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  • March 17, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

    VerdictSearch: Woman Arrested on Murder Charge Awarded $798,000

    FALSE ARREST Woman arrested on murder charge awarded $798,000 On Jan. 17, a jury awarded $798,701 to a woman who was wrongly arrested for the death of her boyfriend. Hephziba

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  • March 17, 2014 | National Law Journal

    Verdicts & Settlements

    BUSINESS LAW Shareholder Case Nixed NEW YORK — A federal judge has dismissed a securities class action against Transocean Ltd. on the ba

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  • San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority v. Jewell

    Publication Date: 2014-03-14
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    Date Filed: 2014-03-13
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Oliver W. Wanger, Senior District Judge, Presiding Before: Morris S. Arnold,* Johnnie B. Rawlinson, and Jay S. Bybee, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory K. Wilkinson (argued), Steven M. Anderson, Melissa R. Cushman, and Steven G. Martin, Best Best & Krieger LLP, Riverside, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellees State Water Contractors.
    for defendant: Robert H. Oakley (argued), Ethan Carson Eddy, and Charles R. Scott, United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C.; Ignacia S. Moreno, United States Department of Justice, Assistant Attorney General, Washington, D.C.; Jim Monroe, Department of the Interior, Office of the Solicitor, Sacramento, California, for Federal Defendants-Appellants.
    Case Number: No. 11-15871 No. 11-16617 No. 11-16621 No. 11-16623 No. 11-16624 No. 11-16660 No. 11-16662

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 2690 SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER AUTHORITY; WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT; STEWART & JASPER ORCHARDS; ARROYO FARMS, LLC; KING PISTACHIO GROVE

  • Knife River Corporation-South v. Hinojosa

    Publication Date: 2014-03-13
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    Date Filed: 2014-03-13
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Laura Carter Higley Justice
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    Case Number: 01-12-00862-CV

    On Appeal from the 335th District Court Washington County, Texas Trial Court Case No. 34659 Pane

  • March 10, 2014 | International

    The Asian Lawyer All-Star Awards

    Last Wednesday night, at a gala dinner held at the Conrad Hotel in Hong Kong, The Asian Lawyer presented its inaugural All-Star Awards. We sought to do something different, recognizing excel

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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

  • March 5, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Ballard Spahr Helps to Generate $1.86 Billion Sale of PGW

    Deal Makers When 33 potential bidders expressed interest in August in vying for Philadelphia Gas Works as part of the city's anticipated sale of the large

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  • March 4, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Recent Action

    Following is a listing of executive, legislative and judiciary action for the week of Feb. 24. Members of the General Assembly are set to return to session March 10.

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  • March 3, 2014 | Daily Business Review

    New Partners 2013-2014

    AKERMAN Boca Raton Joseph M. Landolfi Jr. Education: Boston University, LLM, 2002; St. Thomas University, J.D., 1997; Fairleigh Dickinson University, M.S., 1994; Villano

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  • Meyers v. Board of Administration for the Federated City Employees Retirement Fund

    Publication Date: 2014-02-28
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    Date Filed: 2014-02-28
    Court: C.A. 6th
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellant: William Meyers, Gates Eisenhart Dawson, Nicholas G. Emanuel
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendant/Respondent: Board of Administration for the Federated Employees Retirement Fund, Office of the City Attorney, Richard Doyle, City Attorney Nora Frimann, Assistant City Attorney, Margo Laskowska, Senior Deputy City Attorney, Reed Smith, Jeffrey R. Rieger
    Case Number: No. H038351

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 2168 WILLIAM MEYERS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. BOARD OF ADMINISTRA