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  • Center for Biological Diversity v. California Department of Fish and Wildlife (The Newhall Land and Farming Company)

    Publication Date: 2015-11-30
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    Date Filed: 2015-11-30
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Buse, Kevin P. Bundy, Aruna Prabhala; Law Office of Adam Keats, Adam Keats; Jason A. Weiner; Frank G. Wells Environmental Law Clinic, Sean B. Hecht; Chatten-Brown and Carstens, Jan Chatten-Brown and Doug Carstens for Plaintiffs and Respondents.
    for defendant: Wendy L. Bogdan, Thomas R. Gibson, John H. Mattox; Thomas Law Group, Tina A. Thomas, Ashle T. Crocker, Amy R. Higuera and Meghan M. Dunnagan for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No: S217763

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 12629 CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY et al., Plaintiffs and Respondent

  • November 30, 2015 | National Law Journal

    A Small Firm For VW's Big Problems

    To defend itself in the biggest court ­battle in company history, Volkswagen A.G. has gone small. Herzfeld & Rubin, Volkswagen's choice for lead counsel to handle more

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  • November 29, 2015 | National Law Journal

    A Small Firm For VW's Big Problems

    To defend itself in the biggest court ­battle in company history, Volkswagen A.G. has gone small.

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  • November 25, 2015 | The Recorder

    Another Biotech Patent Clears Section 101 Test

    A company that patented a process for using placental tissue as bioimplants has mostly passed Section 101's natural-phenomenon test. U.S. District Judge Virginia Emerson Hopkins o

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  • November 25, 2015 | The Recorder

    Another Biotech Patent Clears Section 101 Test

    While federal judges have been knocking out software patents left and right, an order from U.S. District Judge Virginia Emerson Hopkins is the latest to uphold a life sciences patent.

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  • State v. Lewis

    Publication Date: 2015-11-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, and Anna G. Cross, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael L. Brown, Angela Adams, Bernard Taylor, and Kacy Brake Alston Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Neutral Amicus: Sarah L. Gerwig-Moore Mercer Law School, Macon, and J. Scott Key Miller Key PA, McDonough.
    Case Number: S15G0666

    Although it was the court's responsibility—not the State's—to determine whether the defendant breached a negotiated plea agreement by not testifying truthfully in his co-defendants' s, th

  • November 19, 2015 | Daily Report Online

    2015 Litigation Department of the Year

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  • November 19, 2015 | Daily Report Online

    2015 Litigation Department of the Year

    ALSTON & BIRD: Overall Litigation Alston & Bird attorneys in 2014 won a case before the U.S. Supreme Court and two jury trials that secured more…

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  • November 19, 2015 | Daily Report Online

    Alston & Bird: Overall Litigation

    Alston & Bird attorneys in 2014 won a case before the U.S. Supreme Court and two jury trials that secured more than $200 million for clients. These matters highlighted a year in which th

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  • November 19, 2015 | Daily Report Online

    Alston & Bird: Overall Litigation

    Alston & Bird attorneys in 2014 won a case before the U.S. Supreme Court and two jury trials that secured more than $200 million for clients. These matters highlighted a year in which the firm represented more than 40 Fortune 500 companies in all sorts of litigation areas—class actions, securities, products liability, environmental regulation and torts.

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