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  • November 22, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    L.A. Judge Certifies Class in Gutted Countrywide Mortgage-Backed Securities Case

    Motions for class certification are typically a chance for plaintiffs lawyers to make or break a case. So you'd think lawyers for Countrywide Financial at Goodwin Procter would have fought hard t

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  • December 19, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Goodwin Procter Persuades Judge to Reject Countrywide Class Action for the Second Time

    For the second time in two months a federal district court judge has refused to certify a class action alleging that Countrywide Financial Corporation engaged in misleading sales and marketing pr

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  • United States v. W.R. Grace

    Publication Date: 2008-05-15
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    Date Filed: 2008-05-15
    Court: 9th Cir.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Kilbourne (argued), Kevin M. Cassidy and Allen M. Brabender, Attorneys, United States Department of Justice, Washington, District of Columbia; William W. Mercer, United States Attorney; Kris A. McLean, Assistant United States Attorney; Ronald J. Tenpas, Acting Assistant Attorney General, for the plaintiff-appellant.
    for defendant: Catherine A. Laughner and Aimee M. Grmoljez, Browning Kaleczyc Berry & Hoven, P.C., Helena, Montana; Stephen R. Spivack, Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP, Washington, District of Columbia; David E. Roth, Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP, Birmingham, Alabama, for defendant-appellee Robert C. Walsh.
    Case Number: 06-30192

    Cite as 08 C.D.O.S. 5799UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant,v.W. R. GRACE; ALAN R. STRINGER; HENRY A. ESCHENBACH; JACK W. WOLTER; WILLIAM J. MCCAIG; ROBERT J. BETTACC

  • September 5, 2013 | Litigation Daily

    Goodwin Procter Beats Class Cert in BofA Borrowers Case

    Plaintiffs lawyers have been on a roll lately with allegations that major banks wrongly denied homeowners' requests for loan modifications under a federal program meant to slow the t

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  • March 29, 2012 | The Recorder

    Court, Split 5-2, Says Brothers Waited Too Long to Sue Church for Childhood Abuse

    SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court on Thursday said brothers who claim they were abused by a priest as children in the '70s are time-barred from bringing suit against the Roma

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  • March 7, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Dissident shareholders up demands

    WHEN A New Jersey-based company called Arbinet-thexchange Inc. faced an investor's bid to replace two board members last year, one thing was guaranteed: plenty of work for lawyers. At

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  • Coca-Cola North America, a division of The Coca-Cola Company, and Odwalla, Inc., Plaintiffs v. Crawley Juice, Inc. and Howard W. Crawley, Jr., Defendants, 09 CV 3259 (JG)(RML)

    Publication Date: 2011-05-23
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Eastern District
    Judge: Magistrate Judge Robert M. Levy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiffs: Thomas J. Goodwin, Esq., Richard Hernandez, Esq., McCarter & English, LLP, New York. NY.
    for defendant: Attorney for Defendants/Counterclaimants: Gary Ettelman, Esq., Ettelman & Hochheiser, P.C., Garden City, NY.
    Case Number: 09 CV 3259 (JG)(RML)

    Cite as: Coca-Cola North America v. Juice, 09 CV 3259 (JG)(RML), NYLJ 1202494734658, at *1 (EDNY, Decided May 17, 2011)Magistrate Judge Robert M. Lev

  • Ventress v. Japan Airlines

    Publication Date: 2010-04-30
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    Date Filed: 2010-04-30
    Court: 9th Cir.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin Ventress, Pro se, Houston, Texas, for the plaintiff-appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew L. Pepper, Carlsmith Ball, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendants-appellees Japan Airlines and Jalways, Co.; Carl Osaki, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendant-appellee Hawaii Aviation Contract Services.
    Case Number: No. 08-15731 No. 08-16122

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 5360MARTIN VENTRESS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v.JAPAN AIRLINES; JALWAYS CO., LTD.; HAWAII

  • May 7, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Law Firm Roundup

    Connecticut Firm Expands With D.C. Office Shipman & Goodwin has announced that it has opened a six-lawyer office in Washington, D.C., after hiring attorneys from Hog

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  • October 24, 2012 | Daily Business Review

    Quinn clears another hurdle in $190 billion FHFA litigation

    A second federal judge has given a preliminary green light to the Federal Housing Finance Agency's massive litigation campaign against banks at the center of the financial crisis. U.S.

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