• February 15, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Dumped by NBPA, Billy Hunter and Quinn Emanuel Team Blast Paul Weiss Report

    UPDATE: 2/16/2013, 6:00 p.m. EDT. Following the publication of this story, the NBPA voted unanimously to replace Billy Hunter as executive direc

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  • September 20, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Five Firms Advise on $1.6 Billion Security Deal

    Two leading European defense companies are breaking up U.S. security firm L-1 Identity Solutions in a two-part transaction valued at $1.6 billion, including debt, a target="_blank" href="http://ww

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  • City of Redding v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

    Publication Date: 2012-08-27
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2012-08-27
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: Sidney R. Thomas, M. Margaret McKeown, and Richard R. Clifton, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael F. Hertz, Thomas M. Bondy, Mark Pennak (argued), Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Bonneville Power Administration and Western Area Power Administration, petitioner. William L. Slover, Robert D. Rosenberg, Stephanie P. Lyons, Stephanie M. Adams, Slover & Loftus LLP, Washington, DC, for Arizona Electric Power Cooperative, Inc., petitioner. Robert C. McDiarmid, Peter J. Hopkins, Margaret Meiser, Spiegel & McDiarmid LLP, Washington, DC, for Northern California Power Agency, petitioner. Peter J. Scanlon, Lisa S. Gast, Jason T. Gray, Duncan Weinberg, Genzer & Pembroke, P.C., Washington, DC, for the City of Redding, California, petitioner.
    for defendant: Thomas R. Sheets, Robert H. Solomon, Lona T. Perry (argued), Washington, DC, for Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, respondent. Frank R. Lindh, Mary F. McKenzie, Candace J. Morey, San Francisco, California, for Public Utilities Commission of California, respondent-intervenor. Mark D. Patrizio, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Francisco, California, and Stan Berman, Sidley Austin LLP, Seattle, Washington, for Pacific Gas and Electric Company, respondent-intervenor. Richard L. Roberts (argued) and Catherine M. Giovannoni, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington, DC, and Russell Swartz and Leon Bass, Jr., Southern California Edison Company, Rosemead, California, for Southern California Edison Company, respondent-intervenor. Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, James M. Humes, Chief Deputy Attorney General, and Matt Rodriquez, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Sacramento, California, David M. Gustafson, Deputy Attorney General, Oakland, California, Kevin J. McKeon and Lillian S. Harris, Hawke McKeon & Sniscak LLP, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, for the People of the State of California, respondent-intervenor. Daniel Shonkwiler, Folsom, California, for California Independent System Operator Corporation, respondent-intervenor.

    Case Number: No. 09-72775 No. 09-72789 No. 09-72791

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 9722 CITY OF REDDING, CALIFORNIA, Petitioner, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA POWER AGENCY, Petitioner-Intervenor,

  • May 24, 2013 | The Recorder

    On the Move

    SAN FRANCISCOChristopher Locke will be honored as an inductee into Legal Aid of Marin's Marin Justice League at its 55th Anniversary Gala on Friday. He

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  • May 1, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Barnes, Kirkland, S&C Advise on $2 Billion Shoe Company Buyout

    A pair of private equity firms and shoemaker Wolverine World Wide plan to acquire Collective Brands, the parent of retailer Payless ShoeSource and owner of such product lines as Keds and Sau

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  • July 1, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Arbitration Scorecard 2013: Treaty Disputes

    AMOUNT IN CONTROVERSY: $114 billion DISPUTE: Yukos Universal Limited (Isle of Man) v. Russia ration; Veteran Petroleum Limited (Cyprus) v. Russia

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  • January 14, 2009 | Legal Times

    Expect a prickly hearing for Holder

    Two months of silent preparation will reach a climax Thursday when Eric Holder Jr. enters the Russell Senate Office Building for his confirmation hearing to be attorney general. He will face

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  • April 21, 2000 |

    British ISPs Close Web Sites in Wake of Defamation Settlement

    In the wake of the March 31 settlement in the British High Court case Godfrey v. Demon Internet Ltd., Outcast, a magazine for the gay community, asked the European Court of Human Rights Apri

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  • September 20, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    2nd Circuit Rejects Corporate Liability in Alien Tort Act Cases

    The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected outright Friday the theory that corporations can be held liable in the United States under the Alien Tort Statute for violations of international law

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  • February 15, 2005 |

    Verizon to Pay $6.7 Billion for MCI

    Verizon Communications Inc. agreed Monday to pay $6.7 billion in stock and cash for MCI Inc. in a deal that will combine one of the largest local phone companies in the United States with the

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