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  • September 4, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Does Martin Act Preempt Common-Law Causes of Action?

    New York does not recognize a private right of action under its blue-sky securities law, the so-called "Martin Act."1 Beginning in 1996, however, federal courts in N

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  • May 10, 2012 | Legaltech News

    TrustPoint Merges With Excelerate Discovery, Adds OrcaTec Suite

    Atlanta-based litigation support provider TrustPoint International will be merging with Atlanta-based contract attorney review firm E

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  • June 9, 2010 | Daily Business Review

    FPL facing hurdles on road to wire up U.S. 1

    The state's largest power company is traveling a long and bumpy road in its plans to string electric transmission lines on huge towers along U.S. 1 in Miami-Dade County. Florida Power & Light

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  • April 5, 2000 | The Recorder

    Debunking the Myths of Merit Selection

    Every time there is a political uproar over the judicial selection process, fans of depoliticizing judicial appointments point to so-called "merit selection" as the best way to pick a judiciary. Bu

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  • July 8, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

    The Time Has Come for 'Open Architecture' Trusts

    The typical personal trust used in the United States today for wealth transfers is designed to protect against two risks: a loss of value due to estate and gift taxes, and the shortcomings of

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  • People v. Fierro

    Publication Date: 2010-01-12
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2010-01-11
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edmund G. Brown Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Kenneth C. Byrne and Tannaz Kouhpainezhad, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Carol S. Boyk, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: B209030

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  • December 23, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Tips to Minimize Holiday Stress and Celebrate the Season

    December often brings added stress to many lawyers. Some associates worry whether they have billed enough hours and whether they can possibly make up the shortfall in the remaining weeks in the yea

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  • June 19, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Is the Endangered Species Act Endangered?

    The Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. Sections 1531-1544, is one of the bedrocks of 1970s federal environmental legislation. Based upon the strength of the ESA, the tiny snail darter stopped c

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  • May 27, 1999 | Daily Report Online

    Bone-Screw Maker Extends Winning Streak

    U.S. District Court Judge Richard W. Story, ruling in the first six of dozens of bone screw cases before him, last month became the 44th federal judge to grant summary judgment to screw-maker Sofamor-

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  • April 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    TIME OFF: Of Reefs and Ruins

    Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula--the land that juts north into the Gulf of Mexico and east into the Caribbean from Belize and Guatemala--was once the center of Mayan civilization. More re

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