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  • June 9, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Fake online profiles spark suits

    Phony profiles on social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook are triggering lawsuits by school officials and public figures who claim that their reputations are being damaged on

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  • February 10, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

    Will Facebook, Google, and the Government Wreck Our Markets?

    Much has been written Facebook's upcoming initial public offering -- which, if successful, will raise more than $5 billion, making it one of the largest IPOs in history. The information

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  • Dicon Fiberoptics, Inc. v. Franchise Tax Board

    Publication Date: 2012-04-26
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    Date Filed: 2012-04-26
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks & Lincenberg, Thomas R. Freeman, Paul S. Chan; Dakessian Law Firm, Akerman Senterfitt, Reed Smith, Mardiros H. Dakessian; The California Credits Group, LaShelle T. Wilson and Mark Danscecs for Plaintiff and Appellant. Winston & Strawn, Charles J. Moll III, Krista M. Enns and Linda T. Coberly for California Taxpayers? Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant. Silverstein & Pomerantz, Amy L. Silverstein and Edwin P. Antolin for Deluxe Corp. as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Edmund G. Brown, Jr., and Kamala D. Harris, Attorneys General, David S. Chaney and Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Gordon Burns, State Deputy Solicitor General, Paul D. Gifford and Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant Attorneys General, W. Dean Freeman, Felix E. Leatherwood, Mark P. Richelson and Ronald N. Ito, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Respondent.
    Case Number: No. S173860

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 4569 DICON FIBEROPTICS, INC. Plaintiff and Appellant, v. FRANCHISE TAX BOARD, Defendan

  • 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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  • January 16, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Movers

    New partners Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky (Washington): Richard Lehfeldt joins the energy practice as partner in the firm's Washington office. He was previously a s

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  • January 20, 2006 | The Recorder

    Chin Sidelined by Surgery

    Ming Chin, an associate justice on the California Supreme Court for nearly a decade, has undergone cranial surgery and will be off the bench for an indefinite time.Late Friday, Chief J

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  • January 26, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

    Rounding Up the 10 Biggest IP Litigation Wins of 2011

    Note: This article has been updated to include the name of a law firm involved in one of the cases mentioned. Intellectual property litigation may be recession-proof. Accordin

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  • June 25, 2007 | The Recorder

    By the Numbers: Summer Associates 2007

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  • February 19, 2013 | Litigation Daily

    Class Action Settlement Scourge Ted Frank Wins Third Circuit Cy Pres Challenge

    Ted Frank, the crusader for class action reform, has torpedoed a deal that would have paid $3 mil o a class of consumers, more than $14 mil o plaintiffs lawyers, and roughly $18 mil

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  • June 25, 2008 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Foul-Mouthed Tirades Put N.J. Judge in Hot Seat

    An Essex County, N.J., judge's use of obscenities on the bench to get his point across is certain to get him disciplined. The only question is whether his conduct was bad enough to warra

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