Group
December 2009  KBT&F Trial Team Vindicates Client MEGA Brands In Achieving $17 Million Settlement Recovery on Counterclaims and Full Release of "Earnout" Claims
December 2009  KBT&F Wins Dismissal of Bonus Lawsuit Brought by Bank Senior Executive
November 2009  KBT&F Obtains Acquittal of Former McKessonHBOC General Counsel Jay Lapine
November 2009  KBT&F Wins Dismissal of Lawsuit for Natural Gas Company
November 2009  KBTF Obtains Dismissal of Virtually All Claims in Actimmune™ Marketing Consumer Class Action Cases
October 2009  Federal Court Dismisses Microsoft's Claims Against KBT&F Client WebXchange for the Second Time this Year
October 2009  KBT&F Successfully Defends Trustee from a Challenge to Control over Trust
October 2009  KBT&F Wins Dismissal of Two Lawsuits for Leading Modeling Agency
September 2009  KBT&F Obtains Dismissal of Affirmative Defenses on Behalf of Employer In Action Against Former Employee
September 2009  KBT&F Ranks #4 Nationally and #3 in New York in the American Lawyer Student Edition: 2009 Summer Associate Survey
September 2009  Federal Court Upholds RICO Claims Against Wachovia and Others Asserted by KBT&F on Behalf of Le-Nature's Trustee
September 2009  KBT&F Files Amicus Brief Opposing Proposed Google Book Settlement
September 2009  Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP Files Lawsuit on Behalf of Rabbi Shmuley Boteach to Stop Libya's Illegal Construction Adjacent to His Englewood, NJ Home
August 2009  KBT&F Challenges Enforceability of "Bad Boy" Guarantees
August 2009  KBT&F Brings Securities Fraud Action on Behalf of Norwegian Towns and Securities Firm Against Citigroup
June 2009  KBT&F Defends MBIA Against Suits To Unwind And Annul $5 Billion Transformation Of Its Business
June 2009  KBT&F Recognized in Chambers USA 2009
June 2009  KBT&F Files Suit To Recover Trans Continental Share Of The Hit Television Franchise, Making The Band
June 2009  Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP Pro Bono Team Helps Reunite Darfuri Refugee Family
June 2009  Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Action Against KBT&F Client Technical Systems, Inc.
June 2009  KBT&F Files $66 Million Lawsuit Against Morgan Stanley & Co. On Behalf Of Ashland Inc.
May 2009  Defendants' Summary Judgment Motions Denied in Toxic Tort Action on Behalf of Alabama Coal Miners
May 2009  KBT&F Obtains DOJ Prosecution Declination After Lengthy Political Corruption Investigation
May 2009  KBT&F Begins Trial on Behalf of Toy Manufacturer Mega Bloks
April 2009  KBT&F Names Four New Partners, Four Special Counsel
April 2009  New York Appellate Division Affirms Dismissal Of Breach Of Fiduciary Duty Claims Against KBT&F Client
April 2009  KBT&F Obtains Dismissal of All Claims in Actimmune™ Marketing Civil RICO Cases
April 2009  KBT&F Amends Source Interlink Complaint And Names New Defendants
April 2009  KBT&F Files Lawsuit On Behalf Of SL Green Against Delaware North Relating To Aqueduct Racetrack Rights
April 2009  KBT&F Files $194 Million Lawsuit Against Oppenheimer & Co. On Behalf Of Ashland Inc.
April 2009  KBT&F Client Source Interlink Reaches Settlements with Three More Publishing Houses
April 2009  Eleanor Alter Recognized as "New York Best Lawyers Family Lawyer of the Year"
April 2009  KBT&F Announces Opening of Miami, Florida Office With the Addition of Five New Partners – Lawrence D. Silverman, Scott B. Cosgrove, James G. Sammataro, Kelly Anne Luther and Maria H. Ruiz
March 2009  KBT&F Obtains Summary Judgment in Texas Asbestos MDL Court in Premises Liability Case
March 2009  Ninth Circuit Affirms the Grant of Summary Judgment to KBT&F Client Hoechst Celanese Corporation
March 2009  Dell Inc. Settles Trade Secret Misappropriation Action Brought By KBT&F Client MCS After KBT&F Successfully Opposes Summary Judgment and Daubert Motions
March 2009  KBT&F Wins Mesothelioma Wrongful Death Jury Trial On Behalf Of Celanese
February 2009  KBT&F Obtains Preliminary Injunction Against Organized Recycling Theft Rings in San Francisco
February 2009  American Media Agrees To Settle KBT&F Client Source Interlink's Antitrust Claims
February 2009  Judge Crotty Grants TRO To Source In Antitrust Action Against Magazine Publishers And National Distributors; Time Agrees To Settlement
February 2009  KBT&F Motion to Dismiss Microsoft Action Against Client WebXChange Granted By Federal Court
February 2009  Magazine Wholesaler Seeks Injunction Against Magazine Publishers, National Distributors and Other Wholesalers
February 2009  KBT&F Represents Clothier American Eagle Outfitters in Auction-Rate Securities Suit Against Citigroup
February 2009  KBT&F Files Lawsuit On Behalf Of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Against TurboChef
January 2009  KBT&F Wins Ruling on Pre-Emption of State Law Failure-to-Warn Claims
January 2009  KBT&F Retained by Interstate Bakeries Corp. to Facilitate Exit from Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
January 2009  KBT&F Obtains Dismissal of All Claims in Two Consumer Class Action Suits on Behalf of Stryker Corp.
January 2009  KBT&F Defends Fortress Investment Group Subsidiary Against Billion Dollar RICO and Antitrust Claims
January 2009  KBT&F Defends Biotech Executive in Criminal and Civil Off-Label Marketing Cases
January 2009  Hexion Specialty Chemicals Launches Suit To Compel Specific Performance Of $15 Billion Lending Commitment
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