• November 18, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

    The State of Compulsory Integration in Pennsylvania

    On Aug. 29, Hilcorp Energy Co. withdrew its long-pending application for well spacing units from proceedings before the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. The withdrawal ma

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  • October 28, 2014 | Accounting And Financial Planning For Law Firm

    Measuring Firm Quality With Client Value Initiatives

    When it comes to competitive pricing, both clients and law firms are more and more focused on quality. That sounds good, but how can quality best be represented in actual metrics? While qual

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  • October 24, 2014 | The Recorder

    The Recorder Names Winners of Innovator Awards

    The Recorder has named 25 winners of its first-ever Innovators awards, which honor original approaches to improving delivery of legal services to clients of all kinds. The honorees were chos

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  • October 20, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Pa. Firms Use Global Footprints to Get Fortune 500 Clients

    While there are only a few Pennsylvania firms among those most frequently used by Fortune 500 companies, some of the largest corporations in the world call on Pennsylvania firms of all sizes

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  • Latta v. Otter

    Publication Date: 2014-10-08
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    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2014-10-07
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Candy W. Dale, Magistrate Judge, Presiding Robert Clive Jones, District Judge, Presiding Before: REINHARDT, GOULD, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deborah A. Ferguson (argued), The Law Office of Deborah A. Ferguson, PLLC, Boise, Idaho; Craig Harrison Durham, Durham Law Office, PLLC, Boise, Idaho; Shannon P. Minter and Christopher F. Stoll, National Center for Lesbian Rights, San Francisco, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Susan Latta, Traci Ehlers, Lori Watsen, Sharene Watsen, Shelia Robertson, Andrea Altmeyer, Amber Beierle, and Rachael Robertson
    for defendant: Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General, Steven L. Olsen, Chief of Civil Litigation Division, W. Scott Zanzig, Deputy Attorney General, and Clay R. Smith, Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Boise, Idaho, for Defendant-Appellant Christopher Rich and Intervenor-Defendant-Appellant State of Idaho

    Case Number: No. 14-35420 No. 14-35421 No. 12-17668

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 11679 SUSAN LATTA; TRACI EHLERS; LORI WATSEN; SHARENE WATSEN; SHELIA ROBERTSON; ANDREA ALTMAYER; AMBER BEIERLE; RACHAEL ROBERTSON,

  • September 30, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

    2014 Lawyers on the Fast Track Winners

    Philip D. Amoa Associate, McCarter & English Practice Profile: Amoa is a corporate law attorney, focusing his practice on representing comp

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  • September 16, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

    The Case That Could Disrupt a Century of Settled Law

    The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will hear the appeal of the Superior Court decision in Shedden v. Anadarko E&P, 88 A.3d 228 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2014), and its decision will have far-

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  • September 9, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    Jones Day Adds Two More Kirkland IP Litigators, Plus More Lateral Moves

    CORRECTIONS: 9/10/14, 4:00 p.m. EDT. The ninth paragraph of this story misspelled Kara Maciel's name. 9/15/14, 11:58 a.m. EDT. William James' na

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  • September 3, 2014 | New York Law Journal

    Personal Notes on Lawyers

    • Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard has added Brian Gardner as a member in its litigation department who will lead the New

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  • Cutler v. Franchise Tax Board

    Publication Date: 2014-09-02
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2014-09-02
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Reed Smith, Mardiros H. Dakessian, Margaret M. Grignon, Zareh A. Jaltorossian and Kasey J. Curtis for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Paul D. Gifford, Assistant Attorney General, W. Dean Freeman, Diane Spencer Shaw and Marta L. Smith, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. B248270

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 10327 FRANK CUTLER, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. FRANCHISE TAX BOARD,