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In $22 Million Fee Swing, Ninth Circuit Vacates Attorneys Fee Award to EchoStar, Orders EchoStar to Pay Opposing Counsel from NDS $18 Million
Publication Date: 2010-08-10 Practice Area: Industry: Court: Judge: Attorneys: For plaintiff: For defendant: Case number:
Talk about a turnaround! After a 2008 trial in which EchoStar won a whopping damages award of $45.69 (no, we're not missing the word "million") on its $2 billion in claims against NDS, the judge nevertheless awarded EchoStar attorneys fees of $13 million (and about $9 million to NDS). But the Ninth Circuit declared NDS the winner of the trial, vacated the EchoStar fee award, and doubled attorneys fees for NDS.
Federal Law Preempts State Law Claims Against Foreign Airlines, Second Circuit Rules
Publication Date: 2012-10-12 Practice Area: Industry: Court: Judge: Attorneys: For plaintiff: For defendant: Case number:
An appellate court ruled on Thursday that the Federal Aviation Act preempts the state regulation of all airlines. The decision came in a long-running litigation in which major carriers have been accused of conspiring to keep cargo shipping rates artificially high.
Texas Energy Law Firm Bulks Up Pittsburgh Office
The Marcellus Shale has created a flurry of lateral movement across Pennsylvania recently and now Houston-based energy law firm Burleson Cooke has joined in, adding four attorneys to its year-old Pittsburgh office since Sept. 1.
Groundhog Day Deal Roundup: Transactions Heat Up Ahead of Spring Thaw
Punxsutawney Phil and Staten Island Chuck are in agreement: spring is just around the corner. (We certainly hope they're right.) But will the dealmaking environment also heat up? The Am Law Daily has a rundown of the latest deals to cross our desk and the outside legal advisers who worked on them.
Lawsuits Mount Over Greenhouse Gas Rules
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is no stranger to the courtroom -- practically every regulation the agency issues faces some kind of legal challenge.
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The capital markets are opening up in Silicon Valley — and lawyers have noticed. Best known for its startup technology companies and venture capital, the region has seen renewed investor interest in emerging companies, a spate of initial public offerings and several mergers and acquisitions involving some of the region's largest businesses, including Cisco Systems and Google.Trending Stories
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