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  • August 26, 2013 | Litigation Daily

    Transvaginal Mesh Bellwether Case Ends in Settlement

    This story originally appeared in sister publication The National Law Journal. The second federal bellwether trial over transvaginal mesh devices has settled for an undisclos

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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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