• Republic of Ecuador v. Connor

    Publication Date: 2013-02-19
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    Date Filed: 2013-02-13
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: Edith H. Jones, Circuit Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 12-20122, c/w No. 12-20123

    Lyle W. Cayce ClerkUnited States Court of Appeals Fifth CircuitBefore DAVIS, JONES and SMITH, Circuit Judges.The Republic of Ecuador ("Appellant") seeks d

  • September 20, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

    People in the News

    Honored The Allegheny County Bar Association is scheduled to present its 2011 ACBA Pro Bono Awards at the Fellows Grand Reception Sept. 27 at the August Wilson Center. Among

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  • January 30, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

    DLA Piper Raises First-Year Pay to $125K

    DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary has increased its associate salaries in Philadelphia to among the highest in the city. First-year associates will now make $125,000 per year in Philadelphia, which will

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  • February 13, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Modernization of Pennsylvania Banking Regulatory Scheme

    Editor's note: This article is the first in a two-part series.Effective December 24, 2012, HB 2369 amended the Department of Banking and Securities (DOBS) Cod

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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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