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  • August 10, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

    'Divisive and Extreme': Lawsuit Assailing Target's ESG Agenda Shows How Dicey Topic Has Become

    "Target's ESG and DEI mandates align with one end of the political spectrum: the left," according to a shareholder lawsuit filed this week.

    7 minute read

  • July 31, 2023 | National Law Journal

    SEC's Cases Against Dealers Could Lead to the Supreme Court, Securities Lawyers Say

    "I wouldn't be surprised if there were some challenges that argued that the SEC had stretched the meaning of the term dealer too far in this particular case," said attorney Mark Perlow.

    6 minute read

  • Abbo-Bailey v. City of Niagara Falls

    Publication Date: 2023-07-21
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Toxic Torts
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Denny Chin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees: Peter A. Kraus, Leslie C. MacLean, on the brief, Charles S. Siegel, Waters & Kraus, LLP, Dallas, TX, and Christen E. Civiletto, East Amherst, NY, and Melissa L. Stewart, Steven J. Phillips, Phillips & Paolicelli, LLP, New York, NY, and Paul Barr, Fanizzi & Barr, Niagara Falls, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants Occidental Chemical Corporation, Glenn Springs Holdings, Inc., and Miller Springs Remediation Management, Inc.: Sheila L. Birnbaum, Lincoln Davis Wilson, on the brief, Douglas E. Fleming III, Dechert LLP, New York, NY, and Kevin M. Hogan, Andrew P. Devine, Joshua Glasgow, and Elizabeth Bove, Phillips Lytle LLP, Buffalo, NY. For Defendant-Appellant Cecos International, Inc.: Zackary D. Knaub, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Albany, NY, and William G. Beck, Lathrop GPM, Kansas City, MO. For Defendant-Appellant OP-Tech Environmental Services: Jeffrey D. Schulman, Pillinger Miller Tarallo LLP, Syracuse, NY. For Defendant-Appellant Roy's Plumbing, Inc.: Robert E. Knoer, Alice J. Cunningham, The Knoer Group, PLLC, Buffalo, NY. For Defendant-Appellant City of Niagara Falls: Mark P. Della Posta, Walsh, Roberts & Grace LLP, Buffalo, NY. For Defendant-Appellant Niagara Falls Water Board: Jeffrey F. Baase, Corey J. Weber, Rupp Baase Pfalzgraf Cunningham LLC, Buffalo, NY. For Defendant-Appellant Conestoga-Rovers & Associates: Jeffrey C. Stravino, Hodgson Russ LLP, Buffalo, NY. For Defendant-Appellant Sevenson Environmental Services, Inc.: Agnieszka Wilewicz, Patricia A. Rauh, Hurwitz & Fine, P.C., Buffalo, NY. For Defendant-Appellant Scott Lawn Yard, Inc.: Brian Sutter, Sugarman Law Firm, LLP, Buffalo, NY. For Amicus Curiae Washington Legal Foundation, in support of Defendants-Appellants: John M. Masslon II, Cory L. Andrews, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, DC.
    Case Number: 21-0249-cv

    Love Canal Superfund Actions Untimely, Remanded to State Court

  • July 20, 2023 | Litigation Daily

    After Steep Pro Bono Hours Falloff in 2021, a Steady 2022

    In what our friends at The American Lawyer called a "post-pandemic reset," average hours were flat in the latest Pro Bono Scorecard, after an earlier, precipitous drop from the time when lawyers filled their pandemic-stalled dockets with pro bono work.

    5 minute read

  • July 11, 2023 | The American Lawyer

    'Post-Pandemic Reset' Affects Pro Bono Hours in 2022

    For the Am Law 200 firms that participated in The American Lawyer 2023 Pro Bono Scorecard, average pro bono hours per lawyer were flat.

    7 minute read

  • June 30, 2023 | Litigation Daily

    Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs

    Robins Kaplan partner Michael Collyard secured pre- and post-judgment interest on a $564 million jury verdict he won last year against BMO Harris Bank stemming from one the largest Ponzi schemes in U.S. history.

    6 minute read

  • June 2, 2023 | Law.com

    Law Firms Divided on Rate Increases: The Morning Minute

    The news and analysis you need to start your day.

    4 minute read

  • June 1, 2023 | Law.com

    Dechert Partners Win Reversal of Sanctions in 3M Earplug Trial

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday found that U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers violated the due process rights of Dechert partners Kimberly Branscome and Jay Bhimani when she imposed sanctions in 2021.

    5 minute read

  • Appellate Division, Second Department: May 26, 2023

    Publication Date: 2023-05-26
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Hand Down & List
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number:

    Handdown & List released on:May 22 & 24, 2023

  • May 8, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Commonwealth Court Rejects Novel 'Public Nuisance' Approach to Lead Paint

    "The idea of transforming that statutory language into an argument that the presence of lead paint is a public nuisance was a pretty hard hill to climb," said Robert Heim, Dechert special counsel.

    4 minute read