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April 15, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Federal Court Refuses to Toss Bank of America Class Action

A federal judge has refused to dismiss a class action suit against Bank of America, its home loan and reinsurance subsidiaries and a number of private mortgage insurers, instead directing the

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January 25, 2005 | National Law Journal

Next Round for Asbestos Reform Starting in Congress

WASHINGTON -- After nearly 18 months of private negotiations by a senior federal appellate judge, business, labor and trial lawyers are down to the most difficult and contentious issues that w

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Harrison v. Ash

Publication Date: 2008-09-02
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Date Filed: 2008-08-28
Court: 6th Cir.
Judge: Clay, Circuit Judge.
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Case Number: Nos. 07-2077/2078

RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206Argued: June 3, 2008Before: MERRITT, CLAY, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.OPINIONCharles Kevin Jones, an inmate serving

Tibble v. Edison International

Publication Date: 2013-08-01
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Date Filed: 2013-03-21
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: Stephen V. Wilson, District Judge, Presiding Before: Alfred T. Goodwin, and Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, Circuit Judges, and Jack Zouhary, District Judge.*
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael A. Wolff, Schlichter, Bogard & Denton, LLP, St. Louis, MO, argued the cause and filed the briefs for the plaintiffs-appellants. With him on the briefs were Jerome J. Schlichter, Nelson G. Wolff, and Jason P. Kelly, Schlichter, Bogard & Denton, LLP, St. Louis, MO. Elizabeth Hopkins, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC, argued the cause and filed the brief for the Secretary of Labor as amicus curiae in support of plaintiffs-appellants. With her on the brief were Stacey E. Elias, M. Patricia Smith, and Timothy D. Hauser. Jay E. Sushelsky, AARP Foundation Litigation, Washington, DC, filed the brief for the AARP as amicus curiae in support of plaintiffs-appellants. With him on the brief was Melvin Radowitz, AARP, Washington, D.C.
for defendant: Jonathan D. Hacker, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC, argued the cause and filed the briefs for the defendants-­appellees/cross-appellants. With him on the briefs were Walter Dellinger, Robert N. Eccles, Gary S. Tell, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, D.C., as well as Matthew Eastus, and China Rosas, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA. Nicole A. Diller, Alison B. Willard, and Abbey M. Glenn, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, San Francisco, CA, filed the brief for the California Employment Law Council as amicus curiae in support of defendants-appellees/cross-appellants. Thomas L. Cubbage III, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC, filed the brief for the Investment Company Institute as amicus curiae in support of defendants-­appellees/cross-appellants. With him on the brief was S. Michael Chittenden, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC.
Case Number: No. 10-56406 No. 10-56415

Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 8241 GLENN TIBBLE; WILLIAM BAUER; WILLIAM IZRAL; HENRY RUNOWIECKI; FREDERICK SUHADOLC; HUGH TINMAN, JR., as representatives of a c

January 4, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Judge Finds Plausible Homeowners' Claim That Lenders Required Exorbitant Flood Insurance

Finding plausible the claims of two homeowners that lenders imposed unnecessary flood insurance requirements on their mortgages, a federal judge has refused to dismiss a class action complain

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United States v. Henry

Publication Date: 2012-08-09
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Date Filed: 2012-08-09
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: H. Russel Holland, Senior District Judge, Presiding Before: Alfred T. Goodwin, William A. Fletcher, and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jo Ann Farrington (argued), Assistant United States Attorney, Karen L. Loeffler, United States Attorney, Anchorage, Alaska, for the plaintiff-appellee.
for defendant: Fred Richard Curtner, III (argued), Anchorage, Alaska, for the defendant-appellant.
Case Number: No. 11-30181

Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 9049 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff lee, v. MATTHEW WAYNE HENRY, Defendant

October 19, 2012 | New Jersey Law Journal

Inadmissible

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Native Village of Kivalina IRA Council v. Environmental Protection Agency

Publication Date: 2012-08-09
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Date Filed: 2012-08-09
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: Before: Alfred T. Goodwin, William A. Fletcher, and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Victoria Clark, Brook Brisson, Trustees for Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska, for petitioners Native Village of Point Hope IRA Council, Alaska Community Action on Toxics, and Northern Alaska Environmental Center. Brent Newell (argued), Sofia Parino, Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment, San Francisco, California, for petitioner Native Village of Kivalina IRA Council.
for defendant: Ignacia S. Moreno, Paul Cirino (argued), Kimberly A. Owens, Pooja S. Parikh, United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C., for the respondents. Jeffrey W. Leppo (argued), Jason T. Morgan, Stoel Rives LLP, Seattle, Washington, for intervenor NANA Regional Corporation, Inc. Eric B. Fjelstad, James N. Leik (argued), Perkins Coie LLP, Anchorage, Alaska, for intervenor Teck Alaska Incorporated.
Case Number: No. 11-70776

Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 9054 NATIVE VILLAGE OF KIVALINA IRA COUNCIL; NATIVE VILLAGE OF POINT HOPE IRA COUNCIL; ALASKA COMMUNITY ACTION ON TOXICS; NORTHERN ALA

December 1, 2008 | The American Lawyer

Big Suits

California et al. v. Countrywide et al. In a landmark settlement for distressed homeowners, Bank of America Corporation agreed October 6 to readjust mortgag

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August 1, 2011 | National Law Journal

Law profs face hard road to federal posts

With one of their own sitting in the Oval Office, it's reasonable to think that legal academics might enjoy an edge in snagging nominations for plum judicial and executive branch posts. But l

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