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April 25, 2016 | The American Lawyer

The 2016 Am Law 100: Growth Slows for Big Law

The nation's top-grossing firms saw only mediocre gains across key financial metrics last year, marking the slowest growth since the Great Recession. The numbers reflected a leveling off

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April 25, 2016 | The American Lawyer

The Am Law 100: Signs of a Slowdown

The country's 100 largest law firms by revenue recorded a sixth consecutive year of aggregate growth across all key metrics in 2015, according to a href="http://www.a

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April 25, 2016 | The American Lawyer

A Low-Growth Year for Many of Wall Street's Elite

Despite a record-breaking year for big-ticket M&A work, the most profitable New York-based firms saw much slower earnings and revenue growth on average in 2015.

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April 25, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Davis Polk Hires Ex-Cravath Partner, Plus More Lateral Moves

Davis Polk & Wardwell has made a high-profile addition to its corporate practice in Silicon Valley, nearly four months after the firm saw a href="http://www.therecorder.com/id=120274670

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Campaign for Quality Education v. State of California

Publication Date: 2016-04-21
Practice Area: Education Law | Constitutional Law
Industry: Education
Date Filed: 2016-04-20
Court: C.A. 1st
Judge:
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Appellants: Campaign for Quality Education et al.: John Thomas Affeldt, Tara Kini, Sophia Lai; PUBLIC ADVOCATES, INC., Martin R. Glick, Deborah S. Schlosberg, Sara J. Eisenberg, Gabriel N. White, Steven L. Mayer, ARNOLD & PORTER LLP, Rohit Kumar Singla, Leo Goldbard, MUNGER TOLLES & OLSON
for defendant: Counsel for Respondent: State of California, Edmund G. Brown Jr., as Governor, Ana Matosantos, as Director of Finance, John Chiang, as State Controller, Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General of California, Julie Weng-Guiterrez, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Nimrod Elias, Ernest Martinez, Lisa Tillman, Jonathan E. Rich, Joshua Nathan Sondheimer, Pauline Gee, Ismael A. Castro, Supervising Deputy Attorney General
Case Number: No. A134423 No. A134424

Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 4222 CAMPAIGN FOR QUALITY EDUCATION et al., Plaintiffs and Appellant

April 20, 2016 | The American Lawyer

An Early Look at the 2016 Am Law 100

EDITOR'S NOTE: The American Lawyer's complete Am Law 100 report will be available online on the morning of April 25, including full financial data for the nation's 1

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April 18, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

Federal Judge Consolidates 11 Antitrust Cases against Chesapeake Energy

Chesapeake Energy Corp. and several other defendants are in the middle of a fierce fight in an Oklahoma federal court with a large number of plaintiffs who are alleging the defendants engage

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April 18, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Dykema Defectors Form New Firm, Plus More Lateral Moves

Dykema Gossett, a Detroit-based Am Law 200 firm that recently a href="http://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/03/27/ty-stone-kid-rock-detroit-mercy-law/82329404/" target="

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April 18, 2016 | National Law Journal

Movers

LATERALS Akerman (Chicago): David Blum joins the tax practice group as partner and will focus on local, multistate and int

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April 15, 2016 | New Jersey Law Journal

Bankruptcy Still Looms Large in Atlantic City Crisis

As Atlantic City stares down the barrel of fiscal insolvency, state leaders maintain that bankruptcy is to be avoided at all costs. But as consensus over a takeover plan appears uncertain, t

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