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July 26, 2004 |

The Plaintiff's Hot List

Including profiles of 20 top litigation firms, this list also provides a substantive view of some of the noteworthy cases that established these heavy hitters as outstanding professionals.
19 minute read
November 15, 2012 |

Before Record-Breaking Settlement, Big Firms Helped BP Raise Cash

With BP announcing Thursday that it has reached a record-breaking settlement with the Justice Department over criminal charges stemming from the Deepwater Horizon disaster, The Am Law Daily had a look at the Am Law 100 and international firms that have advised the British energy giant over the past two years on a series of asset sales aimed at raising the capital necessary to cover the company's liabilities.
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September 07, 2009 |

Texas' Best-Paid General Counsel

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July 21, 2011 |

U.S. Supreme Court and Securities Litigation

John C. Coffee Jr., the Adolf A. Berle Professor of Law at Columbia University Law School and director of its Center on Corporate Governance, writes: The result in Janus Capital, where a five justice majority selectively combed dictionaries to give the narrowest possible construction to the term "maker" for purposes of Rule 10b-5, may be narrower than it first appears and may differ only marginally from existing law. More importantly, if the SEC truly wanted to nullify the impact of Janus Capital, it could do so easily (at least within the context of mutual funds).
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August 12, 2011 |

40 Under 40

The Law Journal's annual look at 40 promising young professionals in New Jersey's legal community, with biographies and photographs.
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Judge Allows Punitive Damages, At Least for Some Plaintiffs, in Gulf Oil Spill MDL
Publication Date: 2011-08-29
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Plaintiffs lawyers are claiming victory after Friday's ruling in the sprawling Deepwater Horizon litigation, which allows a large number plaintiffs to seek punies despite statutory confusion and major resistance from BP and other defendants.

July 22, 2005 |

Environmental Law

Michael B. Gerrard, a partner in the New York office of Arnold & Porter, writes that roughly 250,000 Phase I environmental site assessments are now performed in the United States annually. Given that volume, it is not surprising to see a growing amount of litigation over their sufficiency.
10 minute read
October 01, 2012 |

Chief Legal Officers' Compensation Up 11 Percent

General counsel who are among the highest-paid executives at large Texas companies earned more on average in 2011 than in 2010, according to Texas Lawyer's annual Corporate Roster, which reports on GC compensation.
40 minute read
August 05, 2004 |

The Plaintiffs' Hot List

The National Law Journal's Hot List is a list of plaintiffs' litigation firms that we feel have done exemplary work during the past year.There are class action securities firms, toxic tort specialists, a firm that mostly does automobile cases and one that specializes in representing whistleblowers. They are scattered around the country, though fully a quarter are based in Texas.
19 minute read
November 16, 2004 |

Inside Man

Picked by George W. Bush to be his next attorney general, Alberto Gonzales seems to have been chosen more for his closeness to the president than for anything else. But that loyalty -- described by a former Bush official as Gonzales' "primary characteristic" -- could have its drawbacks. If he is confirmed as AG, Gonzales may be called on to oversee investigations into members of his own administration, an awkward task for a famously dedicated aide.
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