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  • February 8, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    In Surprise Move, Allen & Overy Plants Flag Down Under

    With its Monday announcement that it is opening offices in Sydney and Perth with 17 locally recruited partners, British legal giant a href="http://www.allenovery.com/" class="linelink" target="new

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  • April 26, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

    BigTex Combined Gross Revenue Drops in '09

    Whew — 2009 is over. That thought likely ran through the minds of managing partners of the 25 highest-grossing Texas firms at the end of 2009, which was a dismal year for the U.S.

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  • November 30, 2008 | The Associated Press

    Pipelines race out of the mountains, into yards

    DENVER AP _ In the push toward more energy independence, massive infrastructure projects that will help to deliver it have clashed with cherished rights of land ownership. Proven natur

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  • January 1, 2013 | International

    Vinson & Elkins's Winning Bet

    In 2001 China practice for international law firms was all about inbound deals—advising multinationals making investments in the developing economy. Most Western lawyers counted them

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  • August 8, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Top British Law Firms Navigating Washington's Waters

    Two more British giants appear to be dipping their toes in the Potomac, hoping that they can leverage their global client base to build Washington-based regulatory practices. A few weeks ago

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  • May 26, 2011 | International

    Simmons Hires A&O Lawyer for Beijing Launch

    Simmons & Simmons has hired a corporate lawyer from Allen & Overy for the firm's planned Beijing office.

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  • January 16, 2001 | Legal Times

    Energy Crisis: DOE Nominee Faces Charged Environment

    In some ways, Spencer Abraham owes John Ashcroft, Gale Norton, and Linda Chavez a big thank you.With Secretary of Labor-designee Chavez shot down in flames and Ashcroft and Norton -- G

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  • Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corporation

    Publication Date: 2012-09-21
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    Date Filed: 2012-09-21
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corporation
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew F. Pawa (argued), Law Offices of Matthew. F. Pawa PC, Newton Centre, Massachusetts; Brent Newell, Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment, San Francisco, California; Steve W. Berman, Babara Mahoney, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, Washington; Reed R. Kathrein, Hagans Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Berkeley, California; Gary E. Mason, Khushi Desai, The Mason Law Firm, Washington, D.C.; Heather Kendall-Miller, Native American Rights Fund, Anchorage, Alaska; Dennis Reich, Reich & Binstock, Houston, Texas; Christopher A. Seeger, Stephen A. Weiss, James A. O'Brien, Seeger Weiss LLP, New York, New York; Stephen D. Susman, H. Lee Godfrey, Eric J. Mayer, Susman Godfrey LLP, Houston, Texas; Terrell W. Oxford, Susman Godfrey LLP, Dallas, Texas; Marc M. Seltzer, Susman Godfrey, LLP, Los Angeles, California; Drew D. Hansen, Susman Godfrey LLP, Seattle, Washington, for the appellants-plaintiffs.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: No. 09-17490

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 10915NATIVE VILLAGE OF KIVALINA; CITY OF KIVALINA, Plaintiffs-Appellants,v.EXXONMOBIL

  • November 17, 2011 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: November 17, 2011

    Japan Clifford Chance is representing Japan's Mitsubishi Corp. on its planned purchase of a $5.4 billion stake in Anglo American PLC's Chilean copper business. London ener

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  • January 6, 2010 | Legal Tech Newsletter

    Case Study: A Windows 7 Early Adopter

    Deciding to become an early adopter for Microsoft's new Windows 7 operating system was one of those moments when all of the st

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