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New York Law Journal

Plaintiffs Lawyer Donziger Suspended in Wake of Judge's Findings of 'Fraud' and 'Coercion' in Chevron Pollution Case

An state appellate panel in Manhattan said a federal court's findings “constitute uncontroverted evidence of serious professional misconduct which immediately threatens the public interest.”
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Litigator of the Week: Houston Lawyer Scores $622M Win Against Petrobras in Arbitration

Huge plaintiff awards are usually associated with jury verdicts in Texas. But sometimes they can come without one, as Houston litigator Karl Stern can attest after he recently convinced an arbitration panel to award $622 million against Brazil state-owned oil company Petrobras for breaking a contract with his client.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Lawyer Represents Investors Alleging Gas Station Operators Ran Multimillion-Dollar Ponzi Scheme

Investors in South Florida gas stations fight with operator MNV Energy, accusing the Aventura-based company of "squeezing them dry" and defaulting on financial obligations.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

CVR Energy Brings on New GC Amid Corporate Consolidation

Melissa Buhrig has been working in-house in the refining sector for nearly 13 years, most recently as EVP, GC and secretary at Tennessee-based Delek US Holdings Inc.
1 minute read

National Law Journal

Meet Andrew Wheeler: The Ex-Washington Lobbyist Now at EPA's Helm

Andy Wheeler was a nonequity principal at Faegre Baker Daniels Consulting and formerly co-leader of the firm's energy and natural resources practice. Here are some highlights from public records and statements about Wheeler.
2 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Fraud Suit Continues Energy Firms' Fight Over $268M Coal Mine Acquisition

Seneca Coal Resources accused Cliff Natural Resources and its brass of concealing a range of liabilities associated with the two West Virginia mines as it exited the coal business.
1 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

US Patent Law Five Years After the America Invents Act

The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) became fully effective in March 2013, and its impact over the last five years continues to disrupt U.S. patent practice.
1 minute read

Texas Lawyer

EEOC Accuses Halliburton of Subjecting Muslim Workers to Hostile Workplace

“Passivity in the face of this kind of abuse is certainly enough for an employer to be held accountable, but the participation by supervisors in the mean-spirited degradation of an employee's ethnic heritage and faith is unconscion­able as well as unlawful,” the EEOC said in its complaint.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

11th Circuit Shuts Down $97M Tax Refund for NextEra

Judge Beverly Martin explained tax code and nuclear power plant housekeeping for waste that “will remain dangerous for time spans seemingly beyond human comprehension.”
1 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Big Law Attorneys Power Goldman Sachs' $350M Solar Energy Deal With South Jersey Industries

Lawyers from Vinson & Elkins represented Goldman Sachs' renewable energy fund in its purchase of $350 million worth of solar energy assets from South Jersey Industries (SJI), which was advised by a team of attorneys from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.
1 minute read

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