• August 15, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Bingham Tax Duo Departs, Plus More Lateral Moves

    Bingham McCutchen, an 800-lawyer Am Law 100 firm reportedly mulling merger

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  • August 11, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    Kinder Morgan Consolidates Partnerships in $44 Billion Deal

    U.S. energy company Kinder Morgan Inc. is buying all the outstanding stock of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Kinder Morgan Management LLC and El Paso Pipeline Partners LP for $44 billion

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  • August 11, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

    Bracewell, Weil on $70 Billion Deal

    Bracewell & Giuliani and Weil, Gotshal & Manges represent Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI) of Houston in its pending acquisition of all outstanding equity securities of Kinder Morgan Energy

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  • August 7, 2014 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: Aug. 7, 2014

    India Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy advised India’s Tata Steel Ltd. on a $1.5 billion bond sale on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, with the money going towa

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  • Suffolk County Water Authority, Respondent-Appellant v. Dow Chemical Company, et al., Appellants-Respondents, et al., Defendants, 2012-07097

    Publication Date: 2014-07-31
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department
    Judge: Before: Dillon, J.P., Dickerson, Cohen, Hinds-Radix, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Respondent-Appellant: William A. Walsh and Carla Burke of counsel, Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C., New York, N.Y.
    for defendant: For Appellant-Respondent Dow Chemical Company: Siobhan Handley, Morton Dubin, Richard A. Jacobsen, and King & Spalding LLP, New York, N.Y., of counsel, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, N.Y. For Appellant-Respondent E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company: Joshua K. Leader of counsel, Leader & Berkon LLP, New York, N.Y. For Appellant-Respondent Legacy Vulcan Corporation, formerly known as Vulcan Materials Company: James H. Neale of counsel, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, New York, N.Y. For Appellant-Respondent Bayer CropScience, Inc., individually and as successor-in-interest to Stauffer Chemical Company: Shaina Stahl of counsel, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, New York, N.Y. For Appellants-Respondents Bowe-Permac, Inc., and Sail Star USA, Inc: Gregg A. Ilardi and Levi W. Barrett of counsel, Harwood Lloyd, LLC, New York, N.Y. For Appellant-Respondent Hoyt Corporation: Adrienne Odierna, Richard S. Baron, pro hac vice, and Brian H. Phinney, pro hac vice of counsel, Hanig & Schutzman, LLP, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. For Appellant-Respondent R.R. Street & Co., Inc: William P. Harrington and Taylor M. Hicks of counsel, Bleakley Platt & Schmidt, LLP, White Plains, N.Y. For Appellant-Respondent Forenta, LP: Seth I. Weinstein of counsel, Lester Schwab Katz & Dwyer, LLP, New York, N.Y. For Appellant-Respondent Renzacci of America, Inc: Allan I. Young of counsel, Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, P.C., New York, N.Y. For Appellant-Respondent Multimatic Dry Cleaning Machine Corporation: Richard E. Leff of counsel, McGivney & Kluger, P.C., New York, N.Y. For Appellant-Respondent Firbimatic, also known as Eco Dry of America, Inc: Neil E. Higgins and Tonya M. Lindsey of counsel, Jones Hirsch Connors & Bull P.C., New York, N.Y. For Appellant-Respondent Direct Machinery Sales Corp: Cullen and Dykman, LLP, New York, N.Y. For Appellant-Respondent Detrex Corporation: Michael Bojbasa of counsel, Connell Foley LLP, New York, N.Y. For Appellant-Respondent Hoffman/New Yorker, Inc: Karen S. Drotzer of counsel, Armienti, DeBellis, Guglielmo & Rhoden, LLP, New York, N.Y.

    Case Number: 2012-07097

    Cite as: Suffolk County Water Auth. v. Dow Chem. Co., 2012-07097, NYLJ 1202665198052, at *1 (App. Div., 2nd, Decided July 23, 2014) 2012-07097 Bef

  • July 29, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    At Bingham, Big Guarantees Raise More Questions

    As Bingham McCutchen engages in merger talks in an effort to reshape its future, the firm is still coping with th

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  • July 29, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Watching The Waves: Morgan Lewis Stays Ahead of the Curve to Succeed

    Whether it be a nationwide class action over defective vehicles or a single-plaintiff lawsuit over the label on a bottle of water, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius has shown its products liabilit

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  • July 22, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

    The Next Decade of Pennsylvania Shale Development

    Marcellus Shale oil and gas development began in 2004 with little fanfare except for the occasional 911 calls from local residents who saw fire burning from a flare stack in a farmer's f

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  • July 21, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

    New Managing Partner for Morgan Lewis in Houston

    Hugh T is the new managing partner of Morgan Lewis & Bockius' Houston office. Tanner, a litigator, succeeds partner Brady Edwards as head of the 72-lawyer office. While T

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  • July 16, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    Sidley, Wachtell Handle GTECH Deal

    Italian lottery operator GTECH S.p.A announced Wednesday that it would acquire Las Vegas-based slot machine maker International Game Technology for $6.4 billion, including $1.75 billion in n

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