Jan Wolfe

May 08, 2014 | Litigation Daily

The battle over Chevron's environmental legacy in Ecuador has claimed its share of victims. This week the wisdom of Shinder's decision to walk away from the case was hammered home by Patton Boggs, the law firm that took his place.

By Jan Wolfe

4 minute read

May 07, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Capitulating to claims that it backed a fraudulent lawsuit against Chevron Corporation, Patton Boggs agreed Wednesday to pay the oil giant $15 million and to give up its stake in a $9.5 billion Ecuadorean environmental judgment.

By Jan Wolfe

4 minute read

May 07, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Capitulating to claims that it backed a fraudulent lawsuit against Chevron Corporation, Patton Boggs agreed Wednesday to pay the oil giant $15 million and to give up its stake in a $9.5 billion Ecuadorean environmental judgment.

By Jan Wolfe

4 minute read

May 06, 2014 | Litigation Daily

The firm was socked with a $17.2 million damages bill this week, after a judge refused to toss legal malpractice claims brought by Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder. But Cadwalader's lawyers at Cravath immediately lodged an appeal, signaling that the 3-year-old case may be far from over.

By Jan Wolfe

2 minute read

May 06, 2014 | Litigation Daily

A long-running securities class action against UBS AG finally bit the dust on Tuesday, courtesy of an appeals court decision that further limits the extraterritorial reach of U.S. securities laws.

By Jan Wolfe

3 minute read

May 05, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Legal battles over Facebook's May 2012 IPO continue to dog the company and its bankers. But Davis Polk chipped away at the litigation on Friday, defeating an investor lawsuit alleging that Facebook's underwriters improperly earned $100 million in so-called short-swing profits.

By Jan Wolfe

4 minute read

May 04, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Round Rock Research, the patent licensing company founded by former Kirkland partner John Desmarais, netted a confidential settlement last week with longtime target ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

By Jan Wolfe

3 minute read

May 04, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Apple's court-appointed antitrust monitor, Michael Bromwich, recently reported that his relationship with the company has improved. But Apple still wants him gone, as the tech giant made abundantly clear in its opening appellate brief seeking Bromwich's removal.

By Jan Wolfe

3 minute read

May 02, 2014 | Litigation Daily

A year after dismissing the case, an intermediate appeals court in New York has agreed to let ACA Financial Guaranty Corp take its long-running fraud case against Goldman Sachs & Co. to the state's highest court.

By Jan Wolfe

3 minute read

May 01, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Dynegy Inc.'s 2011 restructuring provoked the ire of a bankruptcy examiner, but it hasn't proven fertile ground for a securities class action spearheaded by Levi & Korsinsky.

By Jan Wolfe

2 minute read