This article, “GE, Angola Won't Face Energy Co.'s $1B Forgery Suit In NY” by Melissa Angell, originally appeared in Law360 on May 19, 2021.   A New York federal judge on Wednesday granted bids from General Electric and the Republic of Angola to dismiss a $1.1 billion contract forgery suit, ...

On February 8, 2021, Meagher + Geer, PLLP attorneys Chuck Spevacek, Bill Hart, Michael McNamee, and Julia Nierengarten made news heard around the insurance world when they obtained on behalf of two Chubb entities – ACE American Insurance Company and ACE Property & Casualty Insurance Company – an order from ...

Peter S. Selvin Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP Beverly Hills, California LCA Complimentary Webinar Series, April 22, 2021 Insurance Coverage and Recovery Developments in the Post-COVID World explored the circumstances where insurance has covered COVID-related risks. This webinar addressed, among other subjects, insurer responses to business interruption and cyber, employment ...

Benjamin I. Fink Berman Fink Van Horn, P.C. Atlanta, Georgia LCA Complimentary Webinar Series, March 11, 2021   In this presentation, Benjamin I. Fink covers the unique legal, equitable and evidentiary issues in cases involving requests for injunctive relief. Temporary Restraining Order hearings, preliminary injunction hearings and trials on requests ...

By LCA Senior Fellow Peter S. Selvin

By LCA Senior Fellow Roxanne Barton Conlin I had my first child over Christmas vacation during my senior year of law school in 1966.  Being a woman law student in 1966 was bizarre, but being a pregnant woman law student and then a mother of an infant was simply inconceivable.  ...

Edward R. Hugo Co-presented by Tina M. Glezakos and Bina Ghanaat Hugo Parker, LLP San Francisco, California LCA Complimentary Webinar Series, April 8, 2021   Virtual jury trials present real problems that were unforeseen in a trial before COVID-19. For the moment, put aside the fact that courts cannot guarantee ...

  Calwell Solidifies Long-Term Growth with Name Change and Continues Developing Litigation Strategies   In January 2014, the nation watched more than 300,000 West Virginia residents cope with an environmental disaster like never before. About 7,500 gallons of crude MCHM (or, 4-methylcyclohexane methanol) leaked from a holding tank (at the now-defunct ...