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  • Fritz v. Charter Township of Comstock

    Publication Date: 2010-02-01
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    Date Filed: 2010-01-28
    Court: 6th Cir.
    Judge: Clay, Circuit Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 08-2578

    RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206Argued: October 9, 2009Before: RYAN, COLE, and CLAY, Circuit Judges.CLAY, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in wh

  • March 28, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Lawyers' Silence About Drug Abuse Leads to Dismissal of Athlete's Suit

    When southern New Jersey football star Michael Bowers died of a drug overdose in 2002, his discrimination suit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association and others continued, with h

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  • January 1, 2008 | Legaltech News

    In Search of Sanity

    It's 4 p.m. on a Friday, and the phone rings. You almost don't answer, and then wish you had not. It's Joe Smith, the firm's high-strung litigation partner, who is overwhelmed by a seemingly

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  • March 2, 2009 | Legal Times

    At SEC, Spirits Are Lifting

    WASHINGTON — Enforcement lawyers at the Securities and Exchange Commission have recently been dressed down by Congress, blamed for major investment bank failures, and publicly criticized

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  • December 4, 2000 | The American Lawyer

    Go Go Bono

    Guns don't kill lawyers; billable hours do. That's why, when it comes to pro bono, associates are dodging the bullet."It's pro bono or go home-o," says one New York associate.G

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  • Levys v. Town of North Hempstead, 12-cv-1777

    Publication Date: 2013-09-25
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Eastern District
    Judge: District Judge Joseph Bianco
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiff is proceeding pro se: The Town Defendants are represented by Lorienton N.A. Palmer, North Hempstead Town Attorney, Manhasset, NY.
    for defendant: Laura Sarowitz is represented by: Monica Marie Cullen Leiter, Nassau County District Attorney's Office, Mineola, NY.
    Case Number: 12-cv-1777

    Cite as: Levys v. Town of North Hempstead, 12-cv-1777, NYLJ 1202620313346, at *1 (EDNY, Decided September 18, 2013) 12-cv-1777 District Judge Jose

  • April 17, 2006 | Legal Times

    Court Asks If Choice of Lawyer Affects Outcome

    Any self-respecting lawyer has probably said it, or at least thought it: "Nobody can represent my client better than I can."On April 18 the Supreme Court takes up a Missouri case

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  • Marion v. Columbia Correctional Institution

    Publication Date: 2009-03-27
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    Date Filed: 2009-03-23
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Ripple, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 07-2556

    ARGUED JANUARY 28, 2009Before BAUER, RIPPLE and TINDER, Circuit Judges.War Marion, an inmate in the Wisconsin prison system, brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that prison

  • December 28, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Second Circuit Review

    In this month's column, we report on a noteworthy decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, holding that a district court does not have jurisdiction to certify a class acti

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  • May 29, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

    Law Limits Executive Compensation

    On April 20, 2005, President George W. Bush signed the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005. BAPCPA, which generally applies to bankruptcy cases filed on or after Oc

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