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Death Row Appeal Reaches Court
ALBANY No case on the Court of Appeals April-May calendar has the headline-grabbing potential of People v. Harris , the first death penalty matter to reach the state`s highest tribunal since capital punishment was reinstated in 1995. But the calendar is chock full of cases of import and interest.The Supreme Court ruling barring securities claims by foreign investors is quickly reshaping the securities class action landscape. In the latest application of Morrison v. NAB, foreign investors in a Bahamian fund can't proceed with claims that several non-U.S. banks should have detected Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme.
Beyond the Valley: Who's Winning the Tech-Law Biz?
There are many ways to spot which hi-tech regions are the hottest challengers to the dominance of Silicon Valley. You can rank them by the amount of venture capital, or by the growth of tech jobs -- or you can track where the technology lawyers are flocking. Northern Virginia is the clear leader by the latter. A close second is New York's Silicon Alley, which has become a magnet for firms with established technology practices in Silicon Valley, Boston and Texas.New Deals: Lawyers on Major Transactions
MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, a Des Moines, Iowa-based subsidiary of Omaha, Neb.-based conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway Inc., announced recently that it had agreed to purchase an interstate natural gas pipeline from Tulsa, Okla.-based energy company The Williams Companies Inc. for about $960 million in cash and debt assumption. The Kern River pipeline transmits natural gas from reserves in the Rocky Mountains and Western Canada to markets in Utah, Nevada and California. Constructed in 1992, KernCite as: In re American International Group, 08 Civ 4772, NYLJ 1202472640317, at *1 (SDNY., Decided September 27, 2010)Judge Laura Taylor Swainp class="dec
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