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  • December 19, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    First woman dean named for Hofstra Law School

    Nora V. Demleitner, who left her native Germany in 1986 as a teen to pursue college and law school in the United States, was named Monday as the ninth dean of Hofstra University School of Law

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  • November 1, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

    Flight Plan

    How bad did things look for Jeffrey Skilling and Ken-neth Lay as they went to trial in January? If the numbers were any indication, pretty dismal. Three out of four mock juries hired to listen

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  • June 17, 2005 | Legal Times

    'Freakonomics' Provides Provocative Economic Analysis

    FreakonomicsA Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of EverythingBy Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. DubnerWilliam Morrow/$25.95Morality may represent the w

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  • September 29, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Title Searcher's Liability

    Attorneys in a number of different fields, from real estate to corporate to litigation, routinely order title searches on behalf of clients that have no intention of ever obtaining title

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  • Atherton v. Dist. of Columbia Office of the Mayor

    Publication Date: 2009-06-10
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    Date Filed: 2009-06-02
    Court: DC Cir.
    Judge: Edwards, Senior Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 07-5195

    Argued March 6, 2009Before: KAVANAUGH, Circuit Judge, and EDWARDS and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judges.Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge EDWARDS.On April 9, 2001, appellant P

  • June 11, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

    LifeLock General Counsel Confronts Challenges By Going Big

    After Clarissa Cerda accepted the general counsel position at LifeLock, Inc., she did something a little unusual: she attacked the company’s biggest problems by teaming up with her boss.

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  • In re Krebs

    Publication Date: 2008-05-27
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    Date Filed: 2008-05-19
    Court: 3rd Cir.
    Judge: Fisher, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 06-2959

    PRECEDENTIALArgued March 6, 2008Before: FISHER, GREENBERG and ROTH, Circuit Judges.OPINION OF THE COURTThis appeal requires us to revisit one of our precedents in deciding whether a debtor

  • United States of America v. Carlos Quinones

    Publication Date: 2012-02-06
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    Date Filed: 2012-02-01
    Court: 2nd Cir.
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    Case Number: 10-4318-cr

    10-4318-crUnited States v. QuinonesSUMMARY ORDERRulings by summary order do not have precedential effect. Citation to a summary order filed on or after January 1, 2007, is permitted and

  • September 23, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Discoverability of Online Information

    One unanticipated cost of e-business is the expense of responding to subpoenas and proceedings designed to compel companies to disclose confidential data in their possession, such as pri

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  • July 19, 2001 | New York Law Journal

    No Deference Given to Plaintiff Allegations in Class Certification

    In Szabo v. Bridgeport Machines Inc., a distinguished panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the argument that a district court considering class certification is

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