• March 13, 2012 | New Jersey Law Journal

    U.S. Courts Should Continue Hearing Human-Rights Cases

    On Feb. 28, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, in which Shell is accused of conspiring with the Nigerian military to arrest, torture and k

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  • Corsello v. Verizon New York, Inc., 39610/07

    Publication Date: 2010-09-21
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    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department
    Judge: Before: Mastro, J.P., Leventhal, Belen, Lott, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, N.Y. (Joseph Serino, Jr., William Pratt, and Susan E. Engel, and Patrick F. Philbin, Washington, D.C., pro hac vice, of counsel), for appellants-respondents.
    for defendant: Law Offices of David M. Wise, P.A., Babylon, N.Y. and Reilly Like & Tenety, Babylon, N.Y. (Irving Like of counsel), for respondents-appellants (one brief filed). *1

    Case Number: 39610/07

    Cite as: Corsello v. Verizon New York, Inc., 39610/07, NYLJ 1202472251742, at *1 (App. Div., 2nd, Decided September 14, 2010)Before: Mastro, J.P., Leventhal, Be

  • Cypress Forest Public Utility Dist. v. Kleinwood Municipal Utility Dist.

    Publication Date: 2010-03-17
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    Date Filed: 2010-03-16
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 14
    Judge: Adele Hedges Chief Justice
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14-09-00679-CV

    Reversed and Rendered and Majority Opinion filed March 16, 2010.MAJORITY OPINIONThis case involves a municipal utility district's allegation that rights acquired under an annexation agreement we

  • In re T.V.

    Publication Date: 2013-06-14
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    Date Filed: 2013-05-29
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Montgomery, County Counsel, John E. Philips, Chief Deputy County Counsel and Lisa Maldonado, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Patti L. Dikes, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. D063023

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 6069In re T.V., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. SAN DIEGO COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERV

  • Gonzalez v. United States

    Publication Date: 2008-05-12
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    Date Filed: 2008-05-12
    Court: U.S. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For petitioner: Brent Newton, Federal Public Defender's Office, Houston.
    for defendant: For respondent: Paul Clement, Office of the Solicitor General, Washington, D.C.

    Case Number: 0611612

    Cite as 08 C.D.O.S. 5605HOMERO GONZALEZ, PETITIONER v.UNITED STATESNo. 0611612In the Supreme Court of the United StatesOn Writ of Certiorari

  • October 18, 2013 | The Recorder

    Santa Clara Law Makes High Tech Mark

    A throng of Silicon Valley law firm partners, in-house lawyers and judges crowded into a conference room in the Benson Center at Santa Clara University on a sunny May morning. On the

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  • July 23, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Partner Claims For Discrimination

    The good news is that you are a partner at a law firm; unfortunately, in certain instances, it is also the bad news. While that fellow in the mail room who is terminated because of his age can succ

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  • February 27, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Judge Okays Dewey Liquidation Plan, Clearing Way for Repayment of Creditors

    With no objectors left standing, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn approved Dewey & LeBoeuf's Chapter 11 liquidation plan Wednesday, clearing the way for the defunct firm's creditors to

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  • February 26, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Retooling Your Contract Process for the Downturn

    Company law departments haven't been spared the pressures of the current economic crisis. According to a recent national survey by consulting firm Altman Weil, three-quarters of the law department

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  • April 26, 2013 | Daily Business Review

    Board of Contributors: Supreme Court Lowers Bar For Class Action Certification

    The U.S. Supreme Court's most recent opinion opinion in the arena of class action certification not only alters the landscape of class certification in securities fraud class actions, it also

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