• March 24, 2014 | National Law Journal

    INADMISSIBLE: Robert Strauss Dies at 95

    "One of the legendary lawyers that really don't exist anymore." That's how Hogan Lovells partner Robert Bennett described Robert Strauss, who died March 19 at the age

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  • March 20, 2014 | Legal Times

    'The House that Strauss Built'

    Recalling his wisdom, integrity and humor, lawyers in Washington offered tributes to Akin, Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld co-founder Robert Strauss, who died yesterday at age 95. A leg

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  • Chevron Corporation, Plaintiff v. Steven Donziger, et al., Defendants, 11 Civ. 0691

    Publication Date: 2014-03-07
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    Court: U. S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff: Randy M. Mastro, Andrea E. Neuman, Reed M. Brodsky, William E. Thompson, Anne Champion, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP. Amicus Curiae: G. Robert Blakey, William J. and Dorothy K. O.'Neill, Professor Emeritus, Notre Dame Law School.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendant Steven Donziger and Steven R. Donziger & Associates LLP: Richard H. Friedman Friedman Rubin, Zoe Littlepage Rainey C. Booth Littlepage Booth Steven Donziger Attorney for Defendants Hugo Gerardo Camacho Naranjo and Javier Piaguaje Payaguaje: Julio C. Gomez, Julio C. Gomez, Attorney at Law LLC.

    Case Number: 11 Civ. 0691

    Cite as: Chevron Corp. v. Donziger, 11 Civ. 0691, NYLJ 1202645526489, at *1 (SDNY, Decided March 4, 2014) 11 Civ. 0691 District Judge Lewis A. Ka

  • Incorporated Village of West Hampton Dunes v. Semlear, 10-39304

    Publication Date: 2014-03-04
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    Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk County, I.A.S. Part 17
    Judge: Justice Peter H. Mayer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for Plaintiff: Sinnreich Kosakoff & Messina LLP, Central Islip, NY.
    for defendant: Attorney for Defendants Semlear, Havemeyer, Shultz, Warner and Pell: Cahn & Cahn, LLP, Huntington, NY. Attorney for Defendant Southampton by: Joseph Lombardo, Sr. Asst. Town Attorney, Office of the Town Attorney, Southampton, NY.

    Case Number: 10-39304

    Cite as: Incorporated Village of West Hampton Dunes v. Semlear, 10-39304, NYLJ 1202644937669, at *1 (Sup., SUF, Decided February 6, 2014)p

  • February 25, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    How Latham Cracked the Houston Market

    It might not go over well among the proud Texans of Houston, but it was a lawyer in Manhattan who sparked sweeping changes in the city's legal market. Vinson & El

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  • February 14, 2014 | Daily Report Online

    Lateral hiring hurts law firms in the long run, law professors conclude

    In these slow-to-no-growth times of sluggish demand for legal services, AmLaw 200 firms pin their hopes on lateral partners to boost revenue and increase market share. But is lateral

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  • February 11, 2014 | Connecticut Law Tribune

    Mark Dubois: I Have Seen The Future

    I spent a memorable recent Friday in New York glimpsing the future of the legal profession at the Reinvent Law convocation held at the Cooper Union. This was the second time that Professors

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  • February 3, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    Is Reliance on Lateral Hiring Destabilizing Firms?

    In the field of evolutionary biology, a phenomenon known as Fisher's runaway provides an interesting nuance to the theory of natural selection. Under natural selection, fema

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  • January 30, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    Fee Tracker: Super Bowl, Patent Battles and More

    UPDATE: 1/31/14, 9:10 a.m. EST. Gibson Dunn's hourly rate in the New Jersey Bridgegate probe has been added to the 21st paragraph of this story. In our

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  • Los Defensores, Inc. v. Gomez

    Publication Date: 2014-01-27
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    Date Filed: 2014-01-24
    Court: C.A. 2nd
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Towle Denison Smith & Maniscalco, James P. Maniscalco and Amanda R. Washton for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, Roy G. Weatherup and Caroline E. Chan; Law Offices of Robert C. Moest and Robert C. Moest for Defendants and Appellants.

    Case Number: No. B240725

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 905 LOS DEFENSORES, INC., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. ROSA GOMEZ