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Arnold & Porter, Crowell & Moring, McCarter & English, and Miles & Stockbridge also picked up D.C. partners in their key practices this past week.
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State ex rel. Jennings v. BP Am. Inc.
Publication Date: 2024-01-22Practice Area:Environmental Law
Industry:Energy |
State and Local Government
Court: Delaware Superior CourtJudge: Judge JohnstonAttorneys:For plaintiff: Christian Douglas Wright, Jameson A.L. Tweedie, Ralph K. Durstein, Sawyer M. Traver, Deputy Attorneys General, Wilmington, DE; Victor M. Sher, Matthew K. Edling, Stephanie D. Biehl, Sher Edling LLP, San Francisco, CA for plaintiff.For defendant: David E. Wilks, Wilks Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., William E. Thomson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Andrea E. Neuman, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Thomas G. Hungar, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, Joshua D. Dick, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, San Francisco, CA; Kenneth J. Nachbar, Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, DE; Nathan P. Eimer, Pamela R. Hanebutt, Lisa S. Meyer, Eimer Stahl LLP, Chicago, IL; Robert E. Dunn, Eimer Stahl LLP, San Jose, CA; Colleen D. Shields, Patrick M. Brannigan, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Tristan L. Duncan, Daniel B. Rogers, William F. Northrip, Shook, Hady & Bacon, LLP, Kansas City, MO; Kevin J. Mangan, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeremiah J. Anderson, McGuireWoods LLP, Houston, TX; Kathryn M. Barber, McGuireWoods LLP, Richmond, VA; Mackenzie M. Wrobel, Coleen W. Hill, Duane Morris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael F. Healy, Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, San Francisco, CA; Michael L. Fox, Duane Morris LLP, San Francisco, CA; Daniel J. Brown, Alexandra M. Joyce, McCarter & English LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven M. Bauer, Margaret A. Tough, Latham & Watkins LLP, San Francisco, CA: Jameson R. Jones, Daniel R. Brody, Bartlit Beck LLP, Denver, CO; Michael A. Barlow, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert P. Reznick, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Washington, DC, James Stengel, Marc R. Shapiro, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY; Catherine Y. Lui, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, San Francisco, CA; Robert W. Whetzel, Blake Rohrbacher, Alexandra M. Ewing, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Anna Rotman, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Houston, TX: Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, Megan E. O’Connor, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; David C. Frederick, James M. Webster, III, Daniel S. Severson, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, PLLC, Washington, DC; Catherine A. Gaul, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Nancy G. Milburn, Diana E. Reiter, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY; Jonathan W. Hughes, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, San Francisco, CA; John D. Lombardo, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Jeffrey L. Moyer, Christine D. Haynes, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Kevin Orsini, Vanessa A. Lavely, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY; Antoinette D. Hubbard, Stephanie A. Fox, Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC, Wilmington, DE; Shannon S. Broome, Ann Marie Mortimer, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, San Francisco, CA; Shawn Patrick Regan, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, New York, NY; Christian J. Singewald, White and Williams LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joy C. Fuhr, Brian D. Schmalzbach, W. Cole Geddy, McGuireWoods LLP, Richmond, VA; Paul D. Brown, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Tracy A. Roman, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC; Honor R. Costello, Crowell & Moring LLP, New York, NY; Beth Moskow Schnoll, Ballard Spahr LLP, WilmingtCase number: N20C-09-097 MMJ CCLD
State common law claims arising from fossil fuel companies' operations which harmed the environment were largely preempted by the Clean Air Act, which regulated the use of fossil fuels and emissions standards.
The majority of law firms believe write-offs will increase over the next year, even after many firms made these billing adjustments in 2023, according to new results of a survey of firm leaders.
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"I have a jar of Vaseline that may have lasted longer than 10 years, and if I was to put that on 10 years after I bought it, under the ruling of the Chatham County court, that would start the limitations period over again," defendant-appellant counsel argued.
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In re FairPoint Ins. Coverage Appeals
Publication Date: 2024-01-01Practice Area:Insurance Law
Industry:Insurance |
Investments and Investment Advisory |
Technology Media and Telecom
Court: U.S. District Court of DelawareJudge: District Judge SeitzAttorneys:For plaintiff: Kurt M. Heyman, Aaron M. Nelson, Kelly E. Rowe, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott B. Schreiber, William C. Purdue, Samuel I. Ferenc, Matthew L. Farley, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, D.C.; Bruce E. Jameson, John G. Day, Prickett, Jones, & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Tammy Yuen, Juan Luis Garcia, Skarzynski Marick & Black, LLP, New York, NY; Robert J. Katzenstein, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ronald P. Schiller, Daniel J. Layden, Hangley Aronchik Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Philadelphia, PA; Michael R. Goodstein, Bailey Cavalieri, Columbus, OH; Thomas J. Judge, Jason C. Reichlyn, Dykema Gossett, PLLC, Washington, D.C. for appellants.For defendant: Jennifer C. Wasson, Carla M. Jones, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robin L. Cohen, Keith McKenna, Meredith Elkins, Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna LLP, New York, NY for appellees.Case number: 478, 2022
Superior court erred in finding fraudulent transfer claims filed by a bankruptcy litigation trust to be derivative and falling under the definition of a "securities" claim in a corporate insurance policy where such claims only benefitted creditors rather than the company and thus were direct in nature.
In the Matter of Investigator John Kesel v. Jeffrey Holtz
Publication Date: 2023-12-23Practice Area:Civil Appeals
Industry:Court: Appellate Division, Fourth DepartmentJudge: Unsigned Lindley, J.P., Curran, Montour, Ogden, and Nowak, JJ.Attorneys:For plaintiff: For defendant: Case number: 0897
In the Matter of Investigator John Kesel v. Jeffrey Holtz