• April 24, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

    Out-of-State Firms Profit From Their Texas Outposts

    Chicago's Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, which opened its Houston office in 1982 but had a big growth spurt in 2005, qualified for a ranking of the five firms headquartered outside Texas with t

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  • California Farm Bureau Federation v. State Water Resources Control Board

    Publication Date: 2011-01-31
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2011-01-31
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, David A. Battaglia, William E. Thomson, Eileen M. Ahern, Kahn A. Scolnick; Nancy N. McDonough and Carl G. Borden for Plaintiff and Appellant California Farm Bureau Federation. Somach, Simmons & Dunn, Stuart L. Somach, Kristen T. Casta�os, Robert B. Hoffman and Daniel Kelly for Plaintiffs and Appellants Northern California Water Association and Central Valley Project Water Association. O?Laughlin & Paris, Tim O?Laughlin and William C. Paris for San Joaquin River Group Authority as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants. Jason E. Resnick for Western Growers Association, California Cattlemen?s Association and California Grape and Tree Fruit League as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants. Harold Griffith as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants. Downey Brand, Kevin M. O?Brien, Jennifer L. Harder and Joseph S. Schofield for Association of California Water Agencies, Regional Council of Rural Counties and Family Water Alliance as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants. Erica Frank; Michele Pielsticker; Law Office of Anthony T. Caso and Anthony T. Caso for California Chamber of Commerce, Personal Insurance Federation of California, Association of California Insurance Companies, Wine Institute, Federation of Independent Business Legal Foundation and California Taxpayers? Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants. Trevor Grimm, Jonathan M. Coupal and Timothy A. Bittle for Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants. Fulbright & Jaworski, Jeffrey B. Margulies; and Heidi K. McAuliffe for National Paint & Coatings Association, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Bill Lockyer and Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorneys General, Amy J. Winn, Acting Assistant Attorney General, David S. Chaney and Paul Gifford, Assistant Attorneys General, Gordon Burns, Deputy Solicitor General, William L. Carter, Matthew J. Goldman and Molly K. Mosley, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Respondent. David R. Owen; Rossmann and Moore, Antonio Rossman, Robert B. Moore; Hamilton Candee, Katherine S. Poole; and Joanne S. Spalding for The Planning and Conservation League, Natural Resources Defense Council and Sierra Club as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent. Diane F. Boyer-Vine, Robert A. Pratt and Marian M. Johnson for the California Legislature as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. S150518

    Cite as 11 C.D.O.S. 1429CALIFORNIA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION et al. Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. p class="ca

  • February 5, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

    New Deals

    AMERICREDIT CORP. ACQUISITION OF LONG BEACH ACCEPTANCE CORP. FROM ACC CAPITAL HOLDINGS CORP. Michael May, executive vice president, chief legal officer and corporate secretary of Fort

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  • May 22, 2012 | National Law Journal

    Suits Allege Cell Phone Tracking Software Violates Federal Wiretap Act

    The allegation a blogger laid out in a YouTube video seemed truly alarming -- his smartphone was tracking his text messages and keystrokes, apparently recording his private thoughts. Voices i

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  • August 1, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

    Reunited We Stand

    It's an unusual networking group— and an exclusive one. Some 25 lawyers who served as a general counsel at a federal agency under President George W. Bush have continued to

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  • December 29, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

    N.J. Judge OKs $14.5M Settlement in Class Action Over Bad Jeep Brakes

    A New Jersey judge has approved a $14.5 million settlement in a national class action alleging defective brakes on Jeep Grand Cherokees. Superior Court Judge Jonathan Harris, in a ruling rel

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  • March 13, 2003 | National Law Journal

    Producing those documents

    special to the national law journal Litigators have seen massive changes in the past two decades. Perhaps some of the greatest technological changes have taken place in the time-honore

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  • October 22, 2007 | The Recorder

    Lawyers Make Leap From Biglaw to 'Pocket' Firms

    When associates tell recruiter Delia Swan that they want some breathing room from big-firm life -- but still want to practice with top credentialed attorneys -- she lets them in on a little secret.

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  • May 21, 2012 | National Law Journal

    Suits accuse cell carriers of spying

    The allegation a blogger laid out in a YouTube video seemed truly alarming — his smartphone was tracking his text messages and keystrokes, apparently recording his private thoughts. Voic

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