• March 4, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Dentons Continues Heenan Blaikie Hiring, Plus More Lateral Moves

    The collapse of Canada's Heenan Blaikie has been a boon for Dentons' offices in Montreal, Toronto and Calgary. The firm has taken in a total of 46 Heenan lawyers, including five part

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  • March 3, 2014 | Legal Times

    Akin Gump 'Firing on All Cylinders'

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld saw a bonanza in profits last year, according to our reporting. Profits per partner increased almost 20 percent, by about $300,000 per partner, to $1.835 m

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  • February 28, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    Unrest in Ukraine Ripples Through Global 100 Firms

    Just days after teetering on the edge of civil war amid violent clashes between a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/

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  • Metroplexcore, L.L.C. v. Parsons Transportation, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2014-02-28
    Practice Area:
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    Date Filed: 2014-02-28
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: PER CURIAM:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 12-20466

    Appeals from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas Before DEMOSS,

  • Humitech Development Corporation v. Perlman

    Publication Date: 2014-02-27
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    Date Filed: 2014-02-27
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 5
    Judge: LANA MYERS, JUSTICE
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 05-12-00857-CV

    On Appeal from the 191st Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. DC-09-9266-

  • People v. Guaman, No. 29

    Publication Date: 2014-02-26
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    Court: New York State, Court of Appeals
    Judge: Opinion by Judge Read. Judges Graffeo, Smith, Pigott, Rivera and Abdus-Salaam concur.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James M. McGuire, for appellant.
    for defendant: Yuval Simchi-Levi, for respondent.

    Case Number: No. 29

    Cite as: People v. Guaman, No. 29, NYLJ 1202644424685, at *1 (Ct. of App., Decided February 25, 2014) No. 29 Opinion by Judge Read. Judges Graffeo

  • February 25, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    How Latham Cracked the Houston Market

    It might not go over well among the proud Texans of Houston, but it was a lawyer in Manhattan who sparked sweeping changes in the city's legal market. Vinson & El

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  • Schmidt v. Bank of America

    Publication Date: 2014-02-24
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    Date Filed: 2014-02-21
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Smaha Law Group, John L. Smaha, Gregory J. Borman; Niddrie Fish & Addams and David A. Niddrie for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP, Paul S. Malingagio and Kyndra J. Casper for Defendant and Respondent Bank of America, N.A. Mulvaney, Barry, Beatty, Linn & Mayers, LLP, Robert A. Linn and Stacy H. Rubin for Defendant and Respondent Aragon Homeowners Association.

    Case Number: No. D062532

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 1893 ARNOLD J. SCHMIDT, as Trustee, etc., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v.p class="ca

  • February 24, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

    Risky Business: Lateral Moves Down for 2013, Firms Slow Hiring, Lawyers Move With Caution

    No matter what the state of the economy is, moving to a new law firm can be a risky business. That's why Marcus Brooks studied Winstead for more than a year before joining the firm's

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  • Thornton v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2014-02-19
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    Date Filed: 2013-07-31
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Ruben B. Brooks, Magistrate Judge, Presiding
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen Gal-Or (argued) and Craig E. Stewart, Jones Day, San Francisco, California, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Jose A. Zelidon-Zepeda (argued), Deputy Attorney General; Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General of California; Jonathan L. Wolff, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Thomas S. Patterson, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, San Francisco, California, for Defendants-Appellees.

    Case Number: No. 11-56146

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 1655 WILLIAM CECIL THORNTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EDMUND G. BROWN