• December 4, 2006 | National Law Journal

    PATENT | Interlocutory appeal is proposed

    Over the last five years, there has been a growing chorus claiming that the U.S. patent system needs significant reform. Critics in academia, industry and some within the patent bar asse

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  • Royce Homes, L.P. v. Bates

    Publication Date: 2010-01-22
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2010-01-21
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Evelyn V. Keyes Justice
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 01-08-00191-CV

    OPINIONAppellant, Royce Homes, L.P., appeals the order of the trial court confirming an arbitration award and final judgment in favor of appellees, a group of homeowners ("homeowners"). In three is

  • Force Framing, Inc. v. Chinatrust Bank (U.S.A.)

    Publication Date: 2010-09-01
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2010-08-31
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carno & Carlton, Andrew C. Carlton, Anna M. Carno and Princess M. Cooper for Plaintiff and Appellant. Abdulaziz, Grossbart & Rudman, Bruce David Rudman and Sam K. Abdulaziz for Roofing Contractors Association of California as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant. Edward Alberola for Southern California Contractors Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant. Kamine Collings & Phelps, Michaelbrent Collings, Bernard Kamine, Marcia Kamine and Daniel J. Phelps for Engineering Contractors? Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, Steven S. Wall and Jeffrey A. Feasby for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. E048688

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 11531FORCE FRAMING, INC., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CHINATRUST BANK (U.S.A.), Defendant a

  • June 1, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Focus Europe: The Arbitration Scorecard

    OAO NK Yukos (Russia) v. Kravin Investments Ltd., White Pearl Investments Ltd., Marthacello Co. Ltd., N.P. Gemini Holdings Ltd., Heflinham Holdings Ltd., and Kindselia Holdings Ltd.

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  • September 5, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Iraq Contractors Tap Law Firms

    The war in Iraq has an army of high-profile attorneys working to steer defense contractors through a minefield of lawsuits and federal investigations involving war profiteering and fraud. Du

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  • October 1, 2006 | The American Lawyer

    Dubai Dreams

    Along Dubai's Sheikh Zayed Road, construction cranes seem almost as plentiful as sand. Hotels and office buildings are going up by the dozen, and already some of the world's most recogni

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  • July 28, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    NEW POSITIONS . . . Monica J. Lerma has joined Schmoyer Reinhard in San Antonio as an associate. Lerma, who previously was with Akin

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  • February 3, 2003 | Legal Times

    Honor Roll for 2002

    AKIN GUMPAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld announced that two lawyers in its D.C. office -- Paul Mi f and Daniel McInnis -- were elected partner.Mi

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  • September 3, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Iraq contractors tapping law firms

    The war in Iraq has an army of high-profile attorneys working to steer defense contractors through a minefield of lawsuits and federal investigations involving war profiteering and f

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  • May 9, 2007 | Legal Times

    Fire Department Becomes Burning Issue at Supreme Court

    Conference Call summarizes the roughly 15 percent of all non-pauper petitions that are the most likely candidates for certiorari. The Supreme Court's jurisdiction is almost entirely discretionar

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