• October 24, 2011 | Law.com Corporate

    Judge Trims False Advertising Suit over 'Corn Sugar'; Table Sugar Plaintiffs Sweeten Legal Team with Mark Lanier

    Friday was a bittersweet day for both sides in a false advertising suit pitting the makers of table sugar against the producers of high fructose corn syrup. Los Angeles federal district judge Co

    1 minute read

  • Dicon Fiberoptics, Inc. v. Franchise Tax Board

    Publication Date: 2012-04-26
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2012-04-26
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks & Lincenberg, Thomas R. Freeman, Paul S. Chan; Dakessian Law Firm, Akerman Senterfitt, Reed Smith, Mardiros H. Dakessian; The California Credits Group, LaShelle T. Wilson and Mark Danscecs for Plaintiff and Appellant. Winston & Strawn, Charles J. Moll III, Krista M. Enns and Linda T. Coberly for California Taxpayers? Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant. Silverstein & Pomerantz, Amy L. Silverstein and Edwin P. Antolin for Deluxe Corp. as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Edmund G. Brown, Jr., and Kamala D. Harris, Attorneys General, David S. Chaney and Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Gordon Burns, State Deputy Solicitor General, Paul D. Gifford and Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant Attorneys General, W. Dean Freeman, Felix E. Leatherwood, Mark P. Richelson and Ronald N. Ito, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. S173860

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 4569 DICON FIBEROPTICS, INC. Plaintiff and Appellant, v. FRANCHISE TAX BOARD, Defendan

  • May 26, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Federal Circuit Takes Another Look at Hotly Contested Hatch-Waxman Case

    As Hatch-Waxman Act cases go, they don't get much more interesting than Novo Nordisk v. Caraco Pharmaceutical. When the Federal Circuit last month a href="http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/opinions/10-100

    1 minute read

  • December 7, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Firms cautiously raised rates in 2010

    Billing rates continued to climb in 2010-but by only a fraction of the rate they grew during the boom years of the mid-2000s. The average firmwide billing rate-a combination of associa

    1 minute read

  • March 4, 2013 | National Law Journal

    In No. 3 verdict, Monsanto wins $1B over seed patent

    After three weeks of trial in a closely watched patent case involving genetically modified soybeans, a federal jury in St. Louis, Mo., took one hour to return a $1 billion verdict against E.I

    1 minute read

  • June 23, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    NYCLA Establishes Asian Practice Committee

    The New York County Lawyers' Association's board of directors has unanimously approved the creation of the Asian Practice Committee. NYCLA said in a statement that the new committee will provide it

    1 minute read

  • March 17, 2008 | Legal Times

    How Obama charmed his way into Clinton's lawyer base

    On a warm fall evening in 2004, not long after he was elected to the U.S. Senate from Illinois, Barack Obama attended an intimate Washington dinner party. Seated next to him was Covington &am

    1 minute read

  • Ross v. Bank of America N.A. (USA), 05 Civ. 7116

    Publication Date: 2009-01-27
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2009-01-21
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District
    Judge: William Pauley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 05 Civ. 7116

    District Judge William H. Pauley U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Counsel of record: Merrill G. Davidoff, Esq. Berger & Montagu

  • February 15, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves in The Am Law 200

    Kirkland & Ellis has continued its push to be a major player in the mergers and acquisitions space, this time by hiring two new partners from major competitors on the West Coast:

    1 minute read

  • September 9, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

    DEALS & SUITS

    Apache, Ecopetrol & Talisman BP Apache Corporation agreed to pay BP p.l.c. $7 billion for oil and gas assets in Texas, New Mexico, Canada, and Egypt

    1 minute read