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June 05, 2006 |

New Deals

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September 10, 2009 |

Recorded sex comments cost Calif. lawmaker his job

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ? Mike Duvall's second term as a member of the California Assembly was progressing pretty much like his first ? in relative obscurity, with few notable legislative accomplishments.
4 minute read
December 07, 2009 |

VERDICTS & SETTLEMENTS

6 minute read
July 08, 2003 |

Powerful Payday

The latest settlement in litigation over California's energy crisis includes tens of millions of dollars in attorneys fees to be shared by a handful of politically savvy plaintiffs firms. The settlement, which ends regulatory action and private suits against the natural gas giant, is the biggest in connection with energy litigation.
6 minute read
July 08, 2003 |

Powerful Payday

The latest settlement in litigation over California's energy crisis includes up to $60 million in attorney fees and expenses to be shared by a handful of politically savvy plaintiffs' firms. Attorney General Bill Lockyer's office announced last week that Houston-based El Paso Corp. agreed to a settlement worth $1.625 billion which ends regulatory action and private suits against the natural gas giant.
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November 22, 2004 |

Power Play

With its skyrocketing utility bills, rolling blackouts and bankruptcies, California's energy crisis seemed like an easy plaintiffs' case. But in recent opinions, the 9th Circuit has decided against ratepayers. However, the court also ruled that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission abused its discretion by declining to order refunds stemming from reporting violations. "[It] is the one bright spot in the recent spate of 9th Circuit rulings," says Lieff Cabraser's Barry Himmelstein.
6 minute read
July 01, 2009 |

Arbitration Scorecard: Treaties

A listing of investment treaty arbitrations active in 2007-2008 in which at least $100 million was in controversy. Expanded for the Web.
71 minute read
November 19, 2004 |

Power Play

California's energy crisis, with its skyrocketing utility bills, rolling blackouts and bankruptcies -- not to mention a little mess called Enron -- seemed like an easy plaintiffs' case. Indeed, California's top plaintiff firms and state Attorney General Bill Lockyer filed lawsuits and refund requests against dozens of energy companies alleging they took advantage of the newly deregulated market. Lockyer and the plaintiff lawyers want billions. But their cases are running into a wall at the Ninth Circuit.
6 minute read
November 30, 2008 |

Pipelines race out of the mountains, into yards

DENVER AP _ In the push toward more energy independence, massive infrastructure projects that will help to deliver it have clashed with cherished rights of land ownership.Proven natural gas reserves have jumped 10 of the past 11 years, according to the Energy Department's Energy Information Administration, and thousands of miles of new pipelines have snaked in every direction.
5 minute read
December 27, 2006 |

A Very Public Prosecutor

Two-term Attorney General Bill Lockyer pushed the office into consumer and environmental protection cases � and into the headlines.
10 minute read

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