Adams and Reese

1. Midwest Towns Sue Syngenta Over Herbicide Cleanup

Thursday, Mar 11, 2010

A group of more than 15 Midwestern cities and towns has filed a class action seeking to force Syngenta Crop Protection Inc. to pay for the removal of an allegedly toxic herbicide from public water supplies.

2. Q&A With Adams and Reese's Martin Stern

Monday, Dec 14, 2009

The federal appellate process works well, is efficient, and the quality of the decisions is generally excellent, says Martin A. Stern, leader of Adams and Reese LLP's appellate practice team.

3. 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.

4. Law360 Ranks Largest Insurance Practices

Friday, Dec 04, 2009

Marshall Dennehey, Clausen Miller PC and Cozen O'Connor topped the Law360 Insurance 100 this year, boasting the largest insurance practices in the United States, measured by the number of practicing lawyers.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. Saratoga Wins Approval Of Ch. 11 Plan

Thursday, Dec 03, 2009

Oil and gas exploration company Saratoga Resources Inc. inched one step closer to emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Thursday, gaining court approval of a reorganization plan that includes a deal with its secured lenders regarding a financial restructuring.

9. Adams Reese Expands To Fla., Snags Ruden Attys

Thursday, Dec 03, 2009

Adams and Reese LLP is opening two new offices in Florida, and adding nearly 60 attorneys and staff formerly with Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Ruden McClosky.

10. Adams & Reese, AFG End Conflict Of Interest Dispute

Wednesday, Dec 02, 2009

Asset Funding Group LLC and Adams and Reese LLP have called a halt to their dispute over an alleged conflict of interest in A&R's representation of the company during the 2005 bankruptcy and asset sale of Evans Industries Inc.

11. Q&A With Adams and Reese's David Bowsher

Friday, Nov 06, 2009

Excessive regulation forces a company into the unfortunate position of having to choose whether to disregard a law that should not apply to it or pay the cost of complying with that law, says David K. Bowsher, special counsel in Adams and Reese LLP's transactions and corporate advisory services and special business services groups.

12. Adams & Reese Subpoena Quashed In Conflict Suit

Wednesday, Oct 28, 2009

A magistrate judge has ruled that Adams & Reese LLP, embroiled in a conflict of interest case brought by Asset Funding Group LLC over an asset sale in the bankruptcy of Evans Industries LLC, cannot depose an erstwhile insurance broker who now manages the reorganized maker of promotional accessories.

13. Lyondell Gets Court OK To End Exec Benefits

Tuesday, Oct 27, 2009

Lyondell Chemical Co. won bankruptcy court approval on Tuesday to cancel the remaining executive benefit plans — including enhanced health coverage, company-sponsored life insurance policies and supplemental pensions — of almost a dozen former top employees who objected to the move.

14. AFG Loses Bid To Amend A&R Malpractice Suit

Thursday, Oct 22, 2009

A magistrate judge has found that Asset Funding Group LLC missed a deadline to tack on an allegation related to environmental damages in its suit against Adams & Reese LLP over the law firm’s alleged conflict of interest representing the company during the 2005 bankruptcy and asset sale of Evans Industries LLC.

15. Adams & Reese Loses Bid To Speed Hearing

Monday, Oct 12, 2009

A judge has denied Adams & Reese LLP's bid for an expedited hearing on its motion for summary judgment in a dispute with a former client over an alleged conflict of interest during the 2005 bankruptcy and asset sale of Evans Industries LLC.

16. Petroleum Reserve Security Co. Settles Contract Spat

Friday, Oct 09, 2009

Pinkerton Government Services Inc. and DynMcDermott Petroleum Operations Co. have reached an agreement to resolve a suit accusing DM of breaching its subcontract with PGS by refusing to pay the company more than $3.9 million for its security services at the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

17. Ciba DDT Suit Not Time-Barred By Ala. Law: Judge

Monday, Oct 05, 2009

A federal judge has ruled that a toxic tort case accusing Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp. of polluting a town with DDT is not time-barred by Alabama state law, finding that the state law is preempted by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act.

18. Adams & Reese Seeks Earlier Hearing In Conflict Suit

Monday, Sep 14, 2009

Adams & Reese LLP has asked a district court to bump up the hearing date on its motion for summary judgment in a suit brought by Asset Funding Group LLC over A&R’s alleged conflict of interest during the 2005 bankruptcy of Evans Industries LLC.

19. Lanier Starts New Bad Faith Insurance Group

Friday, Aug 28, 2009

Insurance companies who jilt customers out of coverage after a disaster, be warned: Phillip N. Sanov and his new team at The Lanier Law Firm are gunning for you.

20. $22M Bad Faith Judgment Against United Fire Affirmed

Wednesday, Aug 12, 2009

A federal appeals court has affirmed a jury verdict in favor of a New Orleans grocery chain that alleged its insurer, United Fire and Casualty Insurance Co., acted in bad faith by failing to pay claims for Hurricane Katrina damages, upholding a total award of nearly $22 million.