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  • October 14, 2004 | National Law Journal

    Some Big Firms Kick Up Pay, the Rest Watch and Wait

    While last week's announcement of hefty interim bonuses at one of New York's largest law firms -- coupled with word of pumped-up first-year pay at four Philadelphia firms -- may be an indicato

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  • July 25, 2006 | Legal Times

    Don't Let Bird Flu Creep Up on You

    With concerns about a possible global avian flu pandemic on the rise, U.S. employers, especially those with multinational operations, may need to grapple with complex and unprecedented legal issues

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  • September 12, 2005 | National Law Journal

    For First-Year Associates, Success Is a Step-by-Step Process

    Congratulations! The years of preparation, hard work and discipline have paid off with a law school degree and a first-year attorney position. However, now is not the time to relax. This article su

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  • May 5, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Believing Associates Will Work for Less, Some Non-N.Y. Firms Trim Salaries

    Nixon Peabody and Seyfarth Shaw last week joined a growing number of firms that are betting associates will be willing to work for less in the coming years. Nixon Peabody sa

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  • August 15, 2000 |

    Singapore Swing

    The party's on and the invitations have gone out -- welcome to the world of Singapore's joint law venture licenses. Top international law firms have now entered one of the world's most excitin

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  • May 28, 2004 | Daily Business Review

    Mogul's Holdings Still Shielded in Divorce

    A judge in Florida has granted German billionaire Alexander Otto's motion to remove more than two dozen companies as third parties from Otto's high-stakes divorce case. But there is a

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  • March 9, 2010 | Daily Business Review

    Cruise Ship-Shaped Federal Courthouse Short on Meals

    When Miami criminal defense attorney Milton Hirsch published a novel five years ago, a key plot twist was set in a courthouse coffee shop. "Any accurate depiction of the criminal justice m

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  • October 12, 2009 | The Recorder

    Heller Creditors Target Accountants

    Heller's creditors may sue accounting firm Ernst & Young for failing to raise red flags on its audit of the firm's 2007 financials, according to a bankruptcy liquidation plan and disclosure fil

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  • November 15, 2001 | Daily Business Review

    Anti-Terrorism Measure Makes Bankers Happy

    Nontraditional financial institutions, particularly securities brokers and dealers, are about to face costly new legal responsibilities arising from the federal government's war on terrorism.

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  • Harris v. City of Santa Monica

    Publication Date: 2013-02-07
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    Date Filed: 2013-02-07
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: The deRubertis Law Firm, David M. deRubertis, Michael H. Leb, Kimberly Y. Higgins; Kokozian & Nourmand, The Nourmand Law Firm, Michael Nourmand; Pine & Pine, Norman Pine and Beverly Pine for Plaintiff and Respondent. Joseph Grodin, Denise Hulett, Claudia Center, Sharon Terman and Tamika Butler for Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center, American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, ACLU Foundation of Southern California, American Civil Liberties Union of San Diego and Imperial Counties, California Women's Law Center, Disability Rights Advocates, Disability Rights California, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Inc., Disability Rights Legal Center, Equal Rights Advocates, Impact Fund, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc., Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, National Center for Lesbian Rights and Women's Employment Rights Clinic of Golden Gate University School of Law as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent. Charlotte E. Fishman; Law Office of David J. Duchrow and David Duchrow for California Employment Lawyers Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Marsha Jones Moutrie, City Attorney, Joseph Lawrence, Assistant City Attorney, Barbara C. Greenstein, Carol Ann Rohr, Jeanette Schachtner, Anthony P. Serritella and Meishya Yang, Deputy City Attorneys, for Defendant and Appellant. Law Offices of Steven Drapkin, Steven Drapkin; Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Paul W. Cane, Jr., Katherine C. Huibonhoa and Elizabeth MacGregor for California Employment Law Council and Employers Group as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant. Melanie Poturica and Morin I. Jacob for League of California Cities and California State Association of Counties as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. S181004

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S.1516WYNONA HARRIS, Plaintiff and Respondent,v.CITY OF SANTA MONICA, Defendant and Appe