Ed Casey, Alex Akerman, and Brian Boone are noted for representing Southern California Edison in successfully opposing a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court to review a U.S. Ninth Circuit decision dismissing a lawsuit challenging the company’s storage of spent nuclear fuel at its decommissioned San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station.
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Law360 | Justices Won’t Review Challenge to Nuke Plant Shuttering
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In the News December 6, 2021Bloomberg Law | Justices Turn Down California Nuclear Waste Cleanup CaseAlston & Bird is noted for representing Southern California Edison in successfully opposing a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court to review a U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling dismissing a lawsuit challenging the company’s storage of spent nuclear fuel at its decommissioned San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station.
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January 27, 2023“High Court Slack Case Not Likely to Broadly Affect Issuers,” Law360, January 27, 2023.This article analyzes the most recent appeal heard by the U.S. Supreme Court involving federal securities laws, Slack Technologies v. Pirani, which deals with the question of whether companies face potential liability under the 1933 Act for shares made available to the public via a direct listing.
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