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  • October 11, 2000 | Corporate Counsel

    Is Mum the Word or What?

    The Securities and Exchange Commission may have struck a blow for the common man when, on August 10, it enacted Regulation FD -- a.k.a. Regulation Fair Disclosure -- which prohibits companies

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  • May 18, 2006 | The Recorder

    Firms Break Into Showbiz

    When it comes to entertainment law, the big legal players have traditionally emerged from firms that sprung up in Los Angeles, the industry's hometown. But increased lateral movement, couple

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  • August 19, 2003 | Legal Times

    Ashcroft On the Lookout for New No. 2

    WASHINGTON -- In the Justice Department, all roads lead to the Office of the Deputy Attorney General. The attorney general may lead the department, but the DAG runs it.Ev

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  • December 13, 1999 | Legal Times

    Northern Virginia Salaries Head North

    Firms in Northern Virginia jumped headlong into the salary wars in 1999. It's been building for a few years, but now it's official: The job market for associates in Northern Virginia looks

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  • February 13, 2003 | The Recorder

    Space Case

    While riding the Tiburon ferry one recent morning, Ira Rosenberg met a fellow lawyer and happened to mention he was looking for office space.The other lawyer was only too happy to obli

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  • July 6, 2006 | The Recorder

    No Pain in This Carve Out

    Carve-out acquisitions, where a company acquires a unit or units of another company, are always complex deals to negotiate. As PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN partner David Lamarre

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  • October 1, 2001 | Corporate Counsel

    Insuring Deep Pockets

    Demutualization. Now there's a good word for hypnotists to use on their subjects -- but only on the right ones. While repeatedly chanting the D-word will make most eyelids droop, its mere ment

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  • Chevron Corp. v. Donziger, 11 Civ. 0691

    Publication Date: 2013-03-25
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    Court: U. S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Lewis Kaplan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff: Randy M. Mastro, Andrea E. Neuman, Scott A. Edelman, Kristen L. Hendricks, William E. Thompson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Patton Boggs LLP: James K. Leader, S. Alyssa Young, Leader & Berkon, LLP. Attorneys for the Donziger Defendants: John W. Keker, Elliot R. Peters, Keker & Van Nest, LLP. Julio C. Gomez, Julio C. Gomez, Attorney at Law LLC. Attorney for Defendants Hugo Gerardo Camacho Naranjo and Javier Piaguaje Payaguaje: Craig Smyser, Larry R. Veselka, Tyler G. Doyle, Smyser Kaplan & Veselka, L.L.P.
    Case Number: 11 Civ. 0691

    Cite as: Chevron Corp. v. Donziger, 11 Civ. 0691, NYLJ 1202592627651, at *1 (SDNY, Decided March 15, 2013)District Judge Lewis Kapl

  • June 18, 2007 | Daily Report Online

    11th Circuit to Decide if Lawyer Can Sue Stock Market Over WorldCom Losses

    When investors were stung by the plunge in the value of their WorldCom stock in 2002, lawyers were ready to sue on their behalf against key executives of the company and its underwriters, financial

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  • October 20, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    In Extraordinary Ruling, Judge Kaplan Grants Chevron Leave to Depose Lead Plaintiffs Lawyer in Ecuadorian Environmental Contamination Suit

    Editor's note: This article has been updated to add a statement from the Lago Agrio plaintiffs. Manhattan federal district court judge Lewis Kaplan is known as a bold jurist, but

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