• July 24, 2014 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: July 24, 2014

    India J. Sagar Associates and Allen & Overy had the lead roles on a $2.2 billion bond sale by Indian oil and gas company ONGC Videsh Ltd. The company, a subsidiar

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  • July 22, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: A Dechert Partner Decamps, Plus More Lateral Moves

    Glenn Fine, who served as the U.S. Department of Justice’s inspector general from 2000 until he joined Dechert in late 2011, has left the firm to pursue other opportunities. In

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  • July 22, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    Spencer Barasch Poised to Leave Andrews Kurth

    Spencer Barasch, the embattled longtime head of Andrews Kurth’s corporate governance and securities practice in Dallas, is preparing to leave the firm just weeks after it a href="http

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  • July 22, 2014 | The Recorder

    LinkedIn Hires Ex-Yahoo GC to Replace Rottenberg

    SAN FRANCISCO — After months of searching, Mountain View-based LinkedIn Corp. has hired Michael Callahan to be its new general counsel. Callahan, who headed Yahoo Inc.'s legal

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  • July 21, 2014 | National Law Journal

    Boston's the Brightest Spot in New England

    A powerful combination of life sciences and technology transactions, venture-capital work and a commercial real estate boom is giving the Massachusetts legal market a big boost. At th

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  • July 21, 2014 | National Law Journal

    Rhode Island Struggling with Stratification

    The nation's smallest state by size is still weighed down with its highest unemployment rate, at 8.2 percent, but government development and a small cadre of corporate players are keepin

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  • Olive Lane Industrial Park, LLC v. County of San Diego

    Publication Date: 2014-07-18
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    Date Filed: 2014-07-18
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Offices of Andre Vanier and Andre Vanier; Kassouni Law and Timothy V. Kassouni, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Thomas E. Montgomery, County Counsel, Walter J. DeLorrell III, Senior Deputy County Counsel, for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. D063337

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 8151 OLIVE LANE INDUSTRIAL PARK, LLC et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v.p class=

  • July 17, 2014 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: July 17, 2014

    China/Hong Kong Linklaters is advising Chinese private equity company Hony Capital on the proposed $1.54 billion acquisition of restaurant chain PizzaExpress Ltd. Lon

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  • Merritt v. Countrywide Financial Corporation

    Publication Date: 2014-07-16
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    Date Filed: 2014-07-16
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: James Ware, District Judge, Presiding Before: Andrew J. Kleinfeld and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges, and William E. Smith, District Judge.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacob N. Foster (argued), Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP, San Francisco, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: James Goldberg (argued) and Stephanie A. Blazewicz, Bryan Cave LLP, San Francisco, California; Douglas E. Winter and Angela Buenaventura, Bryan Cave LLP, Washington D.C., for Defendants-Appellees Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Countrywide Financial Corporation, Bank of America Corporation, Michael Coyler, David Sambol, and Kenneth Lewis.

    Case Number: No. 09-17678

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 7990 DAVID MERRITT; SALMA MERRITT, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COUNTRY

  • Ulkarim v. Westfield LLC

    Publication Date: 2014-07-15
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    Date Filed: 2014-06-17
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Offices of Stanley H. Kimmel and Stanley H. Kimmel for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Katten Muchin Rosenman, Brian D. Huben and Janella T. Gholian for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. B247174

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 7961 MONIRA ULKARIM, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. WESTFIELD