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City of New York v. Chevron Corp.

Publication Date: 2021-04-07
Practice Area: Environmental Law | Personal Injury
Industry:
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellant City of New York: Richard Dearing, Claude S. Platton, Nwamaka Ejebe, on the brief, John Moore, for James E. Johnson, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, NY; Steve W. Berman, on the brief, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, WA; Matthew F. Pawa, on the brief, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Newton Centre, MA. For Appellee Chevron Corporation: Joshua S. Lipshutz, on the brief, Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Andrea E. Neuman, Anne Champion, on the brief, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Herbert J. Stern, Joel M. Silverstein, on the brief, Stern & Kilcullen, LLC, Florham Park, NJ. For Appellee ConocoPhillips: John F. Savarese, Ben M. Germana, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY; Sean C. Grimsley, James R. Jones, Bartlit Beck LLP, Denver, CO. For Appellee Exxon Mobil Corporation: Theodore V. Wells, Jr., Daniel J. Toal, Jaren Janghorbani, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP, New York, NY; Dawn Sestito, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Patrick J. Conlon, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Houston, TX. For Appellee Royal Dutch Shell: David C. Frederick, Brendan J. Crimmins, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC. For Appellee BP p.l.c.: Nancy G. Milburn, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY, Matthew T. Heartney, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Los Angeles, CA.
for defendant: For Amicus Curiae Catherine M. Sharkey, Crystal Eastman Professor of Law: Catherine M. Sharkey, Crystal Eastman Professor of Law, New York University School of Law, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae States of New York, California, Maryland, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington, and the District of Columbia: David S. Frankel, Assistant Solicitor General, Steven C. Wu, Deputy Solicitor General, for Letitia James, Attorney General, State of New York, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Professors Sarah H. Cleveland, Zachary D. Clopton, William S. Dodge, Harold Hongju Koh, Kermit Roosevelt III, and Christopher A. Whytock: Harold Hongju Koh, Michael J. Wishnie, Conor Dwyer Reynolds, Yale Law School, Rule of Law Clinic. For Amici Curiae New York City Environmental Justice Alliance, The Point Community Development Corporation, and Uprose: Kimberly Ong, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae National League of Cities, U.S. Conference of Mayors, and International Municipal Lawyers Association: Michael Burger, Jennifer Danis, Morningside Heights Legal Services, Inc., Columbia Environmental Law Clinic, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Washington Legal Foundation: Corbin K. Barthold, Richard A. Samp, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae United States of America: Eric Grant, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, R. Justin Smith, Christine W. Ennis, United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources, Division, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America: Peter D. Keisler, C. Frederick Beckner III, Ryan C. Morris, Tobias S. Loss-Eaton, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC; Steven P. Lehotsky, Michael B. Schon, Jonathan D. Urick, U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae National Association of Manufacturers: Philip S. Goldberg, Christopher E. Appel, Shook Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Washington, DC; Linda E. Kelly, Peter C. Tolsdorf, Manufacturers' Center for Legal Action, Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae States of Indiana, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia: Thomas M. Fisher, Solicitor General, Kian J. Hudson, Deputy Solicitor General, for Todd Rokita, Attorney General of Indiana, Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN. For Amicus Curiae Professor Richard A. Epstein: Yaakov M. Roth, Jones Day, Washington, DC; Robert A. Mittelstaedt, Jones Day, San Francisco, CA; Robert E. Johnson, Jones Day, Cleveland, OH, Kelly Holt, Jones Day, Boston, MA.
Case Number: 18-2188

Clean Air Act Displaces State Law Claims in City's Suit to Recover Costs of Global Warming

April 6, 2021 | Law.com

Compliance Hot Spots: ESG Work Takes Off at Big Law Firms | Dear CCO: The SEC Has Its Eyes on You | Ex-Prosecutors Are on the Move | Who Got the Work | Compliance Headlines

Welcome to Compliance Hot Spots, our weekly snapshot on white-collar, regulatory and compliance news and trends.

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April 1, 2021 | New York Law Journal

In Strategic Move in NY, Baker Botts Adds Hughes Hubbard M&A Chair

Hughes, Hubbard & Reed M&A chair Avner Bengera moves to Baker Botts as a partner in New York, because of the larger firm's network of offices, its deep bench, and work in technology, life sciences and energy sectors.

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Visconti Bus Serv. LLC v. Utica Nat'l. Ins. Group

Publication Date: 2021-04-01
Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
Industry: Insurance
Court: Supreme Court, Orange
Judge: Justice Catherine Bartlett
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: EF005750-2020

Commercial Property Insurance Policy Did Not Provide Coverage for Pandemic-Related Losses

2437 Valentine Assoc. LLC v. Valverde

Publication Date: 2021-04-01
Practice Area: Civil Procedure
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Court: Civil Court, Bronx
Judge: Judge Fidel Gomez
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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Case Number: 4439/16

Plaintiff in Breach of Lease Action Fails to Show That Defendant Was Properly Served

March 31, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

How Attorneys Can Utilize Social Workers in Exonerating a Wrongly Convicted Person

Since 1989, 390 people have been exonerated in Texas; 356 in Illinois; 307 in New York; 229 in California; and a total of 2,754 in the entire country, say Christine M. Sarteschi, associate professor of social work and criminology at Chatham University, and Daniel Pollack, attorney and professor at Yeshiva University's School of Social Work.

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March 29, 2021 | Litigation Daily

Litigation Leaders: Cozen O'Connor's Jim Heller on Building Trial-Ready Products Liability, White-Collar and Class Action Teams

"We have a deep bench of attorneys who have taken trials to verdicts. I am very comfortable stating that each of the attorneys in the litigation department is ready to try cases."

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March 29, 2021 | The American Lawyer

Litigation Leaders: Cozen O'Connor's Jim Heller on Building Trial-Ready Product Liability, White Collar and Class Action Teams

"We have a deep bench of attorneys who have taken trials to verdicts. I am very comfortable stating that each of the attorneys in the litigation department is ready to try cases."

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Baumann Bus Co. Inc. v. Transport Workers Union of Am., Local 252, AFL-CIO

Publication Date: 2021-03-26
Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Dispute Resolution | Labor Law | Wage and Hour Litigation
Industry: Transportation
Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, U.S. - EDNY
Judge: District Judge Joan Azrack
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for Petitioner/Counter-Claim Respondent: Glenn J. Smith, Howard M. Wexler, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, New York, NY.
for defendant: Attorney for Respondent/Counter-Claimant: Edward J. Groarke, Colleran, O'Hara & Mills, L.L.P., Woodbury, NY.
Case Number: 19-CV-02980

Award for Union Confirmed; Bus Firm Not Denied Fair Hearing, Award Based on CBA Terms

March 24, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

Reopening of US-Mexico Border: Challenges and Opportunities for the Biden Administration

The Biden administration should consider actions to balance ensuring that border communities can function while appropriately using already appropriated federal dollars to maintain a safe and secure U.S.-Mexico land border, say Maka Y. Hutson, counsel, and Hans Christopher Rickhoff, senior counsel, at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.

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