• Republic of Ecuador v. Mackay

    Publication Date: 2014-01-31
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    Date Filed: 2014-01-31
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: Barry G. Silverman, Consuelo M. Callahan, and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. (argued), Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Los Angeles, California; Ethan Douglas Dettmer, Joshua S. Lipshutz, and Enrique Antonio Monagas, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP
    for defendant: Gene C. Schaerr (argued) and Eric Bloom, Winston & Strawn, Washington, D.C.; Richard A. Lapping, Winston & Strawn

    Case Number: No. 12-15572; 12-15848

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 1129 REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR; DIEGO GARCIA CARRION, DR., Attorney General of the Republic of Ecuador, Plaintiffs-Appellees,p

  • January 28, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    Freshfields, Norton Rose, S&C Handle $1.2 Billion BMO Buy

    UPDATE: 1/29/14, 5:10 p.m. EST. The names of the lawyers advising BMO from Sullivan & Cromwell and Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt have been added to the sixth paragrap

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  • January 27, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

    Akin Gump, Accounting Firm Sued for Alleged Bad Tax Advice

    A real estate development company and its related businesses have sued Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, accounting firm Grant Thornton and Grant Thornton tax partner Jamie Fowler in a Dal

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  • January 27, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    Litigation Department of the Year: Honorable Mentions

    Let's face it: Any law firm that bothers to enter our Litigation Department of the Year contest can boast victories that moved markets, changed the law and brought salvation for their cl

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  • January 24, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: K&S Adds Two From Fried Frank, Plus More Lateral Moves

    BARRY EPSTEIN has joined Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis as a partner in the firm's San Francisco office. Epstein, who was previously with Fitzgerald Abbo

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  • January 22, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    Fee Tracker: Apple's Bromwich Battle and More

    The Am Law Daily tallies how much Am Law 200 firms are earning on a variety of engagements, from a Goodwin Procter partner’

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  • January 22, 2014 | The Recorder

    On the Move

    INHOUSE Clint Smith has joined San Mateo's DataStax Inc. as its first general counsel. Smith previously led the legal departme

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  • January 21, 2014 | National Law Journal

    Conviction Upheld in Import of Unapproved Medical Devices

    A federal appeals court has affirmed the conviction of the former head of a medical device company on charges of making false statements to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. John

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  • January 21, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

    Akin Gump, Accounting Firm Sued for Alleged Bad Tax Advice

    A real estate development company and its related businesses have sued Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, accounting firm Grant Thornton and Grant Thornton tax partner Jamie Fowler in a Dal

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  • Smithkline Beecham Corporation v. Abbott Laboratories

    Publication Date: 2014-01-21
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    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Claudia Wilken, Chief District Judge, Presiding Before: SCHROEDER, REINHARDT, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lisa S. Blatt (argued), Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, D.C.; Brian J. Hennigan (argued), Alexander F. Wiles, Carlos R. Moreno, Trevor V. Stockinger, Lillie A. Werner, Christopher Beatty, Andrew Ow, Irell & Manella LLP, Los Angeles, California; Sarah M. Harris, Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, D.C., for Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant. Shelbi D. Day, Tara L. Borelli, Jon W. Davidson, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., Los Angeles, California, for Amicus Curiae.
    for defendant: Daniel B. Levin (argued), Jeffrey I. Weinberger, Stuart N. Senator, Keith R.D. Hamilton, Kathryn A. Eidman, Munger, Tolles, & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, California; Krista Enns, San Francisco, California, Winston & Strawn LLP; James F. Hurst, Samuel S. Park, Chicago, IL, Winston & Strawn LLP; Charles B. Klein, Steffen N. Johnson, Matthew A. Campbell, Jacob R. Loshin, Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, D.C., for Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

    Case Number: No. 11-17357 No. 11-17373

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 563 SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION, DBA GlaxoSmithKline, Plaintiff - Appellee, v.p class="