• MLSMK Investment Company v. JP Morgan Chase & Co., 10-3040-cv

    Publication Date: 2011-07-08
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Mclaughlin, Pooler, and Sack, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: HOWARD KLEINHENDLER, Wachtel & Masyr, LLP (Julian D. Schreibman, Sara G. Spiegelman, of counsel), New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: PATRICIA M. HYNES, Allen & Overy LLP (Andrew Rhys Davies, Laura R. Hall, of counsel), New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees.

    Case Number: 10-3040-cv

    Cite as: MLSMK Investment Company v. JP Morgan Chase & Co., Index 10-3040-cv, NYLJ 1202499634383, at *1 (Court, Decided July 7, 2011)Before: Mclaughli

  • August 3, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Signs of Hope for Law Firm Summer Hiring in 2011?

    On-campus interviewing starts in two weeks at some schools, and early indications are that hiring at premier law firms will jump -- in some cases by a lot -- after plummeting th

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  • Matter of A.

    Publication Date: 2007-01-25
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    Court: Appellate Division, 2nd Dept
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    PRUDENTI, P.J., MASTRO, SANTUCCI, DILLON, JJ. In the Matter of Cynthia Hope A. (Anonymous). St. Christopher-Ottilie Family Services, respondent; LaToya Cynthia A. (Anonymous), a/k/a LaToya

  • Matter of Evelyse Luz S.

    Publication Date: 2008-12-18
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    Court: Appellate Division, 1st Dept
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    Case Number: 4848

    Lippman, P.J., Tom, Buckley, Moskowitz, Renwick, JJ. 4848 In re Evelyse Luz S., A Dependent Child under the Age of Eighteen Years, etc., and Evelyn G., Respondent-Ap

  • March 2, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Lawyering Up in the Stanford Financial Mess

    There are quite a few surprises in the lineup of white-collar lawyers amassed to defend ex

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  • ACORN, ACORN Institute, Inc., and MHANY Management, Inc., f/k/a/ New York Acorn Housing Company, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. United States Of America, Shaun Donovan, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Peter Orszag Director Office of Management and Budget, Timothy R. Geithner Jr., Secretary of the Department of Treasury of the United States, Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Gary Locke, Secretary of Commerce, and Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense­— Defendants-Appellants., 09-5172--cv (L); 10-0992-cv (CON)

    Publication Date: 2010-08-16
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    Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Miner, Cabranes, and Wesley, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: JULES LOBEL, Darius Charney, and William Quigley, Center for Constitutional Rights, Pittsburgh, PA and New York, NY; William Goodman and Julie Hurwitz, Goodman & Hurwitz, P.C., Detroit, MI; Arthur Schwartz, New York, NY, for plaintiffs-appellees. Mark D. Stern, Somerville, MA; John C. Philo, Maurice & Jane Sugar Law Center for Economic &Social Justice, Detroit, MI, for amici curiae United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America; Communications Workers of America; Communications Workers of America Local 1180; Transport Workers Union of America; Transport Workers Union of America of Greater New York; Jobs with Justice; Interfaith Worker Justice; and Maurice & Jane Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice. Charles S. Sims and Anna G. Kaminska, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY; Stephen I. Vladeck, Washington, D.C. for amici curiae Constitutional Law Professors Bruce Ackerman, Erwin Chemerinsky, David D. Cole, Michael C. Dorf, Mark Graber, Seth F. Kreimer, Sanford V. Levinson, Burt Neuborne, and Stephen I. Vladeck. Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded.
    for defendant: MARK B. STERN, Michael S. Raab, Benjamin S. Kingsley, and Helen L. Gilbert, Appellate Staff,Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice (Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Department of Justice; Benton J. Campbell, Attorney, Eastern District of New York), Washington, D.C. and Brooklyn, NY, for defendants-appellants. Daniel R. Murdock, Patton Boggs LLP, New York, NY; Haaris Ahmad, Assistant Corporation Counsel, Wayne County, Michigan, Detroit, MI, for amicuscuriae Wayne County, Michigan. David B. Rankin and Mark Taylor, Rankin & Taylor, New York, NY, for amici curiae Alliance for Justice; Citizen Action of New York; Hakeem Jeffries; Labor Education & Research Project; Legal Aid Society of New York City; Marty Markowitz; Kevin Powell; Western States Center; and Jumaane D. Williams.

    Case Number: 09-5172--cv (L); 10-0992-cv (CON)

    Cite as: ACORN v. United States, 09-5172—cv (L); 10-0992-cv (CON), NYLJ 1202466558542, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided: August 13, 2010)p class="judges

  • In re Lamar McL.

    Publication Date: 2005-06-21
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    Court: Appellate Division, 1st Dept
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    By Saxe, J.P., Sullivan, Nardelli, Williams, JJ. 6235. In re Lamar McL., A Person Alleged to be a Juvenile Delinquent, ap Presentment Agency ________________________

  • June 19, 2002 | Corporate Counsel

    Renting Solomon

    In the fall of 2000, Joan Parker got an unlikely invitation. The National Hockey League and its players union were looking for a new arbitrator to referee their spirited fights and wante

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  • September 28, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

    Grabbing for the Ring

    Ever been startled by the sudden burst of song from a colleague's cell phone? For Jacqueline Charlesworth, that's the sound of the cash register ringing. As senior vice president and general c

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  • No Doubt v. Activision Publishing Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-02-16
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    Date Filed: 2011-02-15
    Court: C.A. 2nd
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Proskauer Rose, Gil N. Peles and Bert H. Deixler for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, Susan R. Estrich, Stan Karas and Michael T. Zeller for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. B223996

    Cite as 11 C.D.O.S. 2158NO DOUBT, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ACTIVISION PUBLISHING, INC., Defendant and Appel