Jim McCarthy Applauds Solicitor General’s Brief Regarding Placer Dome Inc.’s Controversial Mine in Marinduque

The Solicitor General has issued an opinion that the Supreme Court not address the jurisdictional issues raised in mining pollution suit. Diamond McCarthy, who represents the island of Marinduque, applauds decision.

Richard Kalikow joins Diamond McCarthy as New York Partner

Richard R. Kalikow joins Diamond McCarthy as a partner in the New York office focusing on all phases of real estate practice including acquisitions, financings, leasing, development, joint ventures, real estate funds and restructuring.

2010 Texas Rising Stars Are Named

Diamond McCarthy is proud to announce that the following attorneys have been named 2010 Texas Rising Stars by Texas Monthly:
David Ammons (Business Litigation), Jason Fulton (Business Litigation), Brandon Lewis (Business Litigation), Stephen Loden (Business Litigation), Eric Madden (Business Litigation), Andrew Ryan (Business Litigation), and Jason Rudd (Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights)

Allan Diamond participates in 2009 American Bankruptcy Institute Panel Discussion

Allan Diamond participated in a panel discussion on conflicts among the bankruptcy system, SEC receiverships, and the federal criminal forfeiture laws in achieving an equitable distribution of assets for victims of Ponzi schemes. Other participants on the panel included Irving Picard, Trustee of the Estate of Madoff Securities, and Ralph Janvey, appointed as SEC receiver of Stanford Financial Group at the American Bankruptcy Institute Winter Leadership Conference, La Quinta, California (December 5, 2009).

San Antonio wins first hotel tax suit to go to a jury verdict

In a landmark case, the city of San Antonio on Friday won a $20.6 million verdict against the major online travel companies accused of pocketing hotel occupancy taxes.

Diamond McCarthy Trial Team wins $65 Million Jury Verdict in ‘Oppressed Shareholder’ case

The challenge for Diamond McCarthy's trial team was considerable. How do you convince a Texas state court jury that a shareholder who received almost $12 million in dividends last December is "oppressed"?

Sheila Gowan gives national on-line CLE

Sheila Gowan examines the Federal False Claims Act from multiple angles and the newly passed Federal Enforcement Recovery Act in national on-line CLE.
Available on-line to subscribers of lawline.com.

Marinduque and Diamond McCarthy Score Big Win

The Philippine province of Marinduque scored a big victory against the mining company Barrick Gold when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court ruling.

Diamond McCarthy Lawyers Honored by Texas Monthy

Diamond McCarthy is proud to announce that the following attorneys have been named 2009 Super Lawyers by Texas Monthly: Allan Diamond (Business Litigation); Ladd Hirsch (Business Litigation); Kyung Lee (Bankruptcy Law); and Michael Truesdale (Appellate Law).

Notice of Diamond McCarthy Joining Plaintiff's Counsel in Class Action Against Citgo Petroleum Corporation

Diamond McCarthy LLP announced that is has joined the law firms of Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton, P.A., Norman Wohlgemuth Chandler & Dowdell and William Xanttopoulos, P.A. in prosecuting a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of distributors of CITGO Petroleum products in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
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Diamond McCarthy files second suit 6/2/09 regarding immigration bonds

Ben King, a partner with Diamond McCarthy in Dallas, filed a class action suit against Safety National Casualty Corp. and its agent AAA Bonding Agency Inc., companies that provide bonds to be used for immigration defendants.
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Barrier and Roundbox Restructure Former Hard Rock Park with assistance from Diamond McCarthy

Barrier Advisors, a Dallas-based financial advisory and restructuring firm, together with Roundbox™ Advisors, a Florida-based financial and strategic advisory firm, today announced the successful restructuring of the former Hard Rock Park, a 135-acre music-themed entertainment property in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The two firms were assisted in the restructuring by partner, Skip Scott and a team of legal advisors from the Texas and New York offices of Diamond McCarthy LLP.
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Chrysler files bankruptcy April 30, 2009

Steve Loden discusses Chrysler bankruptcy on NPR’s "All Things Considered."
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Shortfalls Unraveled Stevens's Conviction

Brenda Morris was deputy chief of the public integrity section when the trial against then-Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) began. She, Joseph W. Bottini from the U.S. attorney's office in Alaska and four other prosecutors are being investigated over alleged misconduct during Stevens's trial.
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Top prosecutor of Stevens was criticized in S.A. case

A Justice Department prosecutor at the center of the tossed-out corruption conviction of former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens led the failed prosecution of a San Antonio criminal defense attorney that wound up costing taxpayers at least $1.34 million.
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Diamond McCarthy named as counsel to Sheila Gowan,
Trustee for Dreier LLP bankruptcy

In late December 2008, Sheila M. Gowan, a partner in our New York office, who spent thirteen years in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, was appointed Trustee in one of the most highly publicized bankruptcy cases in the United States: the chapter 11 liquidation of Marc Dreier’s law firm, Dreier LLP (“Dreier Firm”). Diamond McCarthy was retained as her counsel with Steve Loden, Howard Ressler, Ben King and Joan Secofsky leading the team.
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Sheila Gowan named Trustee in Dreier LLP bankruptcy

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