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The List: New Partners in California 2007
Congratulations to the 270 lawyers in California who have made partner since July.2nd Circuit Reverses $158 Million Award Against Allegheny Energy
Faulting Merrill Lynch for withholding "critical" details about the financial status of a subsidiary that it sold to Allegheny Energy Inc., the 2nd Circuit on Friday reversed a $158 million award against Allegheny. The circuit overturned a 2005 decision that directed Allegheny to pay the full purchase price for an energy unit that it purchased from Merrill Lynch, even though Allegheny claimed the financial services company misrepresented certain information about the unit, Global Energy Markets.Gaining a Foothold in Guantanamo
Now a cause celebre for powerful law firms, the legal effort on behalf of Guantanamo Bay detainees has attracted about 225 pro bono lawyers. Pending in D.C. federal court are 130 prisoners' suits, and that number may soar as Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly considers a habeas corpus petition filed on hundreds of detainees' behalf. Every new case means more documentation and delays. Even some attorneys with Guantanamo Bay clients are asking whether the volume of litigation may slow an already plodding dispute.The Delaware Supreme Court rejected a bid by the private equity firm BVF Partners to scuttle a no-cash settlement over a 2011 merger between Celera Corp. and Quest Diagnostics, but the court also gave BVF a new avenue for going after Celera's board.
Pentagon Suspects Lawyer Involvement in Guantanamo Deaths
Pentagon officials and attorneys for the Guantanamo Bay detainees have always been at odds. "Our access to our clients makes it impossible for the military to control the narrative," says David Remes, a Covington & Burling partner who represents 17 detainees. When three prisoners committed suicide last month, the chasm grew even wider. Investigators seized 1,100 pounds of attorney-client-privilege material as part of a probe into whether outsiders, possibly lawyers, were involved in a larger suicide plot.Law Firm Guide Gaining Influence
Vault Reports recently released their second annual guide to America's top 50 law firms with a crowded book party in New York. Last year, managing partners and recruiters didn't return their calls. Not anymore. New York's top law firms showed up at their party this year, anxious to please.Trending Stories
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