• United States v. Ellis

    Publication Date: 2008-05-27
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    Date Filed: 2008-05-23
    Court: 1st Cir.
    Judge: Lynch, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 07-1997

    Before Torruella, Circuit Judge, Cudahy,*fn1 Senior Circuit Judge, and Lynch, Circuit Judge.Edward Ellis is serving a twenty-five year sentence on a 1990 convictio

  • June 22, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Panel Says Groups Lack Standing To Sue Over Safety of Foie Gras

    ALBANY - A state appeals court has blunted another legal attack against the New York farms that account for the bulk of American foie gras, this time declining to order the state's agriculture

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  • May 23, 2008 | The Recorder

    Letters to the Editor

    Justices didn't 'give' gays, lesbians right to marry Reading the first paragraph of Mike McKee's news story about [the May 15] Supreme Court ruling on gay and lesbian marriage,

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  • March 7, 2003 | The Recorder

    Punitive Measures

    Brent Ferguson and Florencia Prieto were dumbfounded in 1997 when the class counsel in their suit against Unocal Corp. chose not to seek punitive damages in order to cement an $80 million glob

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  • June 1, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    So You Thought Fried Chicken Was Simple

    Few chefs have the breadth of experience and exposure of Andrew Carmellini. The author of one of the best-selling cookbooks in the country, "Urban Italian" (Bloomsbury,

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  • July 2, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Judge Enjoins From Publication 'Meditation' on 'Catcher in the Rye'

    A federal judge has enjoined the publication of a purported meditation on J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye." Southern District Judge Deborah Batts yesterday said t

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  • January 18, 2001 | National Law Journal

    Stock for Legal Work

    Let's suppose your law firm is deciding whether to accept stock in payment for its legal services. It knows that many other firms have done so (usually at the client's request), but it w

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  • Academy of Skills & Knowledge Inc. v. Charter Schools USA Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-06-27
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    Date Filed: 2008-06-25
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 12
    Judge: Sam Griffith Justice
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    Case Number: 12-07-00027-CV

    OPINIONAcademy of Skills & Knowledge, Inc. ("ASK") appeals following summary judgment proceedings and a jury trial in a civil lawsuit between ASK and Charter Schools, USA, Inc. ("CSUSA"). ASK r

  • September 15, 2008 |

    Follow the Bouncing Corporate Identity

    ANALYSIS If you're going to take over another company's identity, you must be willing to assume their legal woes as well. That's what a jury, a trial judge

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  • United States v. Inman

    Publication Date: 2009-03-13
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    Date Filed: 2009-03-05
    Court: 8th Cir.
    Judge: Colloton, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 07-1881

    Submitted: January 15, 2008Before COLLOTON and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges, and ERICKSON,*fn1 District Judge.Jason D. Inman was indicted on three counts of possess