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June 22, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Florida Jury Finds Distributor of Chinese Drywall Negligent

A Florida jury on Friday awarded $2.46 million to a Miami couple who claimed their house was ruined by gas emitted by imported Chinese drywall in the nation's first trial against a domestic distributor.
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April 30, 2012 | New York Law Journal

International Standards for Corporate Conduct

In his International Environmental Law column, Stephen L. Kass, a partner at Carter Ledyard & Milburn, asks: To what extent are multinational corporations bound by international standards of conduct relating to the environment? If a corporation violates international standards, who is entitled to enforce them and in which courts? If U.S. federal (or state) courts are asked to adjudicate claims of environmental injury arising from corporate conduct abroad that violates international norms, how should those courts respond?
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March 29, 2010 | Law.com

Five Firms Power Up With Big Energy Deals

Herbert Smith, Fulbright & Jaworski, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Vinson & Elkins and Latham & Watkins have landed roles advising on two separate deals involving oil and gas giant BG Group. On Wednesday, BG announced an agreement to supply the China National Offshore Oil Corp. with 3.6 million tons of liquefied natural gas each year for the next 20 years. The contract formalizes a preliminary agreement reached between the two parties almost a year ago.
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March 28, 2006 | Daily Report Online

Post-storm New Orleans economy a huge question mark

By Alam Sayre, Associated PressMost of Big Oil has returned to New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina, Mardi Gras got the city back in the tourism business and the skilled construction trades can't get enough workers. The city's population - 455,000 before Katrina and almost zero after storm evacuations - is now near 190,000 and expected to climb.
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March 29, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

High Court Decision on Contract Renewals Favors Franchisors

In a significant victory for franchisors, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court recently held in Mac's Shell Service Inc. v. Shell Oil Products Co. that franchisees who were not compelled to abandon their franchise and signed and continued to operate under renewal agreements cannot sue under the Petroleum Marketing Practice Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 2801, et seq., or PMPA, for constructive termination and constructive non-renewal.
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January 26, 2010 | Daily Report Online

Experts: Campaign money ruling to have little impact in Georgia

Election lawyers in Georgia say that despite warnings that last week's landmark ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court will give corporations significantly more power in elections, including judicial contests, the case will have little impact here. In his dissent to the decision, Justice John Paul Stevens wrote that the majority decision "unleashes the floodgates of corporate and union general treasury spending" in judicial elections.
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October 25, 2007 | Law.com

Corporate Liability Under the Alien Tort Claims Act

In the last decade, a veritable "who's who" of international businesses have been sued in federal court under the 215-year-old Alien Tort Statute, also known as the Alien Tort Claims Act. This month, the 2nd Circuit reaffirmed this expansive trend, holding that corporations may be held liable for aiding and abetting a third party's human rights violations abroad under this long dormant statute. Attorneys Faith E. Gay and J. Noah Hagey discuss the consequences of this case and other recent decisions.
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October 27, 2005 | New York Law Journal

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February 01, 2005 | Law.com

Double Agent

In the new era of internal investigations, defense lawyers have become deputy prosecutors.
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June 28, 2005 | Legaltech News

Supreme Court Rules Against Grokster

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the creators of Internet file-sharing programs can be held liable for copyright infringement, siding with the interests of Hollywood over technology companies. The unanimous ruling dealt a blow to Grokster Ltd. and StreamCast Networks Inc., which claimed that they weren't infringing if people used their software to download copyrighted music and movies. For such online peer-to-peer networks, the ruling appears to mean almost certain death.
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