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  • March 7, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Two Conferences: Same Time, Different Coasts

    LAWFIRM managing partners who enjoy schmoozing at power confabs will face a choice worthy of Solomon this week, as two of the year's most-anticipated law firm management conferences are both s

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  • April 21, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    D.C. Appeals Court Rules FedEx Drivers Are Contractors, Not Employees

    For quite some time now, FedEx has been trying to convince courts and jurors that its drivers are independent contractors, not employees. It's not just a semantic preference: The distinction helps the

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  • June 5, 2007 | The Recorder

    Court No Place for 'Twilight Zone' Song

    Legal Pad � the law blog that refuses to call itself a blawg! View all the latest posts on the main page or read a la carte:

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  • In re: Musicland Holding Corp.v. Best Buy Co. Inc., 08-01023

    Publication Date: 2009-01-05
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    Date Filed: 2008-12-23
    Court: Unknown
    Judge: Stuart Bernstein
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    Case Number: 08-01023

    Bankruptcy Judge Stuart M. Bernstein U.S. BANKRUPTCY COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Appearances: Mark T. Power, Esq. John P. Amato, Esq.

  • Esther Kiobel, individually and on behalf of her late husband, Dr. Barinem Kiobel, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, 06-4800-cv

    Publication Date: 2010-09-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Jacobs, Ch.J, Leval, and Cabranes, C.JJ
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Hoffman, Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman, LLP, Venice, CA (Stephen A. Whinston, Carey R. D?Avino, Keino R. Robinson, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees. Jeffrey J. Keyes, Briggs and Morgan, P.A., Minneapolis, MN (Mark Girouard, Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson, Minneapolis, MN, on the brief), for amici curiae International Law Professors in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants. Naomi Roht-Arriaza, San Francisco, CA, for amici curiae International Law Scholars Cherif Bassiouni, et al. in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants. Judith Brown Chomsky (Jennifer M. Green, on the brief), Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, NY (Marcos Simons, Richard Herz, Earthrights International, Washington, DC, on the brief), for amici curiae Wiwa Plaintiffs in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Rowan D. Wilson (Rory O. Millson, Thomas G. Rafferty, Michael T. Reynolds, on the brief), Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.
    Case Number: 06-4800-cv

    Cite as: Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., 06-4800-cv, NYLJ 1202472235126, at *1a,2a (2d Cir., Decided September 17, 2010)Before: Jacobs, Ch.J, Leval, and Ca

  • August 11, 2005 |

    Dr. Know

    Gary Michelson didn't set out to build a patent empire, but the Los Angeles doctor clearly knows how to run one. In the 1980s the six-foot-1-inch surgeon's large hands, and his relentless need

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  • January 16, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Stephen Madva Likely to Take Reins At Montgomery McCracken

    While several sources say it's almost a certainty that litigation chair Stephen A. Madva will become the next chairman of Montgomery McCracken when the question comes up for a vote next month, firm

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  • Kings County Second Department SUPREME COURT — Published in the Law Journal on: November 18, 2011,

    Publication Date: 2011-11-16
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    Justice Rachel Amy AdamsHickson v. Hickson (55042/09)—Motion WithdrawnMiller v. Miller (50874/10)—Motion Gra

  • October 23, 2003 | Alm

    The Counsel You Keep

    When William Lytton arrived at scandal-ridden Tyco International Ltd., in September 2002, he faced a ton of work. As the new general counsel, Lytton inherited an internal investigation of the

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  • September 11, 2001 | Daily Business Review

    The Long Reach of Terrorism

    South Florida's government, legal and business establishments reeled in stunned horror and along with the rest of the nation scrambled to take measures against dangers both real and perceived

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