• August 1, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

    The Natural

    Atlanta-based Aaron's Inc. has put its money down on ROBERT KAMERSCHEN, naming him the lease-to-own retailer's new general counsel. His responsibilities will include managing

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  • Suffolk County Second Department SUPREME COURT,

    Publication Date: 2012-12-19
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    Justice W. Gerard AsherStensland v. Huston (11/31276)—Motion WithdrawnJustice Paul J.

  • Suffolk County Second Department SUPREME COURT,

    Publication Date: 2012-03-09
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    Justice W. Gerard AsherHudson City Savings Bank v. Alimanestianu (11/4346)—Motion G Paccione v. Paccione (10/20092)—Motion G

  • Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America v. Ernst & Young LLP

    Publication Date: 2008-09-10
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    Date Filed: 2008-09-08
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: Emilio M. Garza, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 07-60379

    Before JONES, Chief Judge, DAVIS and GARZA, Circuit Judges.The district court entered judgment on a jury verdict in favor of Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America ("Travelers") and again

  • Mattel, Inc. v. MGA Entertainment, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-07-22
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    Date Filed: 2010-07-22
    Court: 9th Cir.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel P. Collins (argued), Kelly M. Klaus, Aimee Feinberg and Mark Yohalem, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, California; and John B. Quinn, Susan R. Estrich, Michael T. Zeller and B. Dylan Proctor, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP, Los Angeles, California, for the appellee. Simon J. Frankel, Margaret D. Wilkinson and Steven D. Sassaman, Covington & Burling LLP, San Francisco, California; Steven M. Freeman and Steven C. Sheinberg, Anti-Defamation League, New York, New York; and Michelle N. Deutchman, Anti-Defamation League, Los Angeles, California, for amici Anti-Defamation League et al.
    for defendant: E. Joshua Rosenkranz (argued) and Lisa T. Simpson, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, New York; Annette L. Hurst and Warrington S. Parker III, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, San Francisco, California; and Thomas J. Nolan and Jason D. Russell, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Los Angeles, California, for the appellants.

    Case Number: No. 09-55673

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 9316MATTEL, INC., a Delaware corporation, Defendant-counter-claimantAppellee, v.MGA ENTERTAI

  • WTC Properties LLC v. Hartford Fire Insurance Co.

    Publication Date: 2003-10-01
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    Appellants-insureds, holders of varying property interests in the World Trade Center, appeals judgments of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (John S. Martin, Jr

  • September 21, 2007 | International Edition

    U.S. Firms in London Say They're More Merger-Minded

    London's growing band of U.S. law firms are once again in the market for serious expansion. Legal Week's annual survey of U.S. firms in London reveals 47 percent of respondents would conside

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  • August 25, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

    Cases and Controversies of the 2002-2003 Terms

    Editor's note: What follows is a list of opinions issued by the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals in their 2002-2003 terms. The list contains summaries of the cases and is

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  • SCI California Funeral Services, Inc. v. Five Bridges Foundation

    Publication Date: 2012-02-14
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    Date Filed: 2012-02-14
    Court: C.A. 1st
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gurnee & Daniels LLP, Steven H. Gurnee, Nicholas P. Forestiere and Candace H. Shirley for SCI California Funeral Services, Inc.
    for defendant: Shartsis Friese LLP, Joel Zeldin, Anthony B. Leuin and John J. Stein; Morgan, Lewis & Blockius LLP and Thomas M. Peterson for Five Bridges Foundation.

    Case Number: No. A126053 No. A126337

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 1886 SCI CALIFORNIA FUNERAL SERVICES, INC., Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Appellant,

  • Palisades Collections LLC v. Shorts

    Publication Date: 2008-12-24
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    Date Filed: 2008-12-16
    Court: 4th Cir.
    Judge: Williams, Chief Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for appellants: Dan Himmelfarb, Mayer Brown, Washington, D.C.
    for defendant: Attorney for appellee: Christopher Regan, Bordas & Bordas, Wheeling, W.Va. Attorney for amicus supporting appellants: Robin Conrad, Amar Sarwal, National Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, D.C.; John Beisner, Jessica Davidson Miller, Charles Borden, Richard Rose, O'Melveny & Myers, Washington, D.C. Attorney for Palisades Collections, on the merits: William Wilmoth, Karen Kahle, Steptoe & Johnson, Wheeling, W.Va.; Joseph Curia III, Steptoe & Johnson, Charleston, W.Va.

    Case Number: 08-2188

    PUBLISHEDArgued: October 30, 2008Before WILLIAMS, Chief Judge, and NIEMEYER and KING, Circuit Judges.Affirmed by published opinion. Chief Judge Williams wrote the opinion, in which Judge King