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The American Lawyer

White & Case Deployed 400-Lawyer Army for Saudi Aramco IPO

Nearly 20% of the global firm's attorneys had a hand in advising on the long-simmering, record-breaking offering.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Manhattan Judge Clears Exxon in NY AG's Lawsuit Over Accounting for Climate Change Risks

The decision came with one caveat, with Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Barry Ostrager saying the decision does not represent a vindication of Exxon Mobil's environmental stewardship. But he said the case implicated securities fraud, not the environmental footprint of the energy company.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Boies Schiller Attorney Wins Two Big Appeals in Eight Days

Stuart Singer won cases for Florida Power & Light over costs at its Turkey Point nuclear power plant and for Greenberg Traurig over professional liability tied to Allen Stanford's Ponzi scheme.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Happy Ending After Energy Client Gets Stiffed by Foreign Government

The Shutts & Bowen team reaches a settlement to enforce an unpaid contract to build and operate two power plants.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

PennEast Ruling Warrants SCOTUS Affirmance

The Third Circuit rightly decided that the Eleventh Amendment bars a suit against the state brought by PennEast as condemnor. The principle seems important enough to us for the U.S. Supreme Court to grant certiorari and affirm.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

International Oil, Gas Firms Accused of Violating Sanctions to Aid Russian Co.

A federal indictment unsealed Monday in Savannah accuses Russian and Italian nationals, a U.S. citizen and firms catering to the international oil and gas industry of a conspiracy to provide banned equipment to an oil and gas firm owned by the Russian government.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Oil Tycoon's Divorce Could Shed Light on 'Opaque' Area of Florida Law

The Florida case turned on whether family court was the right venue to duke out a multimillion-dollar postjudgment fight, and if the ex-wife would have to turn to the civil court to file a claim over an alleged breach of an agreement that didn't spell out a formula for penalizing noncompliance.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Littler Hit With Negligence Suit for Providing Too Much Discovery

A Houston company alleges Littler Mendelson and one of its Pittsburgh shareholders provided contact information for too many potential litigants in an underlying FLSA suit, costing it excess legal and settlement fees.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Brown Rudnick Faces $300M Malpractice Suit Over Botched Bankruptcy Claim

A litigation trust established in the bankruptcy of chemical giant LyondellBasell had sought to arbitrate its claim against the firm, which instead pushed it into open court.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Southwest Firms 'Underperforming' the Legal Industry, Bank Survey Shows

The survey results may be an indication that all the new law firm entrants in Texas are making a dent on homegrown firms' bottom lines.
4 minute read

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