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  • September 8, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Intelsat, Ltd., a global communications provider headquartered in Pembroke, Bermuda, signed a definitive merger agreement on Aug. 29 with satellite provider PanAmSat Holding Corporat

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  • April 25, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Big Deals

    American/US AirwaysWilliam Douglas Parker finally signed up an agreement to merg irways Group Inc. with another major airline after years of trying. Th

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  • June 1, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

    Deals & Suits

    American
US Airways William Douglas Parker finally signed an agreement to merg irways Group Inc. with another major airline after years of trying. Th

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  • August 28, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Cuomo Says Xcel Will Disclose Global Warming Risks Xcel Energy has agreed to disclose risks to investors from its stake in coal-burning power plants and an

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  • January 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Nice Work...If You Can Get It

    These are bleak times for corporate lawyers. But there is one ray of light in this dismal storm-sovereign wealth funds. These funds, which are loosely defined as investm

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  • October 10, 2008 | Legal Times

    Recusal Report

    In a 1952 Supreme Court decision, the late Justice Felix Frankfurter wrote, "It is desirable to state why one takes himself out of a case." The justices on the curren

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  • GSF Energy LLC v. Padron

    Publication Date: 2011-06-01
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2011-06-02
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Evelyn V. Keyes Justice
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: NO. 01-09-00622-CV

    OPINION ON REHEARINGBoth appellant and appellees have filed motions for rehearing. Appellees have also filed a motion for en banc reconsideration. We grant rehearing, withdraw our previous

  • Esther Kiobel, individually and on behalf of her late husband, Dr. Barinem Kiobel, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, 06-4800-cv

    Publication Date: 2010-09-20
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Jacobs, Ch.J, Leval, and Cabranes, C.JJ
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Hoffman, Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman, LLP, Venice, CA (Stephen A. Whinston, Carey R. D?Avino, Keino R. Robinson, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees. Jeffrey J. Keyes, Briggs and Morgan, P.A., Minneapolis, MN (Mark Girouard, Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson, Minneapolis, MN, on the brief), for amici curiae International Law Professors in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants. Naomi Roht-Arriaza, San Francisco, CA, for amici curiae International Law Scholars Cherif Bassiouni, et al. in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants. Judith Brown Chomsky (Jennifer M. Green, on the brief), Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, NY (Marcos Simons, Richard Herz, Earthrights International, Washington, DC, on the brief), for amici curiae Wiwa Plaintiffs in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Rowan D. Wilson (Rory O. Millson, Thomas G. Rafferty, Michael T. Reynolds, on the brief), Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.
    Case Number: 06-4800-cv

    Cite as: Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., 06-4800-cv, NYLJ 1202472235126, at *1a,2a (2d Cir., Decided September 17, 2010)Before: Jacobs, Ch.J, Leval, and Ca

  • Esther Kiobel, individually and on behalf of her late husband, Dr. Barinem Kiobel, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, 06-4800-cv

    Publication Date: 2010-09-20
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Jacobs, Ch.J, Leval, and Cabranes, C.JJ
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Hoffman, Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman, LLP, Venice, CA (Stephen A. Whinston, Carey R. D?Avino, Keino R. Robinson, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees. Jeffrey J. Keyes, Briggs and Morgan, P.A., Minneapolis, MN (Mark Girouard, Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson, Minneapolis, MN, on the brief), for amici curiae International Law Professors in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants. Naomi Roht-Arriaza, San Francisco, CA, for amici curiae International Law Scholars Cherif Bassiouni, et al. in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants. Judith Brown Chomsky (Jennifer M. Green, on the brief), Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, NY (Marcos Simons, Richard Herz, Earthrights International, Washington, DC, on the brief), for amici curiae Wiwa Plaintiffs in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Rowan D. Wilson (Rory O. Millson, Thomas G. Rafferty, Michael T. Reynolds, on the brief), Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.
    Case Number: 06-4800-cv

    Cite as: Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., 06-4800-cv, NYLJ 1202472235126, at *1a,2a (2d Cir., Decided September 17, 2010)Before: Jacobs, Ch.J, Leval, and Ca

  • November 30, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Canadian Big Deals

    CNOOC / NexenThe frenetic M&A action in Canada's energy sector shows no signs of cooling off, as demonstrated by the $15 billion offer

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