• July 5, 2012 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Are Elections Our Newest Commodity?

    If you've been even a casual observer of election-year media coverage, you are probably familiar with Intrade, the Internet-based "prediction market platform." Intrade enables members

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  • October 7, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Kaplan Bars Key Testimony in Bombing Case

    A critical government witness was knocked out of the case of accused embassy bomber Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani yesterday because a federal judge concluded that allowing his testimony would violate the

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  • July 9, 2013 | New York Law Journal

    Courts Grapple With the Tort of 'Computer Malpractice'

    A dissatisfied software purchaser who experiences lengthy delays in implementation or receives a custom system that fails to deliver promised performance may turn to litigation after exhaust

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  • Jones v. Vilsack

    Publication Date: 2001-12-13
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    Date Filed: 2001-12-05
    Court: 8th Cir.
    Judge: BYE, BEAM, and RILEY, Circuit Judges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: No. 01-2312

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. BYE, Circuit Judge.Iowa's Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Act (Control Act) prohibitsretailers from giving away

  • In re Dial-A-Mattress Operating Corporation

    Publication Date: 2001-02-15
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    Date Filed: 2001-02-13
    Court: Fed. Cir.
    Judge: Mayer, Chief Judge.
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    Case Number: 00-1197

    Appealed from: Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal BoardDial-A-Mattress Operating Corporation (Dial-A-Mattress) appeals the judgment of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board affir

  • July 7, 2006 | Daily Report Online

    Lay case shows risk for white-collar felons

    Cr defense attorneys in Atlanta said they weren't entirely surprised that convicted former Enron CEO Kenneth L. Lay succumbed to a heart attack on Wednesday.White-collar cr

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  • February 23, 2007 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Immunity for the Broker-Dealer

    Securities broker-dealers sometimes face claims by third parties relating to assets maintained in the accounts of the broker-dealers' customers. For example, the broker-dealer's customer, the

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  • Makky v. Chertoff

    Publication Date: 2008-08-12
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    Date Filed: 2008-08-07
    Court: 3rd Cir.
    Judge: Sloviter, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 07-3271

    PRECEDENTIALArgued June 25, 2008Before: SLOVITER, BARRY and ROTH, Circuit Judges.OPINION OF THE COURTThis appeal requires us to decide, as an issue of first impression, whether a plaintiff

  • Oppenheimer Co. Inc. v. Deutsche Bank AG, 09 Civ. 8154

    Publication Date: 2010-03-12
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    Date Filed: 2010-03-02
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District
    Judge: Loretta Preska
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    Case Number: 09 Civ. 8154

    District Judge Loretta A. Preska U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Marvin Gerald Pickholz (Oppenheimer), Duane Morris, LLP (NYC) Allan Taffet (Deu

  • Shaw v. City of Jersey City

    Publication Date: 2002-01-04
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    Date Filed: 2002-01-03
    Court: N.J. Super. App. Div.
    Judge: Lintner, J.A.D.
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    Case Number: A-6669-99T5

    NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISIONArgued October 23, 2001Plaintiff, Mark Shaw,*fn1 an undercover police officer employed by the