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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
November 2009  KBT&F Obtains Acquittal of Former McKessonHBOC General Counsel Jay Lapine
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 Ranks #4 Nationally and #3 in New York in the American Lawyer Student Edition: 2009 Summer Associate Survey
September 2009  KBT&F Obtains Dismissal of Affirmative Defenses on Behalf of Employer In Action Against Former Employee
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 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  KBT&F Defends MBIA Against Suits To Unwind And Annul $5 Billion Transformation Of Its Business
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  KBT&F Obtains Dismissal of All Claims in Actimmune™ Marketing Civil RICO Cases
April 2009  New York Appellate Division Affirms Dismissal Of Breach Of Fiduciary Duty Claims Against KBT&F Client
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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