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November 1, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

The United States of Wal-Mart

Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., credited its success to smart inventory management. Now the world's largest retailer is applying that same tactic to its law firms. Th

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October 12, 2007 | The American Lawyer

Companies With Backdating Troubles Are Paying Astronomical Legal Fees

Perhaps no corporate scandal of recent years has created such wide-ranging troubles as the stock option backdating mess. Companies have spent untold millions on legal fees for independent investiga

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December 13, 2001 | Corporate Counsel

Lure of the Silk Road

November 2001 was a turning point for the People's Republic of China. Early that month, Motorola Inc., the biggest foreign investor in the country, upped its stake. At a highly publicized meet

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Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corporation

Publication Date: 2012-09-21
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Date Filed: 2012-09-21
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corporation
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew F. Pawa (argued), Law Offices of Matthew. F. Pawa PC, Newton Centre, Massachusetts; Brent Newell, Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment, San Francisco, California; Steve W. Berman, Babara Mahoney, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, Washington; Reed R. Kathrein, Hagans Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Berkeley, California; Gary E. Mason, Khushi Desai, The Mason Law Firm, Washington, D.C.; Heather Kendall-Miller, Native American Rights Fund, Anchorage, Alaska; Dennis Reich, Reich & Binstock, Houston, Texas; Christopher A. Seeger, Stephen A. Weiss, James A. O'Brien, Seeger Weiss LLP, New York, New York; Stephen D. Susman, H. Lee Godfrey, Eric J. Mayer, Susman Godfrey LLP, Houston, Texas; Terrell W. Oxford, Susman Godfrey LLP, Dallas, Texas; Marc M. Seltzer, Susman Godfrey, LLP, Los Angeles, California; Drew D. Hansen, Susman Godfrey LLP, Seattle, Washington, for the appellants-plaintiffs.
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Case Number: No. 09-17490

Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 10915NATIVE VILLAGE OF KIVALINA; CITY OF KIVALINA, Plaintiffs-Appellants,v.EXXONMOBIL

July 31, 2012 | Litigation Daily

Burford Didn't Want Chevron Plaintiffs To Settle for Less than $900 Million, According To Internal Report

Perhaps the thorniest ethical issue when it comes to third-party li on financing is who controls the case, the client or the financier? Burford Group, one of the largest li

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April 24, 2006 | The Recorder

Tobacco Panel Stretches Punitives Precedent

A state appellate court has defied � or at least stretched � precedent by upholding a $28 million punitive damages award against a major tobacco company, an amount 33 times greater than the co

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September 9, 2004 | National Law Journal

Discussing Politics in the Office

A good rule of thumb is to avoid discussions about politics in the office -- at all costs! This advice is often dispensed at the early stages of our careers. For example, career counseling off

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December 7, 1999 | Legal Times

Ethics Rule Could Curb Trade Bar

For government lawyers of a pecuniary mind-set, public service is the first step in a time-honored tradition -- toil away for a few years on the GS pay scale, get valuable experience, then cash in

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Chevron v. Donziger, 11 Civ. 0691 (LAK) (JCF)

Publication Date: 2013-04-18
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Court: U. S. District Court, Southern District
Judge: Magistrate Judge James C. Francis
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Case Number: 11 Civ. 0691 (LAK) (JCF)

Cite as: Chevron v. Donziger, 11 Civ. 0691 (LAK) (JCF), NYLJ 1202596362289, at *1 (SDNY, Decided April 15, 2013)Magistrate Judge James C. Francisp cl

November 29, 2007 | National Law Journal

Justices to review right to pre-empt

A concerted effort by the business community to have federal law preclude, or "pre-empt," state personal injury laws and other regulations has arrived en masse at the U.S. Supreme Court this

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