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  • October 3, 2006 | National Law Journal

    The Second City Is First on Firms' Growth List

    Major U.S. law firms looking to muscle up their national networks are eyeing Chicago for expansion, attracted by the city's corporate clientele and seasoned pool of attorneys. Paul, Hastings

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  • April 7, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Justices Attack Huge Punitive Damages In Civil Litigation

    WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a major victory to corporate defendants, imposing new limits on punitive damage awards in civil litigation.By a 6-3 vote in

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  • April 21, 2003 | Legal Times

    Unique Boutique Offers Lessons for All Small Firms

    Life in a very small firm -- particularly a firm run by two spouses out of their home -- brings with it rare joys and unique challenges.The beginning of our fourth year of practice is

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  • April 9, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

    High Court Limits Punitive Damages in Civil Cases

    The U.S. Supreme Court on April 7 handed a major victory to corporate defendants, imposing new limits on punitive damage awards in civil litigation.By a 6-3 vote in

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  • Gonzalez v. State of Arizona

    Publication Date: 2010-10-26
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    Date Filed: 2010-10-26
    Court: 9th Cir.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nina Perales, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, San Antonio, Texas, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Jesus M. Gonzalez, et al. Jon M. Greenbaum, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, D.C., for Plaintiffs-Appellants Inter Tribal Council, et al. Karen J. Hartman-Tellez, Phoenix, Arizona, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Inter-Tribal Council, et al.
    for defendant: Barbara A. Bailey, Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, Arizona, for Defendants-Appellees State of Arizona and Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett. Mary R. O?Grady, Solicitor General, Phoenix, Arizona, for Defendants-Appellees State of Arizona and Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett. Dennis Wilenchik, Wilenchik and Bartness, P.C., Phoenix, Arizona, for Defendants-Appellees Shelly Baker, La Paz County Recorder, et al. Sam Hirsch, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, D.C., on behalf of Amicus Curiae The League of Women Voters of the United States. Kali N. Bracey, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, D.C., on behalf of Amicus Curiae The League of Women Voters of the United States. Jessica Ring Amunson, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, D.C., on behalf of Amicus Curiae The League of Women Voters of the United States. Barnaby W. Zall, Weinberg & Jacobs, LLP, Rockville, Maryland, on behalf of Amicus Curiae American Unity Legal Defense Fund, Inc. Charles E. Borden, O?Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, D.C., on behalf of Amicus Curiae National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund. Joel M. Spector, Mountain States Legal Foundation, Lakewood, Colorado, on behalf of Amicus Curiae Mountain States Legal Foundation. Michael J. Reitz, Evergreen Freedom Foundation, Olympia, Washington, on behalf of Amicus Curiae Evergreen Freedom Foundation. Brian D. Netter, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C., on behalf of Amici Curiae Congressman Robert A. Brady, Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, Congressman Charles A. Gonzalez, Congressman Raul M. Grijalva, and Congressman Jose E. Serrano. Richard A. Samp, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, D.C., on behalf of Amici Curiae Protect Arizona Now, Washington Legal Foundation, and Allied Educational Foundation.
    Case Number: No. 08-17094 No. 08-17115

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 13590MARIA M. GONZALEZ,; LUCIANO VALENCIA; THE INTER TRIBAL COUNCIL OF ARIZONA, INC.; ARIZONA ADVOCACY NETWORK; STEVE M. GALLARDO; LEAGUE OF

  • March 4, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

    New Partners Yearbook 2010

    Though it took a while for the recession to hit bone, New Jersey’s largest firms are feeling the hit, as shown by the sharp reduction in new partnerships in this, the 2010 New Partners Yearbo

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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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  • Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield v. Various Underwriters at Lloyd's London

    Publication Date: 2004-11-29
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    Court: Supreme Court, New York County
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    Supreme Court Commercial Division Justice Ramos Motion sequence numbers 003 and 004 are consolidated herein for disposition. In motion sequence number 003, Various Und

  • November 1, 2006 | The American Lawyer

    Who Got the Work?

    For big-firm lawyers, there's gold in the privateequity boom. Leveraged buyouts totaling $209 billion were announced in the first eight months of 2006, according to the research service M

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  • In Re American International Group, Inc. Securities Litigation v. General Reinsurance Corporation, Ronald E. Ferguson, Richard Napier

    Publication Date: 2012-08-20
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    Date Filed: 2012-08-13
    Court: 2d Cir.
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    Case Number: 10-4401-cv

    10-4401-cv In re American International Group, Inc. Securities Litigation Argued: January 9, 2012 Before: WINTER, KATZMANN, and LYNCH, Circuit Judges. Appeal from