• August 30, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

    Sentencing Commission to File Brief in Post-Blakely Cases

    The U.S. Sentencing Commission on Aug. 25 reaffirmed its view that its sentencing guidelines are constitutional, in the face of the most serious challenge to their validity since they were fir

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  • Mohammed v. Air France

    Publication Date: 2006-04-04
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    Court: Civil Court, Kings County
    Judge: Jack Battaglia
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    KINGS COUNTY Civil Court Judge Battaglia On August 10, 2004, Wali Mohammed flew Air Fran

  • In re Mercado

    Publication Date: 2009-05-13
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    Date Filed: 2009-05-07
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Per curiam.
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    Case Number: 01-09-00292-CV

    Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of MandamusMEMORANDUM OPINION*fn1By petition for writ of mandamus, relator, Concepcion Mercado, seeks relief compelling

  • November 28, 2000 |

    The Managing Partner's Dilemma

    "No lawyer with a U.S. firm would dream of giving up his practice while being managing partner" says Kurt Wimmer.Wimmer recently relocated from the Washington headquarters of Covington

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  • May 26, 2000 | The American Lawyer

    The Virus Has Spread

    Brits have been throwing our weight around in the former colonies lately. "We'll take Manhattan!" cries Clifford Chance, as it preaches its message of globalism to anyone who will listen. But

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  • August 20, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Computer Virus Onslaught Has Firm IT Staff Scrambling

    NEW YORK -- Most New York lawyers who receive e-mail from partners at Cravath, Swaine & Moore or Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz would likely open it right away.On Tuesday that

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  • April 7, 2003 | The Recorder

    Lawyer Discipline

    DISBARMENTThe following persons have been disbarred by the California Supreme Court, effective on the dates indicated. They are ineligible to practice law, and their names have

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  • June 11, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Judge Sends Leftover Settlement Funds to Treasury, Faults SEC

    The question before Southern District Judge William Pauley was how to distribute an extra $79 million. The frustrated judge criticized the Securities and Exchange Commission

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  • November 13, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    N.Y. Lawyers' Group President Trades Practice for Washington Advocacy

    Norman L. Reimer, who stepped down in May as president of the New York County Lawyers' Association, where he led a long and successful effort to reform the state's indigent defense system, has begu

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  • September 12, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Judge Approves Fees in Northwest Airlines Bankruptcy Bankruptcy lawyers for Northwest Airlines Corp. were denied $4.2 million in end-of-case bonuses yesterday, with a judge sayi

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