• In re: China Valves Technology Securities Litigation, 11 Civ. 0796 (LAK)

    Publication Date: 2012-09-21
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    Court: U. S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Lead Plaintiff Bristol Investment Fund, Ltd.: William Bernard Federman, Federman & Sherwood Byron T. Ball The Ball Law Firm, LLP.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendant China Valves Technology, Inc. and Individual Defendants: Alfred Robert Pietrzak, Joel M. Mitnick, Thomas Andrew Paskowitz, Daniel Allan McLaughlin, Sidley Austin LLP Attorneys for Defendant Moore Stephens Wurth Frazer and Torbet, LLP: Lawrence Allen Steckman, John Sandercock, Lester, Schwab, Katz and Dwyer LLP.

    Case Number: 11 Civ. 0796 (LAK)

    Cite as: In re: China Valves Technology Securities Litigation, 11 Civ. 0796 (LAK), NYLJ 1202572273720, at *1 (SDNY, Decided September 12, 2012)District Ju

  • 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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  • September 30, 2002 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection List of Ineligible Attorneys

    The Supreme Court has entered an Order declaring in le to practice law in New Jersey those attorneys not in compliance with the 2002 annual assessment. That Order and the list of in

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  • April 7, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Ellis, plaintiff-appellee v. Tribune Television Co., defendant-appellant

    Decided March 29, 2006Before Oakes, Sotomayor and Wesley, C.JJ. Appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Droney, J.), entered Mar

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  • July 1, 2011 | Focus Europe

    Arbitration Scorecard: Contract Disputes

    A listing of contract arbitrations active in 2009-10 in which at least $500 million was at stake. Correction, 6/30/11: Due to a datab

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  • Damon G. Barber, Plaintiff v. Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. and Deutsche Bank AG, d/b/a Deutsche Bank AG New York, Defendants, 100653/11

    Publication Date: 2011-07-20
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    Court: Supreme Court, New York County, Part 45
    Judge: Justice Melvin L. Schweitzer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For the Plaintiff: Michael G. Berger
    for defendant: For the Defendant: Sidley Austin

    Case Number: 100653/11

    Cite as: Barber v. Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., 100653/11, NYLJ 1202503290729, at *1 (Sup., NY, Decided July 14, 2011)Justice Melvin L. Schweitzer

  • In Re: MTBE Products Liability Litigation, 10-4135-cv (L)

    Publication Date: 2013-07-29
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Parker, Hall, and Carney, CJJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants the City of New York, the New York City Water Board, and the New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority: Susan E. Amron, Assistant Corporation Counsel, New York City Law Department, New York, NY; Victor M. Sher, Sher Leff LLP, San Francisco, CA, on the brief, Paul M. Smith, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC.
    for defendant: For amicus curiae Natural Resources Defense Council, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants: Michael E. Wall, Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco, CA, Johanna Dyer, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, NY. For amicus curiae New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants: Paula T. Dow, Attorney General of New Jersey, George N. Cohen, Richard F. Engel, Deputy Attorneys General, Trenton, NJ; Michael Axline, Miller, Axline & Sawyer, Sacramento, CA. For Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees Exxon Mobil Oil Corporation, Exxon Mobil Corporation, and Mobil Corporation: Traci L. Lovitt, Nicholas W. Haddad, Jones Day, New York, NY; Peter John Sacripanti, James A. Pardo, Lauren E. Handel, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Paul D. Clement, Bancroft PLLC, Washington, DC. For amici curiae American Chemistry Council, American Coatings Association, the National Association of Manufacturers, the NFIB Small Business Legal Center, and the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, in support of Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees: Donald W. Fowler, Eric G. Lasker, Hollingsworth LLP, Washington, DC; Donald D. Evans, American Chemistry Council, Washington, DC; Thomas J. Graves, American Coatings Association, Inc., Washington, DC; Quentin Riegel, National Association of Manufacturers, Washington, DC; Elizabeth Milito, NFIB Small Business Legal Center, Washington, DC; Robin S. Conrad, National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, DC. For amici curiae, National Petrochemical and Refiners Association and American Petroleum Institute, in support of Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees: Joseph R. Guerra, James R. Wedeking, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC. For amicus curiae The Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., in support of Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees Michael B. Mukasey, Anne E. Cohen, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY; Hugh F. Young, Jr., Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., Reston, VA.

    Case Number: 10-4135-cv (L)

    Cite as: In Re: MTBE Lit., 10-4135-cv (L), NYLJ 1202612814095, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided July 26, 2013) 10-4135-cv (L) Before: Parker, Hall, and Car

  • October 1, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Sources: Reed Smith, Thompson & Knight in Merger Talks

    Reed Smith and Thompson & Knight are in "preliminary" merger talks, according to sources contacted over the last couple of days. Jeffrey Zlotky, the managing partner at Thompson &

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  • November 26, 2012 | National Law Journal

    At host of agencies, battles brewing

    For some federal agencies, President Barack Obama's second term means a second chance. From investor protection to food safety, greenhouse gas limits to new workplace injury prevention progra

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  • September 6, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves in The Am Law 200

    Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom will close its Vienna office September 30, and the office's sole partner, RAINER WACHTER, will be moving to CMS Reich-Rohrwi

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