• Association of American Railroads v. South Coast Air Quality Management District

    Publication Date: 2010-09-15
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2010-09-15
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin M. Fong, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, San Francisco, California; and Robert M. Jenkins III, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C., for the plaintiffs-appellees. Suma Peesapati, Lozeau-Drury LLP, Alameda, California; and David Pettit, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., for the amici curiae.
    for defendant: Daniel P. Selmi, Los Angeles, California; and Elena K. Saxonhouse and Gabriel M.B. Ross, Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP, San Francisco, California, for the defendants-appellants.

    Case Number: No. 07-55804

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 12017 ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS; BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY; and UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Plaintiffs-Appellees, p class="casen

  • March 9, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Supreme Court Raises the Bar on Antitrust

    The Supreme Court last week, ruling in the final two of a trio of antitrust challenges this term, significantly raised the bar for those attempting to prove anti-competitive behavior by joint ventu

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  • June 1, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

    Class Retraction

    In another significant blow against large class actions, the U.S. Supreme Court in March overturned an appellate ruling that had certified a class of about 2 million existing and

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  • March 21, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Quattrone Conviction Reversed by 2nd Circuit

    The conviction of former Credit Suisse First Boston star investment banker Frank Quattrone was reversed Monday by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.Citing flawed jury instructions, the 2

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  • Ligon v. NYC, 12-Civ.-2274

    Publication Date: 2013-08-14
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Ligon Plaintiffs: Christopher Dunn, Esq., Alexis Karteron, Esq., Taylor Pendergrass, Esq., Daniel Mullkoff, Esq., New York Civil Liberties Union, New York, NY. Mariana Kovel, Esq., The Bronx Defenders, Bronx, NY. Juan Cartagena, Esq., Foster Maer, Esq., Roberto Concepcion, Jr., Esq., LatinoJustice PRLDEF, New York, NY. John A. Nathanson, Esq., Tiana Peterson, Esq., Mayer Grashin, Esq., Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York, NY. For Floyd Plaintiffs: Darius Charney, Esq., Sunita Patel, Esq., Baher Azmy, Esq., Rachel Lopez, Esq., Ghita Schwarz, Esq., Chauniqua Young, Esq., Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, NY. Philip I. Irwin, Esq., Eric Hellerman, Esq., Gretchen Hoff Varner, Esq., Kasey Martini, Esq., Bruce Corey, Jr., Esq., Covington & Burling LLP, New York, NY. Jonathan Moore, Esq., Jenn Rolnick Borchetta, Esq., Beldock Levine & Hoffman LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Ligon and Floyd Defendants: Brenda Cooke, Linda Donahue, Heidi Grossman, Morgan Kunz, Joseph Marutollo, Suzanna Publicker, Lisa Richardson, Cecilia Silver, Judson Vickers, Richard Weingarten, Mark Zuckerman, Assistant Corporation Counsel, New York City Law Department, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 12-Civ.-2274 (SAS)

    Cite as: Ligon v. NYC, 12-Civ.-2274 (SAS), NYLJ 1202615273078, at *1 (SDNY, Decided August 12, 2013) 12-Civ.-2274 (SAS) District Judge Shira A. Sc

  • April 11, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    NEW POSITIONS . . . Tom Adolph has joined Jackson Walker in Houston as a partner in the litigation and intellectual property sections. . . . The following have become sharehold

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  • Chevron v. Donziger, 11 Civ. 0691 (LAK) (JCF)

    Publication Date: 2013-04-18
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    Court: U. S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: Magistrate Judge James C. Francis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 11 Civ. 0691 (LAK) (JCF)

    Cite as: Chevron v. Donziger, 11 Civ. 0691 (LAK) (JCF), NYLJ 1202596362289, at *1 (SDNY, Decided April 15, 2013)Magistrate Judge James C. Francisp cl

  • September 17, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Jensen Drops Plans to Move To Latham

    Frode Jensen, the former Pillsbury Winthrop partner whose planned departure prompted a highly controversial statement alleging sexual harassment and declining productivity from his ex-firm, has dro

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  • March 2, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Little-Noticed SOX Provision Gains Traction

    Two-and-a-half years after the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, a little noticed provision on whistleblowing is gaining traction.Within the sweeping corporate governance measures int

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  • April 15, 2013 | International

    Singapore's Wall Street Problem

    Singapore’s government has long made clear its ambition to establish the island nation as a major hub for the global legal profession. And it's hard to argue that they haven't succ

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