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  • August 9, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Junior Justice Reflects on His High Court Role

    Eighteen months into his tenure on the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Samuel Alito Jr. on Tuesday said the Court's deliberative process is good and the Court itself is transparent, but he has one

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  • October 2, 2007 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Commentary: Rainmaking Is the Tool for Breaking the Glass Ceiling

    Yes, Virginia, there is a glass ceiling at law firms. We know that women start to leave in their fourth or fifth year, with the result that only 17 percent of partners at major law firms are women,

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  • April 1, 2004 | The American Lawyer

    Update: The Tax Man's Travails

    Jenkens & Gilchrist is trying to put its tax shelter nightmares to rest by settling with former clients for $75 million. But the scandal we wrote about in our December 2003 cover story won

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  • November 20, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    N.Y. Court Rules Class Can Seek to Recover Funds in Philippine Abuse Case

    Despite a U.S. Supreme Court decision reaching the opposite result in a similar case, a state judge in Manhattan has ruled that a 10,000-member class can seek to recover $35 million located in New

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  • May 14, 2007 | Legal Times

    Supreme Court Clerk's Office Officials Honored

    No matter how small the Supreme Court's decision output gets -- and at 71 cases, it will be alarmingly low this term -- the Clerk's Office is always busy. And how well and amicably it operates can

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  • December 4, 2012 | National Law Journal

    SEC Targets China Affiliates of 'Big Four' Accounting Firms

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has accused five Chinese accounting firms, including affiliates of the United States' "big four," of refusing to produce documents related

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  • January 6, 2005 | The American Lawyer

    Litigation Boutique of the Year

    Keker & Van Nest, a 49-lawyer firm based in San Francisco, won The American Lawyer magazine's first Litigation Boutique of the Year contest. The firm edged out four other finalists:

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  • December 13, 2001 | Corporate Counsel

    Lure of the Silk Road

    November 2001 was a turning point for the People's Republic of China. Early that month, Motorola Inc., the biggest foreign investor in the country, upped its stake. At a highly publicized meet

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  • May 31, 2007 | National Law Journal

    401(k) Fee Suits Over High Cost to Employees on the Rise

    Litigation concerning excessive administrative fees charged to employees by their 401(k) plans is heating up and adding a new twist. The suits come amid stepped-up investigations by a co

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  • Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corporation

    Publication Date: 2012-09-21
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    Date Filed: 2012-09-21
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corporation
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew F. Pawa (argued), Law Offices of Matthew. F. Pawa PC, Newton Centre, Massachusetts; Brent Newell, Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment, San Francisco, California; Steve W. Berman, Babara Mahoney, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, Washington; Reed R. Kathrein, Hagans Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Berkeley, California; Gary E. Mason, Khushi Desai, The Mason Law Firm, Washington, D.C.; Heather Kendall-Miller, Native American Rights Fund, Anchorage, Alaska; Dennis Reich, Reich & Binstock, Houston, Texas; Christopher A. Seeger, Stephen A. Weiss, James A. O'Brien, Seeger Weiss LLP, New York, New York; Stephen D. Susman, H. Lee Godfrey, Eric J. Mayer, Susman Godfrey LLP, Houston, Texas; Terrell W. Oxford, Susman Godfrey LLP, Dallas, Texas; Marc M. Seltzer, Susman Godfrey, LLP, Los Angeles, California; Drew D. Hansen, Susman Godfrey LLP, Seattle, Washington, for the appellants-plaintiffs.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: No. 09-17490

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 10915NATIVE VILLAGE OF KIVALINA; CITY OF KIVALINA, Plaintiffs-Appellants,v.EXXONMOBIL