Jones Day Named "Labor & Employment Department of the Year" by The American Lawyer Magazine Award noted remarkable recent successes and determined that it was the "innovative litigation strategy" demonstrated by our L&E lawyers in "help[ing] restructure the Rust Belt" that ultimately sealed the win. READ MORE |  |
Dana Corporation Chapter 11 Representation Represented Dana and 40 of its U.S. subsidiaries in their voluntary petitions for reorganization under chapter 11. READ MORE |  |
Boulware, Michael H. Boulware v. United States (U.S. March 3, 2008) Jones Day obtains unanimous victory before the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of petitioner in criminal tax evasion case involving closely held corporation. READ MORE |  |
Washington Mutual Bank Anchor Savings Bank, FSB v. United States of America, No. 95-39C, 2008 WL 683751 (U.S. Ct. Fed. Claims Mar. 14, 2008) Washington Mutual wins $382.4 million award in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims for damages in "Winstar" case arising from the S&L loan crisis of the 1980s READ MORE |  |
Lycoming Engines Romeo Bravo, Inc. et al. v. Lycoming Engines, No. 06-1947 (E.D. Ca.) Represented Lycoming Engines in litigation brought by owners of general aviation aircraft in California affected by a service bulletin calling for retirement of crankshafts in certain aircraft engines. READ MORE |  |
American Electric Power Company, Inc. Tractebel Energy Marketing, Inc. v. AEP Power Marketing, Inc., 487 F.3d 89 (2d Cir. 2007) AEP Receives $263 Million In Settlement of Breach of Long-Term Power Contract Case. READ MORE |  |
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Brown & Williamson Holdings, Inc. McLaughlin v. American Tobacco Co., No. 06-4666-CV (2d Cir. April 3, 2008) Jones Day Wins Landmark Appeal in Second Circuit Decertifying Largest Class Action in U.S. History. READ MORE |  |
DIRECTV Group, Inc. Finisar Corp. v. The DIRECTV Group et al., Nos. 2007-1023, -1024 (Fed. Cir.) Federal Circuit's unanimous ruling for DIRECTV overturned judgment in excess of $100 million in intellectual property dispute. READ MORE |  |
Wyeth Ackermann v. Wyeth, 526 F.3d 203 (5th Cir. 2008) Summary Judgment Entry Affirmed for Wyeth in Products Liability Action Related to Prescription Antidepressant READ MORE |  |
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Lowe v. Philip Morris USA, et al., --- P.3d ----, 2008 WL 1903463 (Or. May 1, 2008) Oregon Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal of Proposed Class Action Seeking Medical Monitoring for Smokers READ MORE |  |
Citizens Financial Group, Inc., Charter One Bank, National Association and The Royal Bank of Scotland, Plc. Citizens Banking Corporation v. Citizens Financial Group, Inc., et al., No. 2:07-cv-11514-AJT-DAS (E.D. Mich.) Jones Day Wins Important Trial Victory in Trademark Infringement Case READ MORE |  |
H&R Block Inc. Sale of the mortgage loan servicing business of Option One Mortgage Corporation $1.1 billion sale of the mortgage loan servicing business of Option One Mortgage Corporation to WL Ross & Co. LLC. READ MORE |  |
HarbourVest Partners, Pantheon Ventures, Partners Group and Paul Capital Partners Take-Private Acquisition of Macquarie Capital Alliance Group Australian counsel in the A$837 million take-private acquisition of Macquarie Capital Alliance Group via Schemes of Arrangement. READ MORE |  |
Procter & Gamble Company, The Folgers Divestiture $3.3 billion reverse Morris Trust merger of the Folgers coffee business with The J.M. Smucker Company. READ MORE |  |
Hunt Petroleum Corporation Acquisition by XTO Energy $4.2 billion acquisition by XTO Energy Inc. READ MORE |  |
Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited Acquisition of Ranbaxy Laboratories $4.6 billion acquisition of Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited. READ MORE |  |
United States Chamber of Commerce Chamber of Commerce, et al. v. Brown, No. 06-939, slip op. (U.S., June 19, 2008) U.S. Supreme Court strikes down California law as preempted by the NLRA READ MORE |  |
Sherwin-Williams Company, The State of Rhode Island v. Lead Industries Association, Inc., et al. The Rhode Island Supreme Court rejects the State’s public nuisance claim seeking the abatement of lead paint in buildings by Sherwin-Williams and other former lead pigment manufacturers. READ MORE |  |
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. Acquisition of Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. $10 billion acquisition of Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. READ MORE |  |
Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation PLC (ENRC) Initial Public Offering Initial public offering on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and $3 billion global offering of Ordinary Shares. READ MORE |  |