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1. Hogan & Hartson Reps Opon In $400M Delta Deal

Friday, Mar 19, 2010

Delta Petroleum Corp. has said it will sell 37.5 percent of its assets in Colorado's Piceance Basin to Opon International LLC for $400 million.

2. Fund Sues Banks Over Support Of Lancelot Fraud

Wednesday, Mar 03, 2010

A group of investors has sued Swiss Financial Services Inc., Citizens Financial Group and the Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, accusing the banks of convincing them to drop $65 million into Lancelot Investors Fund LP, which the banks knew to be a massive fraud.

3. 10th Circ. Revives AIMCO's Defense Fight With Insurer

Wednesday, Feb 03, 2010

A federal appellate court has found that Nutmeg Insurance Co. cannot ignore facts that signal a duty to defend in separate but related suits over an alleged Ponzi scheme against policyholder Apartment Investment and Management Co.

4. Law360 Ranks Firms With Most Female Partners

Friday, Dec 11, 2009

McDonough Holland & Allen PC, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP and Hanson Bridgett LLP came out on top in Law360's ranking of firms with the highest concentration of female partners.

5. Top Firms For Women Invest For The Long Haul

Friday, Dec 11, 2009

The three firms that topped Law360's survey of firms with the highest concentration of women partners say they're able to attract and retain women leaders by ditching the cutthroat ethos and investing in attorneys throughout the span of their careers.

6. Law360 Ranks Largest Energy Practices

Friday, Dec 04, 2009

Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, Bryan Cave LLP and DLA Piper topped the Law360 Energy 100 this year, boasting the largest energy practices in the United States, measured by the number of practicing lawyers.

7. Law360 Ranks Largest Securities Practices

Friday, Dec 04, 2009

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilson Sonsini PC and Bingham McCutchen LLP topped the Law360 Securities 100 this year, boasting the largest securities practices in the United States, measured by the number of practicing lawyers.

8. Law360 Ranks Largest Environmental Practices

Friday, Dec 04, 2009

Latham & Watkins LLP, Beveridge & Diamond PC and Gordon & Rees topped the Law360 Environmental 100 this year, boasting the largest environmental practices in the United States, measured by the number of practicing lawyers.

9. Energy Attorneys Dominate Freshfields

Friday, Dec 04, 2009

With 39 percent of its attorneys devoted to energy work, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP has the heaviest concentration of energy attorneys of any firm with 100 or more lawyers, according to Law360's 2009 practice area survey.

10. Environmental Attorneys Dominate At Beveridge

Friday, Dec 04, 2009

With a whopping 91 percent of its attorneys devoted to environmental work, Beveridge & Diamond PC has the heaviest concentration of environmental lawyers of any firm with 100 or more lawyers, according to Law360's 2009 practice area survey.

11. Generic-Drug Labels Must Provide Warnings: 8th Circ.

Monday, Nov 30, 2009

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has determined that generics manufacturers have a responsibility to provide adequate warnings on the labels of their drugs, in the first federal preemption case of this kind to be ruled on at the appellate level.

12. BP, Others Try To Escape Drug Test Antitrust Action

Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009

BP America Inc., ConocoPhillips Co., Shell Exploration & Production Co. and other energy companies have told a federal judge that there is no reason for them to be targeted in a putative class action brought by employment drug screening firms alleging that DrugTest Inc. snuffed out competition for oil and gas industry clients.

13. Wyeth, Schwarz Off Hook In Generic Reglan Suit

Monday, Nov 16, 2009

Wyeth Inc. and Schwarz Pharma Inc. have prevailed again in a lawsuit that alleged the brand-name pharmaceutical companies should have warned consumers that a copycat version of their anti-heartburn medicine Reglan could cause an incurable neurological disorder.

14. Q&A With Holland & Hart's Stephen Masciocchi

Wednesday, Nov 11, 2009

The time it takes for the average appeal to be resolved can be frustrating for clients and marks a problem with the appeal system in the U.S., says Stephen G. Masciocchi, chair of Holland & Hart LLP's appellate practice group.

15. US Fights Nu-West Bid For $10M Over Cleanup

Wednesday, Nov 04, 2009

In a suit brought by Nu-West Industries Inc. over the federal government's alleged “incompetence” in its oversight of the mining company's efforts to clean up four historic phosphate mines in Idaho, the U.S. has denied that it should be required to hand over $10 million in relation to the cleanup.

16. Generics Failure-To-Warn Case Enters Oral Arguments

Monday, Oct 19, 2009

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit is set to hear oral arguments Tuesday in a case that will decide whether failure-to-warn product liability claims against generic-drug manufacturers are preempted by federal law.

17. Pan American Silver To Buy Aquiline In $605M Deal

Thursday, Oct 15, 2009

Pan American Silver Corp. has plans to buy Aquiline Resources Inc. in a CA$626 million ($605 million) deal for the South American silver and gold mining company's stock and convertible securities.

18. Shire Settles Generic Adderall Spat With Sandoz

Tuesday, Oct 13, 2009

Irish drugmaker Shire PLC said Tuesday it had settled patent litigation over Sandoz Inc.'s abbreviated new drug application to market a generic version of Shire's attention deficit hyperactivity disorder drug Adderall XR.

19. Nu-West Wants US To Pay $10M For Mine Cleanup

Thursday, Sep 03, 2009

Nu-West Industries Inc. has called the U.S. government “incompetent” in its oversight of the Idaho mining company's efforts to clean up four historic phosphate mines, and is seeking to recoup more than $10 million it's already spent on the job.

20. Husch Blackwell Adds Securities, M&A Partner

Thursday, Jul 02, 2009

Robert Attai, formerly a partner at Otten Johnson Robinson Neff & Ragonetti PC, has joined the Denver office of Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP as a partner in the securities and mergers and acquisitions department.