• California Chamber of Commerce v. State Air Resources Board

    Publication Date: 2017-04-07
    Practice Area: Environmental Law | Regulation
    Industry: Non–Profit
    Date Filed: 2017-04-06
    Court: C.A. 3rd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nielsen Merksamer Parrinello Gross & Leoni, James R. Parrinello, Steven A. Merksamer, Kurt R. Oneto, Christopher E. Skinnell and Eric J. Miethke for Plaintiffs and Appellants California Chamber of Commerce and Larry Dicke.
    for defendant: Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Robert W. Byrne, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Gavin G. McCabe, Molly K. Mosley, Deputy Attorney General, David A. Zonana, Robert E. Asperger, M. Elaine Meckenstock, and Bryant B. Cannon, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Respondents.

    Case Number: No. C075930 No. C075954

    State Air Resources Board's "cap-and-trade" auction program not unlawful tax (Duarte, J.)

  • March 16, 2017 | The American Lawyer

    Ballard Spahr, Faegre Baker Faceoff Over Women's Hockey

    A pair of Am Law 100 firms are advising separate sides in a disput

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  • March 9, 2016 | The American Lawyer

    Why the ABA's Bar-Passage Rule Isn't as Tough as It Looks

    Anyone seeking insight into the mind of a dean of an underperforming law school should read Scott DeVitto's defense of his own Florida Coastal School of Law. In October 2015, The New Yor

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  • February 24, 2016 | Litigation Daily

    An Obscure Law and a Novel Complaint May Finally Kill LGBT Conversion Therapy

    In full legal nerd spirit, I confess that I have a favorite statute: Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act. img alt="" src="http://www.law.com/image/LitDaily/DailyDicta.jpg"

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  • February 12, 2016 | The American Lawyer

    Firms Get Mostly High Marks as Social Mobility Project Enters Fifth Year

    Law firms committed to a groundbreaking social mobility initiative in the United Kingdom are teaching important skills to disadvantaged students, but they're also failing their pledge to

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  • January 29, 2016 | The Recorder

    Judge Throws Out 'Monkey Selfie' Case

    U.S. District Judge William Orrick has made it official: A crested macaque who allegedly snapped photos of himself does not have standing to bring a copyright suit over the renowned a href=

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  • January 6, 2016 | The Recorder

    Judge: Monkey Can't Sue Over Selfie

    SAN FRANCISCO — The nation may soon have an answer to a legal question for the ages: Does a monkey have standing to sue for copyright infringement? At a hearing Wednesday, U

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  • North Coast Rivers Alliance v. Kawamura

    Publication Date: 2016-01-05
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2015-12-02
    Court: C.A. 3rd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Offices of Stephan C. Volker, Stephan C. Volker, Alexis E. Krieg, and Daniel P. Garrett-Steinman for Plaintiffs and Appellants North Coast Rivers Alliance, et al.
    for defendant: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Robert W. Byrne, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Gavin G. McCabe, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Daniel S. Harris, Ali Karaouni, Kristin Peer, and Marc N. Melnick Deputy Attorneys General for Defendants and Respondents A.G. Kawamura and California Department of Food and Agriculture.

    Case Number: No. C072067 No. C072617

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 139 NORTH COAST RIVERS ALLIANCE et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v

  • January 4, 2016 | National Law Journal

    INADMISSIBLE: Law Firms Drop Into Morning Mix on NPR

    There must be something extra alluring about a public radio voice coasting over the five syllables of Zuck-Er-Man-Spae-Der. The litigation boutique and a handful of general service law firms

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  • December 15, 2015 | New York Law Journal

    On the Move

    • Latham & Watkins has added Sandeep Savla as a partner focusing on civil litigation involving financial institutions as well a

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