• November 9, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

    KPMG's Knight in Shining Armor

    It was a festive day for Sven Erik Holmes. Family, friends and colleagues surrounded him in the Tulsa federal courthouse last March as his official portrait was unveiled. It was the last day o

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  • In Re: MTBE Products Liability Litigation, 10-4135-cv (L)

    Publication Date: 2013-07-29
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Parker, Hall, and Carney, CJJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants the City of New York, the New York City Water Board, and the New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority: Susan E. Amron, Assistant Corporation Counsel, New York City Law Department, New York, NY; Victor M. Sher, Sher Leff LLP, San Francisco, CA, on the brief, Paul M. Smith, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC.
    for defendant: For amicus curiae Natural Resources Defense Council, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants: Michael E. Wall, Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco, CA, Johanna Dyer, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, NY. For amicus curiae New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants: Paula T. Dow, Attorney General of New Jersey, George N. Cohen, Richard F. Engel, Deputy Attorneys General, Trenton, NJ; Michael Axline, Miller, Axline & Sawyer, Sacramento, CA. For Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees Exxon Mobil Oil Corporation, Exxon Mobil Corporation, and Mobil Corporation: Traci L. Lovitt, Nicholas W. Haddad, Jones Day, New York, NY; Peter John Sacripanti, James A. Pardo, Lauren E. Handel, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Paul D. Clement, Bancroft PLLC, Washington, DC. For amici curiae American Chemistry Council, American Coatings Association, the National Association of Manufacturers, the NFIB Small Business Legal Center, and the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, in support of Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees: Donald W. Fowler, Eric G. Lasker, Hollingsworth LLP, Washington, DC; Donald D. Evans, American Chemistry Council, Washington, DC; Thomas J. Graves, American Coatings Association, Inc., Washington, DC; Quentin Riegel, National Association of Manufacturers, Washington, DC; Elizabeth Milito, NFIB Small Business Legal Center, Washington, DC; Robin S. Conrad, National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, DC. For amici curiae, National Petrochemical and Refiners Association and American Petroleum Institute, in support of Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees: Joseph R. Guerra, James R. Wedeking, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC. For amicus curiae The Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., in support of Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees Michael B. Mukasey, Anne E. Cohen, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY; Hugh F. Young, Jr., Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., Reston, VA.

    Case Number: 10-4135-cv (L)

    Cite as: In Re: MTBE Lit., 10-4135-cv (L), NYLJ 1202612814095, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided July 26, 2013) 10-4135-cv (L) Before: Parker, Hall, and Car

  • October 27, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Former Judge Helps KPMG Survive Shady Tax Shelters

    It was a festive day for Sven Erik Holmes. Family, friends and colleagues surrounded him in the Tulsa federal courthouse last March as his official portrait was unveiled. It was the last day o

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  • MLSMK Investment Company v. JP Morgan Chase & Co., 10-3040-cv

    Publication Date: 2011-07-08
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Mclaughlin, Pooler, and Sack, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: HOWARD KLEINHENDLER, Wachtel & Masyr, LLP (Julian D. Schreibman, Sara G. Spiegelman, of counsel), New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: PATRICIA M. HYNES, Allen & Overy LLP (Andrew Rhys Davies, Laura R. Hall, of counsel), New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees.

    Case Number: 10-3040-cv

    Cite as: MLSMK Investment Company v. JP Morgan Chase & Co., Index 10-3040-cv, NYLJ 1202499634383, at *1 (Court, Decided July 7, 2011)Before: Mclaughlin, Poo

  • Sprint Communications Co., L.P. v. APCC Services, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-06-23
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    Date Filed: 2008-06-23
    Court: U.S. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For petitioners: Carter Phillips, Sidley Austin, Washington, D.C.
    for defendant: For respondents: Roy Englert Jr., Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner, Washington, D.C.

    Case Number: 07-552

    Cite as 08 C.D.O.S. 7702SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, L. P., et al., PETITIONERS v.APCC SERVICES, INC., et al. No. 07-552on writ of certiorari to the united stat

  • November 5, 2012 | National Law Journal

    Serious medicine

    Correction: This article has been corrected to reflect that the company settled its dispute with Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr without formally filing a malpractice claim. Additio

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  • March 22, 2001 | National Law Journal

    Does One Size Fit All?

    Can an old dog learn new tricks? As the new economy continues to develop -- and falter -- many will be watching to see how the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, drafted when the Internet was barely a twin

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  • September 6, 2007 | The Recorder

    Structured Finance Takes Hit From Subprime Mortgage Meltdown

    Here's a quick lesson in economics: If there's no supply and no demand, then there's no work.That's what some structured finance lawyers are quickly learning from the subprime mortgage m

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  • April 17, 2013 | New York Law Journal

    Circuit Rejects Most Allegations Overseas Groups Aided al Qaeda

    The hopes of plaintiffs who attempted to hold dozens of foreign organizations and individuals responsible for aiding and abetting al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror at

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  • June 23, 2006 | Daily Report Online

    Firms act to stem lateral flight

    WHEN RICHARD ROSS and his band of real estate lawyers broke away from Squire, Sanders & Dempsey to help establish a Phoenix, Ariz., office for Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, the move

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