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October 08, 2009 |

Pickens' plan bridges partisan divide

Trim and tanned at 81, T. Boone Pickens leans forward in his swivel chair to better hear Al Gore exhort solar and wind power. It's a scorching August day at the National Clean Energy Summit in Las Vegas. Pickens, who has made and lost billions betting on energy in his boom-and-bust career, waits with Democratic Party bigwigs for his turn to speak.
13 minute read
June 18, 2012 |

Earthjustice GC Went From Engineering to the Environment

As a generalist, Earthjustice's GC spends a lot of time at 40,000 feet looking at the big picture and planning for the future.
6 minute read
July 06, 2012 |

Earthjustice GC Reflects on a Career Working on Behalf of the Planet

William Curtiss, longtime general counsel of Earthjustice, which bills itself as the nation's leading public interest environmental law firm, has tried cases involving nuclear power plants, land use, highway planning, air quality and giant landfills. He says his role working on behalf of the planet has shaped the "big picture" work he does as GC.
6 minute read
November 12, 2007 |

'Secret' water deal gets hearing in D.C.

WHILE GOV. SONNY Perdue will lead a prayer vigil for rain Tuesday, lawyers for the state will plead Georgia's case for water to mere mortals in Washington on Friday.The state will argue to a federal appeals court that an agreement it reached with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 2003 on the management of Lake Lanier was legal.
8 minute read
December 21, 2009 |

Practice By Practice: 2009's Substantive Law Developments

Practitioners discuss 2009 developments in a variety of practice areas, including bankruptcy, business and banking, corporate governance and securities, criminal law, e-discovery, energy, environmental law, family law, health law, immigration, insurance, intellectual property, labor and employment, legal malpractice, personal injury law, real estate and tax law.
45 minute read
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June 09, 2009 |

'Significant' Donation Triggers Recusal Obligation, Ruling Says

In a landmark ruling that could affect state judicial elections nationwide, the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday said that due process can require a state judge to recuse when a party in a case before him or her has had a "significant or disproportionate" influence on placing the judge on the court through an outsized campaign donation. The 5-4 decision in Caperton v. Massey Coal Co., 08-22, written bu Justice Anthony Kennedy, introduces for the first time a constitutional standard into the debate over the influence of big money on judicial elections, which supporters said was a victory for the rule of law.
8 minute read
October 15, 2013 |

The Churn: Lateral Moves in The Am Law 200

Another Weil, Gotshal & Manges partner defects in Dallas, this time to Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; Davis Polk & Wardwell makes a lateral hire in New York from Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson; and K&L Gates expands in Australia with five recent partner additions.The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to [email protected].
5 minute read
March 22, 2013 |

Inadmissible

Short takes on lawyers, firms and judges.
5 minute read
June 08, 2009 |

Supreme Court issues landmark ruling on judicial recusal

In a landmark ruling that could affect state judicial elections nationwide, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that due process requires a state judge to recuse when a party in a case before him or her has had a "significant or disproportionate" influence on placing the judge on the court through a large campaign donation.
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