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December 05, 2011 |

Partisanship blamed for holdup of Ga. bench nominees

Georgia Democrats hoping for confirmation of President Barack Obama's nominees for the federal bench in Atlanta say they're frustrated by the opposition of the state's two U.S. senators to one candidate and their silence on the subject. Neither Sen. Saxby Chambliss nor Sen. Johnny Isakson, both Republicans, will say why they have withheld their approval of V.
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April 14, 2003 |

United States v. Brennan,

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October 11, 2013 |

Effect of New SEC Settlement Policies

In their Internal Investigations column, Michael B. Mukasey and Helen V. Cantwell of Debevoise & Plimpton discuss the implementation of the new SEC policy that requires defendants in certain cases to admit wrongdoing in order to settle potential SEC civil actions, and offer a preliminary assessment of the potential impact on internal investigations and cooperation with the SEC that can be gleaned from the first settlements under the policy.
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Chevron Corp. v. Berlinger, 10-1918-cv(L)
Publication Date: 2011-01-14
Practice Area: Media Law
Industry:
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Leval, B.D. Parker, and Hall, C.JJ.
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Randy M. Mastro, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, for Petitioner-Appellee Chevron Corp. Andrés Rivero, Rivero Mestre & Castro (Paul E. Dans, Jorge A. Mestre, on the brief), for Petitioner-Appellee Rodrigo Pérez Pallares. Beth A. Stewart, Williams & Connolly LLP (Christopher N. Manner, on the brief), for Petitioner-Appellee Ricardo Reis Veiga.
For defendant: Maura J. Wogan, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, P.C. (Jessie F. Beeber, Nicole Hyland, Jeremy S. Goldman, on the brief), for Respondents-Appellants Joseph A. Berlinger, Crude Productions, LLC, Michael Bonfiglio, Third Eye Motion Picture Company, Inc., @radical.media. Ilann M. Maazel, Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP (Jonathan S. Abady, O. Andrew F. Wilson, on the brief), for Respondents-Appellants Lago Agrio Plaintiffs. Floyd Abrams, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP (Landis C. Best and Catherine Suvari, on the brief), for Amici Curiae ABC Inc., et al. Rodney A. Smolla, Washington & Lee School of Law (John J. Walsh and Joshua E. Abraham, Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP, on the brief), for Amicus Curiae Dole Food Co., Inc. Michael C. Donaldson, Donaldson & Callif, LLP (Christopher L. Perez, on the brief), for Amici Curiae International Documentary Association, et al. Richard D. Willstatter, Green & Willstatter (John D. Cline and K.C. Maxwell, on the brief), for Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Case number: 10-1918-cv(L)

Cite as: Chevron Corp. v. Berlinger, 10-1918-cv(L), NYLJ 1202478063888, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided January 13, 2011)Before: Leval, B.D. Parker, and Hall, C.JJ.

February 27, 2001 |

Burr & Forman Rejects Merger With Memphis' Baker, Donelson

After two weeks of merger discussions, attorneys at Burr & Forman voted against joining Memphis, Tenn.-based Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell. William C. Knight Jr., managing partner of Birmingham, Ala.-based Burr & Forman, says the firm decided not to continue discussions because of potential client conflicts.
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August 12, 2008 |

Lessons Learned From 'Creative Pipe'

In Creative Pipe, Judge Grimm warned lawyers of the deficiencies in keyword searching and to employ the "utmost care" in selecting an information retrieval methodology to identify and withhold information protected by the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine.
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December 14, 2009 |

The Decade's Biggest Stories

From the war on terrorism to corporate fraud to Bush v. Gore, it was a decade of high-stakes legal battles. Nor was the legal profession spared, as it weathered boom and bust, rapid technological changes and globalization. A look at these, plus 18 additional developments of the past 10 years.
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January 17, 2001 |

Beware of Employees Asserting Ownership of Patent Rights

Small and medium-size businesses need to deal in advance with the potential problem of competing ownership claims to patents and other intellectual property rights. Without a written employee invention agreement, employers are open to the hazards of employees claiming patent rights as either the sole or joint inventor of patentable inventions made within the scope of their employment.
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October 11, 2007 |

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