• June 23, 2003 |

    Developer Not Responsible For Solicitor Fees in Land Plan Review

    Interpreting two sections of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, the Commonwealth Court has ruled a municipality may not charge a developer for a solicitor's legal review fees i

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  • August 18, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Lawmakers Seek Less-Expensive Patent System

    Lawmakers in Washington are considering changes to the patent code that would bring U.S. law closer to intellectual property standards in the rest of the industrialized world. T

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  • April 27, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Ralph...Has Left the Building

    “I got an offer on this space this morning,” says Ralph Baxter as he strides through the glass-walled conference rooms that make up the top floor of the ten-story Orrick, Herrington

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  • Citizens National Bank of Texas v. NXS Construction Inc.

    Publication Date: 2012-11-05
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2012-11-01
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 14
    Judge: Charles W. Seymore Justice
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: NO. 14-11-00517-CV

    Affirmed as Modified and Opinion filed November 1, 2012.In The Fourteenth Court of AppealsOPINIONA jury found in favor of NXS Construction, Inc. ("NXS") o

  • In re Western States Wholesale Natural Gas Antitrust Litigation

    Publication Date: 2013-04-11
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    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2013-04-10
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Philip M. Pro, District Judge, Presiding Before: Carlos T. Bea and Paul J. Watford, Circuit Judges, and Willliam K. Sessions, District Judge.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Gille Bacon (argued), William E. Quirk, and Gregory M. Bentz, Polsinelli Shughart PC, Kansas City, Missouri, for Appellants Learjet, Inc., et al., Heartland Regional Medical Center, et al., Breckenridge Brewery of Colorado, LLC, et al., Reorganized FLI, Inc., and Sinclair Oil Corporation. Robert L. Gegios, Alexander T. Pendleton, and William E. Fischer, Kohner, Mann & Kailas, S.C., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for Wisconsin Plaintiffs-Appellants. Mark E. Haddad (argued), Michelle B. Goodman, and Nitin Reddy, Sidley Austin LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendants-Appellees CMS Energy Corp., CMS Energy Resources Management Co., and Cantera Gas Company.
    for defendant: Michael J. Kass and Douglas R. Tribble, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, San Francisco, California, for Defendants-Appellees Dynegy Marketing & Trade, Dynegy Illinois, Inc., DMT G.P. L.L.C., and Dynegy GP Inc. Joshua D. Lichtman, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Los Angeles, California, and Roxanna A. Manuel, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, for Defendant-Appellee Coral Energy Resources, L.P. Joel B. Kleinman, Adam Proujanski, and Lisa M. Kaas, Dickstein Shapiro LLP, Washington, D.C., for Defendants­Appellees Duke Energy Trading and Marketing, L.L.C. and Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC. Robert B. Wolinsky, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, D.C., and Steven J. Routh, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Defendants-Appellees American Electric Power Company, Inc. and AEP Energy Services, Inc. Brent A. Benoit and Stacy Williams, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP, Houston, Texas, for Defendants-Appellees El Paso Corporation, El Paso Merchant Energy, L.P., and El Paso Marketing, L.P. Amelia A. Fogleman, Oliver S. Howard, and Craig A. Fitzgerald, Gable Gotwals, A Professional Corporation, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Defendants-Appellees ONEOK, Inc., ONEOK Energy Services Company L.P. J. Gregory Copeland and Mark R. Robeck, Baker Botts LLP, Houston, Texas, for Defendant-Appellee Reliant Energy Services, Inc. Graydon Dean Luthey, Jr. and Sarah Jane Gillett, Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, P.C., Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Defendants-Appellees The Williams Companies, Inc., Williams Merchant Services Company, Inc., Williams Power Company, Inc., and Williams Energy Marketing & Trading Company. Michael John Miguel, K & L Gates LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendants-Appellees Xcel Energy, Inc., e prime, inc., e prime Energy Marketing, Inc., and Northern States Power Company.

    Case Number: No. 11-16786, No. 11-16798, No. 11-16799, No. 11-16802, No. 11-16818, No. 11-16821, No. 11-16869, No. 11-16876, No. 11-16880

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 3875IN RE: WESTERN STATES WHOLESALE NATURAL GAS ANTITRUST LITIGATION,LEARJET, INC.; TOPEKA UNIFIED S

  • Posr A. Posr, Plaintiff, pro se v. City of New York, Cheray Jackson, Whole Foods, Defendants, 11 Civ. 986

    Publication Date: 2012-10-11
    Practice Area:
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Paul G. Gardephe
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 11 Civ. 986

    Cite as: Posr v. NYC, 11 Civ. 986, NYLJ 1202574214889, at *1 (SDNY, Decided September 24, 2012)District Judge Paul G. GardepheDecid

  • January 1, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

    Deals & Suits

    Northeast Utilities / NSTAR Northeast Utilities agreed to buy rival New England electric power producer NSTAR for $4.2 billion in stock and $2.5 billion in assumed debt on October

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  • M.W. v. S.W., 3942/02

    Publication Date: 2007-05-29
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court, Westchester County
    Judge: William J. Giacomo
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 3942/02

    Justice William J. Giacomo WESTCHESTER COUNTY Supreme Court Justice Giacomo "

  • May 28, 2007 | National Law Journal

    The 50 Most Influential Women Lawyers in America

    The 50 Most Influential Women in America img height="128" alt="" width="128" s

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  • LICCI v. Lebanese Canadian Bank, 10-1306-cv

    Publication Date: 2012-03-07
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    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Kearse, Sack, and Katzmann, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Robert J. Tolchin, Jaroslawicz & Jaros, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee Lebanese Canadian Bank, SAL: Jonathan D. Siegfried (Lawrence S. Hirsh, on the brief), Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee American Express Bank Ltd: Mark P. Ladner (Mark David McPherson, Michael Gerard, on the brief), Morrison & Foerster LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 10-1306-cv

    Cite as: LICCI v. Lebanese Canadian Bank, 10-1306-cv, NYLJ 1202544589960, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided March 5, 2012)Before: Kearse, Sack, and Katzmann, C