• June 1, 2001 | Legal Times

    Left Builds Case Against Bush Judges

    Barely two weeks ago, John Roberts Jr. seemed a shoo-in for speedy confirmation as the newest judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. A Senate Judiciary hearing was set for Ma

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  • March 19, 2007 | Legal Times

    Attorney Scandal Threatens Gonzales' Job - 300Image Test

    The damage is done.The Justice Department's top two officials gave misleading information to Congress under oath. The attorney general's chief of staff has resigned, and the job securi

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  • August 12, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Jeffrey Klein of Weil, Gotshal & Manges

    Over the last few years, some of the most interesting and hotly contested class certification fights have occurred in employment discrimination cases. And, of course, two of the most prominent class c

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  • August 6, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    News In Brief

    Judge Pleads Guilty To Driving While Impaired Judge Gerard E. Maney, the Family Court supervising judge for the Third Judicial District, must pay $560 in fines and surch

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  • September 26, 2013 | Litigation Daily

    Ecuadorians Lose Bid to Boot Chevron Judge Ahead of N.Y. Trial

    For the Ecuadorians who hold a $19 billion environmental judgment against Chevron Corporation over oil sludge in the Amazon, a mandamus

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  • February 11, 2013 | Litigation Daily

    NML Wins Another Round in Argentine Bondholder Battle

    NML Capital Ltd., a subsidiary of Paul Singer's hedge fund Elliott Capital, got a boost on Friday in its battle with the Republic of Argentina over billions of dollars in distressed de

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  • September 19, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Stunning Reversal: Patton Boggs, Keker Convince Second Circuit to Vacate Kaplan's Injunction in $18 Billion Chevron Ecuador Case

    [Editor's note: A statement by Chevron has been added to this article since it was first posted.] We can't say we're totally surprised, but we still have to say:

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  • Republic of Ecuador v. Chevron, 10-1020-cv (L)

    Publication Date: 2011-03-22
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Jacobs,* Ch.J., Pooler and Lynch, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gene C. Schaerr (Eric W. Bloom, Lauren M. Butcher, Gregory L. Ewing, C. Macneil Mitchell, On The Brief), Winston & Strawn Llp, Washington, Dc And New York, New York, For Petitioner-Appellant. Jonathan S. Abady (Ilann M. Maazel, O. Andrew F. Wilson, On The Brief), Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady Llp, New York, New York, For Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Randy M. Mastro (Edward G. Kehoe, Daniel J. King, King & Spalding, New York, New York, Scott A. Edelman, Thomas G. Hungar, On The Brief), Gibson, Dunn, & CrutcheR Llp, New York, New York, Los Angeles, California, And Washington, Dc, For Defendants-Appellees. Daniel A. Cohen, Kornstein Veisz Wexler & Pollard, LLP, New York, New York, for Amici Curiae Emergency Committee for American Trade and National Association of Manufacturers in support of Defendants-Appellees. Carter G. Phillips, Kathleen M. Mueller, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC, Robin S. Conrad, Amar D. Sarwal, National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America in support of Defendants-Appellees.

    Case Number: 10-1020-cv (L)

    Cite as: Republic of Ecuador v. Chevron, 10-1020-cv, NYLJ 1202487010245, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided March 17, 2011)Before: Jacobs,* Ch.J., Pooler and Lynch, C.JJ.

  • January 22, 2004 | Legal Times

    Court's Pattern in Fee Requests: Deny the Democrats

    WASHINGTON -- It's been almost five years since the demise of the law that empowered Kenneth Starr and almost 20 other independent counsel to probe allegations of government misconduct.

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  • May 13, 2002 | Legal Times

    Placing Bets on the Bush Bench

    The judicial nominations battle gave rise to colorful political theater on May 9, with Senate Republicans and Democrats holding hearings, votes, and press gatherings to argue their sides of the par

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