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  • November 11, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

    Clarifying the SEC's General Solicitation Rules

    Are the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new general solicitation rules as clear as your morning coffee? On a href="http://www.venturelawblog.com/corporate-governance/setting-the-

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  • November 8, 2013 | New York Law Journal

    Court Calls for Better Disaster Plans to Protect Disabled

    A federal judge has found New York City liable for discriminating against the disabled during evacuation and sheltering in times of disasters such as Hurricane Sandy. Southern Distric

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  • November 5, 2013 | Litigation Daily

    Judge: Monster Can't Shift Blame on Beastie Boys Copyrights

    After it got sued for using the Beastie Boys as the soundtrack to a promotional video without the band's permission, energy drink maker Monster Energy Co. tried to shift the blame onto a

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  • November 5, 2013 | The Recorder

    Employment Litigation in the Age of Social Media

    Like everything else, employment litigation has gone social, turning "likes" and off-the-cuff comments into high-stake courtroom drama. Social networking platforms like Facebook an

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  • November 4, 2013 | The Recorder

    Special Report: Employment Law

    When asked to predict the next big thing in employment law, Orrick's Lynne Hermle says "gender discrimination is going to s

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  • November 4, 2013 | The Recorder

    Employment Litigation in the Age of Social Media

    Like everything else, employment litigation has gone social, turning "likes" and off-the-cuff comments into high-stake courtroom drama. Social networking platforms like Facebook an

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  • November 1, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

    Matchmaker, Matchmaker

    For attorneys over a certain age, the occasional call from a headhunter is as much a part of law firm life as the billable hour. And both may be going the way of the rotary telephone.

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  • In re Plant Insulation Co.

    Publication Date: 2013-10-28
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2013-10-28
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Richard Seeborg, District Judge, Presiding Before: John T. Noonan, Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert B. Millner, SNR Denton US LLP, Chicago, IL, Andrew T. Frankel, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY, and Clinton E. Cameron, Troutman Sanders LLP, Chicago, IL, argued the cause for Appellants. Joel T. Muchmore, SNR Denton US LLP, San Francisco, CA, and Clinton E. Cameron filed briefs for the Appellants. With them on the briefs were Paul E. Glad, SNR Denton US LLP, San Francisco, CA, Philip A. O'Connell, Jr., SNR Denton US LLP, Boston, MA, Robert B. Millner and Christopher D. Soper, SNR Denton US LLP, Chicago, IL, Andrew T. Frankel and Mark Thompson, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY, Deborah L. Stein, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Valerie A. Moore and Eugenie Gifford Baumann, Haight, Brown & Bonesteel LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Randall J. Peters, R. Jeff Carlisle, and David K. Morrison, Lynberg & Watkins P.C., Los Angeles, CA, Michael S. Davis, Zeichner Ellman & Krause LLP, New York, NY, Ray L. Wong, Philip R. Matthews and Paul J. Killion, Duane Morris LLP, San Francisco, CA, Lawrence A. Tabb, Musick Peeler & Garrett, Los Angeles, CA, Chad Westfall, Musick, Peeler & Garrett, San Francisco, CA, Clinton E. Cameron and Seth M. Erickson, Troutman Sanders LLP, Chicago, IL.
    for defendant: Steven B. Sacks, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, San Francisco, CA, argued the cause and filed a brief for the Debtor-Appellees. With him on the brief was Michael H. Ahrens, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, San Francisco, CA, Gary S. Fergus, Fergus, A Law Office, San Francisco, CA, James L. Miller, Snyder, Miller & Orton LLP, San Francisco, CA, Peter Van N. Lockwood, Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered, Washington, DC.
    Case Number: No. 12-17466 No. 12-17467

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 11812 IN RE: PLANT INSULATION CO., Debtor, FIREMAN'S FUND ANCE COMPANY; UNITED STATES FIRE

  • October 8, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves in The Am Law 200

    Herbert Smith Freehills hires a new head of its U.S. investigations and financial services litigation practice; Boies Schiller & Flexner names a managing partner to its London office; and Bracew

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  • October 7, 2013 |

    Contractual Liability Exclusion Dooms Coverage Claim against Judgment Debtor’s Insurer

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has reversed a district court’s decision and ruled that an insurer had no liability for a judgment…

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