• July 3, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

    Battle Over Auditor Privilege Raises GCs' Ire

    One of the most important cases facing general counsel, their accountants and outside lawyers has been percolating through Texas. The suit raises questions about the scope of the so-called aud

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  • June 6, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

    Texas Case Raises Galvanizing Issue for GCs: Auditor Privilege

    One of the most important cases facing general counsel, their accountants and outside lawyers has been percolating through Texas. The suit raises questions about the scope of the so-called auditor

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  • Sargon Enterprises, Inc. v. University of Southern California

    Publication Date: 2012-11-26
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2012-11-26
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Browne George Ross, Brown Woods George, Allan Browne, Eric M. George, Benjamin D. Scheibe, Ira Bibbero; Glaser Weil Fink Jacobs Howard Avchen & Shapiro, Patricia L. Glaser, Elizabeth G. Chilton and Andrew Baum for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, Kathleen M. Sullivan, Daniel H. Bromberg, John B. Quinn, Michael E. Williams and Michael T. Lifrak for Defendants and Appellants. Cole Pedroza, Curtis A. Cole and Cassidy E. Cole for California Medical Association, California Hospital Association and California Dental Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants. Daniel J. Popeo, Richard A. Samp; Bergeson and Mark E. Foster for Washington Legal Foundation and Allied Educational Foundation as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants. Mayer Brown and Donald M. Falk for Actelion Pharmaceuticals U.S. as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants. Ada Meloy; Hogan Lovells US, Michael Shepard, Martin Michaelson, Alexander Dreier and David Ginn for American Council on Education and other Higher Education Associations and Institutions as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Thomas M. Peterson and Benjamin P. Smith for Asahi Kasei Pharma Corporation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

    Case Number: No. S191550

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 12935SARGON ENTERPRISES, INC., Plaintiff and Appellant,v.UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIF

  • April 13, 2007 | The Recorder

    Gone Fission: Firms Weigh Nuclear Option

    Ever since the Three Mile Island meltdown, it's been a veritable nuclear winter for nuclear energy lawyers. There hasn't been a formal application for a new nuclear plant -- with its long, c

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  • April 13, 2007 | The Recorder

    Gone Fission: Firms Weigh Nuclear Option

    Ever since the Three Mile Island meltdown, it's been a veritable nuclear winter for nuclear energy lawyers. There hasn't been a formal application for a new nuclear plant -- with its long, c

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  • January 24, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Law Firm Disqualified From Liz Claiborne Sex Bias Suit A Manhattan judge has disqualified the law firm Grotta, Glassman & Hoffman from defending Liz Claiborne Inc. in

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  • August 28, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Cuomo Says Xcel Will Disclose Global Warming Risks Xcel Energy has agreed to disclose risks to investors from its stake in coal-burning power plants and an

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  • January 4, 2012 | Bloomberg

    US growth predicted despite European fears

    Rising confidence, fewer firings and gains in holiday sales show the U.S. economy is picking up, defying a slowdown in Europe and much of the rest of the world. The divergence will be

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  • August 2, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Energy Focus Sparks Changes at Top for K&L Gates' Pittsburgh Office

    K&L Gates' Pittsburgh office has a new administrative partner after its former head accepted a new role co-leading the firm's recently created energy, infrastructure and resources practice grou

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