• July 13, 2009 | The Recorder

    People v. Hernandez

    C.A. 1st The First Appellate District reversed a judgment of conviction. The court held that the trial court committed prejudicial error in placing an armed and uniformed bailiff behind the d

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  • August 9, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Ruling May Limit Job References

    A case of first impression out of New Jersey may prompt more employers to become tight-lipped when it comes to giving out employment references.For the first time in the Garden State,

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  • Noble Americas Corp. v. CIT Group, 602269/2009

    Publication Date: 2009-12-16
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2009-12-04
    Court: Supreme Court, New York County
    Judge: Melvin Schweitzer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 602269/2009

    Justice Melvin L. Schweitzer NEW YORK COUNTY Supreme Court Justice Schweitzer

  • July 14, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    3rd Circuit Tosses $295 Million Antitrust Deal in De Beers Case

    A federal appeals court has set aside a $295 million settlement of a class action antitrust suit alleging a price-fixing conspiracy in the international market for diamonds that was allegedly orche

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  • December 14, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Social Media Data: Discoverability and Ethics

    Facebook has more than 500 million registered users; Twitter's175 million members collectively post over 90 million tweets per day; mobile phone users spend approximately 3.1 hours per week on soci

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  • September 24, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Social Networks and Personal Injury Suits

    Social networking Web sites such as Facebook and MySpace have become an increasingly popular vehicle for people to communicate with friends and family, share their innermost thoughts, feelings and

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  • May 18, 2010 | National Law Journal

    'Hot News' and the 'Duty to Police' It

    The public interest in timely news has never been greater. News originators -- traditional news organizations and news services that make costly investments in reporters, editors, and bureaus -- ha

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  • Californians for Pesticide reform v. California Department of Pesticide Regulation

    Publication Date: 2010-05-17
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2010-05-17
    Court: C.A. 3rd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael W. Graf; Center on Race, Poverty, & the Environment, Caroline Farrell and Alegria De La Cruz for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Bill Lockyer and Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorneys General, Mary Hackenbracht, Senior Assistant Attorney General, John Davidson, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Anita E. Ruud, Deputy Attorney General, for Defendants and Respondents.

    Case Number: No. C052373

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 5962CALIFORNIANS FOR PESTICIDE REFORM et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v.CALIFORNIA

  • August 20, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

    The Myth Of Alimony Reform

    A good starting question for the debate on alimony reform in Connecticut is: What, if anything, about Connecticut law on alimony actually needs to be changed? It is already gender neutral. Co

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  • August 24, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Products Liability in a Digital World

    Traditionally, when one thinks of the specialization area of products liability, one conjures up images of cases involving some sort of broken industrial or consumer product resulting in some type

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