• April 23, 2001 | Law.com

    Movers & Shakers

    NEW PARTNERSChicago's Baker & McKenzie has appointed tax specialist Robert S. Kirschenbaum as a partner to its Tax Practice Group. Kirschenbaum joins Baker & McKenzie from the Dep

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  • June 13, 2007 | Daily Report Online

    Suit filed after golf course cut from development plans

    WHEN PERRY HOMES, a blighted and crime-infested public housing project in northwest Atlanta, was demolished in 2002, plans were already under way to build houses, apartments and a golf course

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  • February 26, 2007 | The Recorder

    On the Move

    SAN FRANCISCOMichael Berg is joining the intellectual property firm Dergosits & Noah as of counsel. Berg, who comes to the firm from the New York City office o

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  • February 17, 2010 | Daily Business Review

    Attorney oversees $600 million sale of airport bonds without insurance

    Dealmaker: Gerald Heffernan The Deal: The assistant Miami-Dade County attorney oversaw the sale of $600 million in aviation revenue bonds. Proceeds will fund capital improvements at Miam

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  • August 23, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Environmental Rights Amendment to the Pa. Constitution: A Force for 'Yes'?

    In July, the Commonwealth Court decided a case under the Environmental Rights Amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution. Energy Conservation Council of Pennsylvania v. Public Utility Com

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  • August 23, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Nuclear-Fuel Lawsuits Spawn Damage Award Fallout

    The federal government may soon face the first wave of damages awards in its long-running, multibillion-dollar breach-of-contract litigation with the nation's utilities over disposal of spent nucle

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  • July 11, 2002 | Legal Times

    Inside the D.C. Top 20 Firms

    Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & FeldBalance, in good times and in bad, has been R. Bruce McLean's mantra for the past few years. And given Akin Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld's

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  • City of Alhambra v. County of Los Angeles

    Publication Date: 2012-11-19
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2012-11-19
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Colantuono & Levin, Michael G. Colantuono and Holly O. Whatley for Plaintiffs and Appellants. Jarvis, Fay, Doporto & Gibson, Benjamin P. Fay and Rick W. Jarvis for League of California Cities as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Greenberg Traurig, Scott D. Bertzyk, Karin L. Bohmholdt; Raymond G. Fortner, Jr., and Andrea Sheridan Ordin, County Counsel, and Thomas M. Tyrrell, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendants and Respondents. Jennifer B. Henning for California State Association of Counties as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

    Case Number: No. S185457

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 12771CITY OF ALHAMBRA et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants,v.COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al.

  • December 1, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

    Deals and Suits

    Baker Hughes BJ Services Baker Hughes Incorporated agreed to buy oil field services rival BJ Services Company for $5.5 bil

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  • Brinker Restaurant Corporation v. Superior Court (Hohnbaum)

    Publication Date: 2012-04-12
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2012-04-12
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Rex S. Heinke, Johanna R. Shargel; Morrison & Foerster, Karen J. Kubin; Hunton & Williams, Laura M. Franze, M. Brett Burns and Susan J. Sandidge for Petitioners. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Fred W. Alvarez and Michael D. Schlemmer for TechNet as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Yi-Chin Ho, Michael M. Berger, Benjamin G. Shatz and Andrew L. Satenberg for Chinese Daily News, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. William B. Sailer; Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Paul Grossman, Paul W. Crane, Jr., Katherine C. Huibonhoa and Rishi Sharma for California Employment Law Council as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., Julian W. Poon, Kirsten R. Galler, David S. Han, Blaine H. Evanson; National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Robin S. Conrad and Shane Brennan Kawka for Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and California Chamber of Commerce as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Law Office of Robin L. Unander and Robin L. Unander for California Automotive Business Coalition as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Lawrence Foust; Ballard Rosenberg Golper & Savitt and Christine T. Hoeffner for Childrens Hospital Los Angeles as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Littler Mendelson, Julie A. Dunne, Lena K. Sims, Matthew S. Dente, Richard R. Rahm and Allan G. King for the National Retail Federation, National Council of Chain Restaurants, Contain-A-Way, Inc., USA Waste of California, Inc., California Building Industry Association, California Professional Association of Specialty Contractors, Western Growers Association, American Staffing Association, California Hotel & Lodging Association and National Association of Manufacturers as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Mayer Brown and Donald M. Falk for the American Trucking Associations, Inc., and the California Trucking Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, Richard J. Simmons, Julie A. Dunne and Guylyn R. Cummins for Employers Group, California Retailers Association, California Hospital Association, California Restaurant Association, National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, National Council of Chain Restaurants and National Retail Federation as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Fred J. Hiestand for The Civil Justice Association of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Robert R. Roginson for the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement and Labor Commissioner Angela Bradstreet as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Jackson Lewis, Robert M. Pattison, Joel P. Kelly, JoAnna L. Brooks and Timothy C. Travelstead for San Francisco Bay Area Chapter, San Diego Chapter, Sacramento Chapter, Southern California Chapter and Employment and Labor Law Committee of the Association of Corporate Counsel as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Cox, Castle & Nicholson, John S. Miller, Jr., and Dwayne P. McKenzie for the Associated General Contractors of California, Inc., as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Higgs, Fletcher & Mack, Lee Burdick and John Morris for the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Greenberg Traurig, Gregory F. Hurley and Stacey Hertler for National Association of Theatre Owners of California/Nevada, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: No. S166350

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 3976 BRINKER RESTAURANT CORPORATION et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Res