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  • December 22, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Illinois settles for $77 million over college savings plan

    Illinois has become the first state to reach a final agreement with OppenheimerFunds Inc. over losses that consumers suffered when the company invested college savings funds in what states call

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  • August 15, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

    California Scheming

    It is a known fact that Reed Smith has spent much of the past year searching for a way to expand into California. And according to sources familiar with the situation, the name of Oakland's largest

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  • September 19, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Pa. Justices Reinstate Controversial Judicial Raises

    In a 100-page decision sure to be welcomed by the state's benches, a five-justice majority of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ordered the reinstatement of the judicial pay raises repealed last y

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  • July 13, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Reed Smith Opens Shanghai Office

    Reed Smith has opened its third office in China with the creation of an outpost in the country's most populous city, Shanghai. The firm already has offices in Hong Kong and Beijing, with 120

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  • December 8, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Sandusky Re-Arrested After Two Additional Accusers Come Forward

    Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky has been re-arrested after two additional alleged victims testified before a grand jury that they too were molested by Sandusky when they w

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  • June 24, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    Developer's Bid to Avoid Terror Insurance Rejected

    The owner of the Cond� Nast building in Times Square on Thursday lost the latest round in its back-and-forth fight over terrorism insurance, after a Manhattan judge ruled that it must pu

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  • May 25, 2001 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Filed-Rate Doctrine Leads to Dismissal of Suit Over Nonpublished Phone Numbers

    During the preliminary objection stage, a Philadelphia common pleas judge dismissed a class action suit which claimed that Bell Atlantic Corp. -- now Verizon -- misrepresented the meaning of t

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  • June 27, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Was Cleary "Swift-Boated"?

    All week we've been following Cleary Gottlieb's appeal of a 2007 sanctions order, which came in a case that pitted a vulture fund against Cleary's client, the Republic of Congo. But The American La

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  • In re Bellingham Insurance Agency, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2012-12-04
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2012-12-04
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Marsha J. Pechman, Chief District Judge, Presiding Before: Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, Richard A. Paez, Circuit Judge, and Raner C. Collins, District Judge.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicholas Arthur Paleveda; Law Offices of Nicholas Paleveda MBA J.D. LL.M, Bellingham, Washington, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Denice Moewes; Wood & Jones, Seattle, Washington, for Appellee. Alan Vanderhoff; Vanderhoff Law Group, San Diego, California, for Amicus Curiae Alan Vanderhoff. G. Eric Brunstad, Jr.; Dechert LLP, Hartford, Connecticut, for Amicus Curiae G. Eric Brunstad, Jr. Seth P. Waxman and Craig Goldblatt; Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae S. Todd Brown, G. Marcus Cole, Ronald D. Rotunda, and Todd J. Zywicki. John Anthony Edwards Pottow; University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Amicus Curiae John Anthony Edwards Pottow. Roberta Ann Colton; Trenam Kemker Attorneys, Tampa, Florida, for Amicus Curiae the Business Law Section of the Florida Bar. Paul D. Moore; Duane Morris LLP, Boston, Massachusetts, for Amici Curiae New CH YMC Acquisition LLC, Yellowstone Mountain Club, LLC, and Yellowstone Development, LLC. Lynne F. Riley; Riley Law Group LLC, Boston, Massachusetts; and Jessica D. Gabel; Georgia State University College of Law, Atlanta, Georgia, for Amicus Curiae National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees. Nathaniel Garrett; Jones Day, San Francisco, California, for Amicus Curiae Jones Day. Sarang Vijay Damle and Robert Loeb; U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae United States of America. Douglas Hallward-Driemeier; Ropes & Gray, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Marcia M. Tingley. Christopher Conant; Conant Law LLC, Denver, Colorado, for Amicus Curiae Timothy L. Blixseth. David Anthony Gaston; Law Offices of David Anthony Gaston, San Diego, California; and Edward Silverman; Sandler Lasry Laube Byer & Valdez, LLP, San Diego, California, for Amici Curiae Alejandro Diaz-Barba and Martha Margarita Barba de la Torre. Matthew Rutledge Schultz and Christopher Daniel Sullivan; Trepel Greenfield Sullivan & Draa LLP, San Francisco, California, for Amicus Curiae Concerned Chapter 7 and 11 Trustees and Plan Administrators.
    Case Number: No. 11-35162

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 13275In the Matter of: BELLINGHAM INSURANCE AGENCY, INC., Debtor,EXECUTIVE BENEFITS INSURANCE AGENCY, Appe

  • April 19, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    Employee Benefits Carry Potential Liability

    HE TYPICAL buyer and its legal counsel may suffer great angst when they are unsure of their potential exposure to unfunded pension plan liability, multi-employer plan withdrawal obligations, unfund

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