• April 6, 2009 | National Law Journal

    THE APPELLATE HOT LIST

    AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD Twenty-five high-profile victories marked a successful 2008 for Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. The firm's long-establ

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  • September 24, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

    View Appeal Through Lens of Standard of Review

    Trial is over, and it's time for someone to appeal. No lawyer should make the rookie mistake of thinking the late court's standard of review is simply boilerplate that must appear in the

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  • January 27, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Rombach v. Chang

    Decided Jan. 20, 2004Before Jacobs, Calabresi, Sotomayor, C.JJ.Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (J

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  • McCoy v. Pacific Maritime Association

    Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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    Date Filed: 2013-05-14
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin & Martin, Areva D. Martin, Aram Kouyoumdjian, and Surisa E. Langbell for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Clifford D. Sethness, Robert Jon Hendricks, and Jason M. Steele for Defendants and Respondents.

    Case Number: No. B210953

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 4788CATHERINE Y. MCCOY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. PACIFIC MARITIME

  • March 3, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Setting Marc Dreier's House on Fire

    At the end, when his longtime client had found out about the phony promissory notes and the auditor's lawyer was threatening to turn him in, when the client escrow accounts had been plundered and t

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  • June 20, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Women's Summit Celebrates Progress, Seeks More

    In the Philadelphia Bar Association's first summit dedicated to the status of women in the legal profession, some

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  • March 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    The Crack-Up

    At the end, when his longtime client had found out about the phony promissory notes and the auditor's lawyer was threatening to turn him in, when the client escrow accounts had been p

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  • Anonymous v. JPMorgan Chase Co.

    Publication Date: 2005-11-16
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    U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Judge Koeltl This is a motion to stay these proceedings pending arbitration. The plaintiff, Anonymous, filed the Comp

  • Davis v. Strack

    Publication Date: 2001-10-31
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    Date Filed: 2001-10-29
    Court: 2nd Cir.
    Judge: Leval, Circuit Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 00-2286

    Argued: April 20, 2001Petitioner appeals from the denial by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Berman, J.) of his petition to set aside his New York state convi

  • Horton Homes, Inc. v. Brooks

    Publication Date: 2001-07-23
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    Date Filed: 2001-07-13
    Court: Ala. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 1000346

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. HOUSTON, Justice.In July 1998, Scott Brooks sued Southern Manufactured Homes, Inc., and Horton Homes, Inc. (herein