• November 19, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Patton Boggs Sues Chevron, Claiming Oil Giant Tried to Scare Firm Away from Lago Agrio Case

    Last Thursday, Patton Boggs entered an appearance in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on behalf of the Ecuadorian plaintiffs accusing Chevron of wreaking billions of dollars of damage

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  • March 30, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Have We Turned the Corner? Some Litigation Firms Are Now Hiring Associates--but There's a Catch

    Are you in the mood for a glimmer of good news? We sure are, after months of dire accounts of layoffs and declining profits. The Recorder reports Monday morning that a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/ca

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  • In re Application of Chevron Corporation, Appellete, 10 MC 00001 (LAK)

    Publication Date: 2010-09-17
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Petitioner Chevron Corporation: Randy M. Mastro, Scott A. Edelman, Andrew E. Neuman, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
    for defendant: Attorneys for Respondents Joseph A. Berlinger, et al.: Maura J. Wogan, Jeremy S. Goldman, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, P.C. Attorneys for Respondents Lago Agrio Plaintiffs: Ilann M. Maazel, Jonathan S. Abady, O. Andrew F. Wilson, Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP *1Chevron Corporation ("Chevron") is the target of litigation brought in Ecuador by the so-called the Lago Agrio plaintiffs1 in which the latter seek to recover over $27 billion for *2 alleged environmental pollution by Texaco, which was acquired by Chevron after Texaco ceased operations in Ecuador and settled environmental claims with its government. At the suggestion of counsel for the Lago Agrio plaintiffs, Joseph Berlinger and affiliates (collectively, "Berlinger") undertook to make a documentary film about the litigation. They were given extraordinary access by the Lago Agrio plaintiffs and ultimately released a film entitled Crude.

    Case Number: 10 MC 00001 (LAK)

    Cite as: In re Chevron Corporation, 10 MC 00001 (LAK), NYLJ 1202472054605, at *1 (SDNY, Decided September 07, 2010)District Judge Lewis A. Kaplanp class="d

  • CSX Corporation v. The Children's Investment Fund Management (UK) LLP, 08-2899-cv (L)

    Publication Date: 2011-07-20
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Newman, Winter, and Calabresi, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee: Rory O. Millson (Francis P. Barron & David R. Marriott, on the brief), Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants: Christopher Landau, P.C. (Patrick F. Philbin & Theodore W. Ullyot, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, D.C.; Peter D. Doyle & Andrew M. Genser, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, New York; Howard O. Godnick & Michael E. Swartz, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, New York, New York, on the brief), Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, D.C. For Amicus Curiae Coalition of Private Investment Companies: Adam H. Offenhartz, Aric H. Wu & J. Ross Wallin, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Former SEC Commissioners and Officials and Professors: Richard M. Lorenzo, James G. Szymanski & M. Alexander Bowie II, Day Pitney LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., and Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association: Katherine Tew Darras & Rosario Chiarenza, International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., New York, New York; Ira D. Hammerman & Kevin M. Carroll, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Washington, D.C.; David M. Becker, Edward J. Rosen, Michael D. Dayan, Joon H. Kim & Shiwon Choe, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, New York & Washington, D.C. For Amicus Curiae Managed Funds Association: Roger D. Blanc, Martin Klotz & Richard D. Bernstein, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Washington Legal Foundation, National Association of Manufacturers & Business Roundtable: Daniel J. Popeo & Richard A. Samp, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, D.C. *1

    Case Number: 08-2899-cv (L)

    Cite as: CSX Corporation v. The Children's Investment Fund Management (UK) LLP, 08-2899-cv (L), NYLJ 1202503282709, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided July 18, 2011)

  • September 10, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Pro-Business Ruling Likely in High Court Campaign Finance Case

    A majority of the U.S. Supreme Court appeared poised Wednesday to reverse or limit a line of precedents with roots -- some more than a century old -- that has allowed the government to ban corporat

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  • October 23, 2003 | Alm

    The Counsel You Keep

    When William Lytton arrived at scandal-ridden Tyco International Ltd., in September 2002, he faced a ton of work. As the new general counsel, Lytton inherited an internal investigation of the

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  • January 25, 2013 | Litigation Daily

    Second Circuit Ruling in Goldman Case Used to Expand MBS Suit Against Credit Suisse

    For the third time in two months, a U.S. district court judge in Manhattan has revived a mortgage-backed securities suit by relying on a recent Second Circuit decision on standing. On Wedne

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  • January 10, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Is the Rule on Protection of Privacy 'Garbage In, Bank Records Out'?

    Do people have a higher expectation of privacy in their bank records than in their garbage? That reductio-ad-absurdum argument was laid on the bench of the state Supreme Court last week in

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  • December 17, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Panel Hears Lengthy Debate Over Legalized Gambling in New York

    ALBANY � New York state's bet that legalized gambling is the answer to its fiscal woes encountered a constitutional road bump yesterday, when an appellate panel in Albany heard a case that cou

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  • February 14, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    New Administrative Judge for Brooklyn Criminal Term Supreme Court Justice L. Priscilla Hall (See P

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