• July 24, 2013 | Litigation Daily

    The Global Lawyer: Why Your Next iPhone Will Be Blood-Free

    The fight against corruption set the playbook for movements that aim at global legal change. First, pass a law in the U.S. Then leverage that law to create treaties and legislation that rais

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  • February 22, 2005 | Legal Times

    February/March 2005 Docket Watch

    Below are cases coming before the Supreme Court in the coming weeks and the lawyers who will argue them. "Docket Watch" appears at the beginning of each two-week argument cycle when the high c

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  • October 13, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    J&J Quietly Settling Ortho Evra Suits

    Maybe it's because the Litigation Daily's wallet has felt particularly empty lately, but we think $68.7 million is a lot of money. Apparently Johnson & Johnson disagrees. As Bloomberg reported on

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  • June 24, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

    High Court Upholds Affirmative Action, With Limitations

    The U.S. Supreme Court gave a surprising and historic embrace to the concept of affirmative action in university admissions yesterday, dashing the hopes of the Bush administration and conserva

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  • April 20, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    In a move meant to help financially struggling pop star Michael Jackson, the Sony Corp. has acquired the right to purchase another 25 percent of Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, a

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  • MLSMK Investment Company v. JP Morgan Chase & Co., 10-3040-cv

    Publication Date: 2011-07-08
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    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Mclaughlin, Pooler, and Sack, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: HOWARD KLEINHENDLER, Wachtel & Masyr, LLP (Julian D. Schreibman, Sara G. Spiegelman, of counsel), New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: PATRICIA M. HYNES, Allen & Overy LLP (Andrew Rhys Davies, Laura R. Hall, of counsel), New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees.

    Case Number: 10-3040-cv

    Cite as: MLSMK Investment Company v. JP Morgan Chase & Co., Index 10-3040-cv, NYLJ 1202499634383, at *1 (Court, Decided July 7, 2011)Before: Mclaughli

  • In Re: MTBE Products Liability Litigation, 10-4135-cv (L)

    Publication Date: 2013-07-29
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Parker, Hall, and Carney, CJJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants the City of New York, the New York City Water Board, and the New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority: Susan E. Amron, Assistant Corporation Counsel, New York City Law Department, New York, NY; Victor M. Sher, Sher Leff LLP, San Francisco, CA, on the brief, Paul M. Smith, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC.
    for defendant: For amicus curiae Natural Resources Defense Council, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants: Michael E. Wall, Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco, CA, Johanna Dyer, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, NY. For amicus curiae New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants: Paula T. Dow, Attorney General of New Jersey, George N. Cohen, Richard F. Engel, Deputy Attorneys General, Trenton, NJ; Michael Axline, Miller, Axline & Sawyer, Sacramento, CA. For Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees Exxon Mobil Oil Corporation, Exxon Mobil Corporation, and Mobil Corporation: Traci L. Lovitt, Nicholas W. Haddad, Jones Day, New York, NY; Peter John Sacripanti, James A. Pardo, Lauren E. Handel, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Paul D. Clement, Bancroft PLLC, Washington, DC. For amici curiae American Chemistry Council, American Coatings Association, the National Association of Manufacturers, the NFIB Small Business Legal Center, and the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, in support of Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees: Donald W. Fowler, Eric G. Lasker, Hollingsworth LLP, Washington, DC; Donald D. Evans, American Chemistry Council, Washington, DC; Thomas J. Graves, American Coatings Association, Inc., Washington, DC; Quentin Riegel, National Association of Manufacturers, Washington, DC; Elizabeth Milito, NFIB Small Business Legal Center, Washington, DC; Robin S. Conrad, National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, DC. For amici curiae, National Petrochemical and Refiners Association and American Petroleum Institute, in support of Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees: Joseph R. Guerra, James R. Wedeking, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC. For amicus curiae The Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., in support of Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees Michael B. Mukasey, Anne E. Cohen, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY; Hugh F. Young, Jr., Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., Reston, VA.

    Case Number: 10-4135-cv (L)

    Cite as: In Re: MTBE Lit., 10-4135-cv (L), NYLJ 1202612814095, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided July 26, 2013) 10-4135-cv (L) Before: Parker, Hall, and Car

  • Republic of Ecuador v. Chevron, 10-1020-cv (L)

    Publication Date: 2011-03-22
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Jacobs,* Ch.J., Pooler and Lynch, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gene C. Schaerr (Eric W. Bloom, Lauren M. Butcher, Gregory L. Ewing, C. Macneil Mitchell, On The Brief), Winston & Strawn Llp, Washington, Dc And New York, New York, For Petitioner-Appellant. Jonathan S. Abady (Ilann M. Maazel, O. Andrew F. Wilson, On The Brief), Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady Llp, New York, New York, For Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Randy M. Mastro (Edward G. Kehoe, Daniel J. King, King & Spalding, New York, New York, Scott A. Edelman, Thomas G. Hungar, On The Brief), Gibson, Dunn, & CrutcheR Llp, New York, New York, Los Angeles, California, And Washington, Dc, For Defendants-Appellees. Daniel A. Cohen, Kornstein Veisz Wexler & Pollard, LLP, New York, New York, for Amici Curiae Emergency Committee for American Trade and National Association of Manufacturers in support of Defendants-Appellees. Carter G. Phillips, Kathleen M. Mueller, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC, Robin S. Conrad, Amar D. Sarwal, National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America in support of Defendants-Appellees.

    Case Number: 10-1020-cv (L)

    Cite as: Republic of Ecuador v. Chevron, 10-1020-cv, NYLJ 1202487010245, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided March 17, 2011)Before: Jacobs,* Ch.J., Pooler and Lynch, C.JJ.

  • June 16, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Supreme Court Rejects Federal Injunction; Rules Baycol Class Action May Proceed in State Court

    In January two U.S. Supreme Court novices faced off in a class action involving Bayer's discontinued cholesterol drug Baycol. One was Philip Beck of the national litigation powerhouse Bartlit, Be

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  • April 1, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Car emissions rules likely to trigger litigation

    The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation Thursday finalized the first-ever national greenhouse gas emission levels for cars and light trucks, a move which is lik

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