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  • August 13, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

    Inadmissible

    Nowitzki Nuptials Officiating at weddings is one of the most enjoyable duties a Texas district court judge performs. Sometimes the blessed event occurs in a courtroom, sometimes it h

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  • In re Western States Wholesale Natural Gas Antitrust Litigation

    Publication Date: 2013-04-11
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    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2013-04-10
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Philip M. Pro, District Judge, Presiding Before: Carlos T. Bea and Paul J. Watford, Circuit Judges, and Willliam K. Sessions, District Judge.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Gille Bacon (argued), William E. Quirk, and Gregory M. Bentz, Polsinelli Shughart PC, Kansas City, Missouri, for Appellants Learjet, Inc., et al., Heartland Regional Medical Center, et al., Breckenridge Brewery of Colorado, LLC, et al., Reorganized FLI, Inc., and Sinclair Oil Corporation. Robert L. Gegios, Alexander T. Pendleton, and William E. Fischer, Kohner, Mann & Kailas, S.C., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for Wisconsin Plaintiffs-Appellants. Mark E. Haddad (argued), Michelle B. Goodman, and Nitin Reddy, Sidley Austin LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendants-Appellees CMS Energy Corp., CMS Energy Resources Management Co., and Cantera Gas Company.
    for defendant: Michael J. Kass and Douglas R. Tribble, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, San Francisco, California, for Defendants-Appellees Dynegy Marketing & Trade, Dynegy Illinois, Inc., DMT G.P. L.L.C., and Dynegy GP Inc. Joshua D. Lichtman, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Los Angeles, California, and Roxanna A. Manuel, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, for Defendant-Appellee Coral Energy Resources, L.P. Joel B. Kleinman, Adam Proujanski, and Lisa M. Kaas, Dickstein Shapiro LLP, Washington, D.C., for Defendants­Appellees Duke Energy Trading and Marketing, L.L.C. and Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC. Robert B. Wolinsky, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, D.C., and Steven J. Routh, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Defendants-Appellees American Electric Power Company, Inc. and AEP Energy Services, Inc. Brent A. Benoit and Stacy Williams, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP, Houston, Texas, for Defendants-Appellees El Paso Corporation, El Paso Merchant Energy, L.P., and El Paso Marketing, L.P. Amelia A. Fogleman, Oliver S. Howard, and Craig A. Fitzgerald, Gable Gotwals, A Professional Corporation, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Defendants-Appellees ONEOK, Inc., ONEOK Energy Services Company L.P. J. Gregory Copeland and Mark R. Robeck, Baker Botts LLP, Houston, Texas, for Defendant-Appellee Reliant Energy Services, Inc. Graydon Dean Luthey, Jr. and Sarah Jane Gillett, Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, P.C., Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Defendants-Appellees The Williams Companies, Inc., Williams Merchant Services Company, Inc., Williams Power Company, Inc., and Williams Energy Marketing & Trading Company. Michael John Miguel, K & L Gates LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendants-Appellees Xcel Energy, Inc., e prime, inc., e prime Energy Marketing, Inc., and Northern States Power Company.
    Case Number: No. 11-16786, No. 11-16798, No. 11-16799, No. 11-16802, No. 11-16818, No. 11-16821, No. 11-16869, No. 11-16876, No. 11-16880

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 3875IN RE: WESTERN STATES WHOLESALE NATURAL GAS ANTITRUST LITIGATION,LEARJET, INC.; TOPEKA UNIFIED S

  • January 14, 2013 | Texas Lawyer

    Former in-house attorney faces up to life in prison

    Anthony Chiofalo, a former in-house lawyer in Houston who was charged along with his wife with stealing $9.3 million from his company, is in custody in Harris County facing the prospect of li

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  • February 1, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200

    Barnes & Thornburg has snatched a few more lawyers for its Minneapolis office, which it opened in 2009 a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202431665290&Barnes__Thornburg_t

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  • November 7, 2009 | National Law Journal

    The List, A-Z

    Adams and Reese 161 Adorno & Yoss 147 Akerman Senterfitt 83 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld 35 Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory& Natsis 174 Alst

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  • September 12, 2012 | Daily Report Online

    High-end divorce practice jumps to Ichter Thomas firm

    Caroline Kresky has moved her practice handling divorces and other disputes for wealthy individuals from Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough

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  • May 13, 2013 | Texas Lawyer

    Texas' Top Deals of 2012

    FREEPORT-MCMORAN COPPER & GOLD INC. acquisition of PLAINS EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION CO. and MCMORAN EXPLORATIONDescription: Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc.

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  • October 9, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in the Am Law 200

    Blank Rome has welcomed DANIELLE GARCIA as counsel in its financial services group in Los Angeles. Garcia, who left a position as counsel at Bingham McCutchen, represents len

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  • November 1, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Hip implants spawn thousands of lawsuits

    Soon after Maurice Brigham underwent surgery to implant a metal hip replacement, he started suffering from swelling, infection and pain. So he signed up for another surgery-this time, to remo

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  • December 11, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Reality dawns on hourly billing rates

    It took a global economic meltdown and a major upheaval of the legal industry, but law firms seemed to get the message that 2009 was not the year to substantially increase their billing r

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