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September 18, 2007 | National Law Journal

Securities Case Before Supreme Court Has Law Firms on Edge

The hundreds of pages of arguments in the more than 30 briefs filed in what many call the most important securities case in a generation boil down to one question: Who, besides the chief actor

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March 22, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal

Class-Action Plaintiffs Doused by Justices in Standard Fire Case

Plaintiffs' lawyers in proposed class actions cannot avoid federal courts by promising to seek less than $5 million in damages, according to a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday.&

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Lagstein v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London

Publication Date: 2013-08-05
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Date Filed: 2013-08-05
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: Gloria M. Navarro, District Judge, Presiding Before: Richard R. Clifton and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges, and Kevin Thomas Duffy, District Judge.*
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas L. Hudson (argued), Osborn Maledon, P.A., Phoenix, Arizona; Charles J. Surrano III and John N. Wilborn, Surrano Law Offices, Phoenix, Arizona; Julie A. Mersch, Law Offices of Julie A. Mersch, Las Vegas, Nevada, for Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.
for defendant: Evan M. Tager (argued) and Philip Allen Lacovara, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C.; Joseph M. Rimac, Anna M. Martin, and Kevin G. Gill, Rimac Martin, P.C., San Francisco, California, for Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.
Case Number: Nos. 11-17369, 11-17460

Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 8400 ZEV LAGSTEIN, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellant / Cross-Appellee, v. CE

Gerling Global Reinsurance Corp. v. Low

Publication Date: 2001-02-09
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Date Filed: 2001-02-07
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: Goodwin, Graber, and Paez, Circuit Judges
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth S. Geller, et al.
for defendant: Frank Kaplan, et al.
Case Number: No. 00-16163

The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. GRABER, Circuit Judge: Plaintiffs are three insurance companies and one trade organization

January 17, 2012 | The American Lawyer

The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200

More than five years after vowing to rebuild its depleted Frankfurt operation, Dechert announced Tuesday that it has opened an office in the German city that will focus on financial services,

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September 18, 2006 | National Law Journal

MOVERS

UPDATESMilbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has opened an office in Beijing. AnthonyRoot, head of Milbank�s corporate practice, will serve as partn

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September 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

Big Deals

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS/TEPPCO Enterprise Products Partners L.P. agreed to acquire Teppco Partners L.P. f

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January 3, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Late Breaking Deals in 2010 Paint Rosy M&A Picture for 2011

Almost 20 deals in the $1 billion range were announced during the week that The Am Law Daily took its holiday break and the short period before. We couldn't let them pass by without offerin

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October 30, 2006 | National Law Journal

Supreme Court Revisits Punitive Damages

The U.S. Supreme Court is no stranger to challenges to punitive damages awards, but it has never faced a challenge quite like the one it will decide this term. In Philip Morris v. William

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January 7, 2013 | National Law Journal

Commentary: Congress must clarify federal courts' responsibility to hear diversity cases

Two crises are facing the American legal system. The most urgent are budget cuts to state courts that have impaired their ability to provide timely justice for their citizens. For some, the

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