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April 19, 2011 | The American Lawyer

BigLaw and the Big Blind: Firms Look for Place at Table in Online Poker Prosecutions

In what's been dubbed Black Friday for the online poker industry, federal prosecutors in Manhattan have indi

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December 1, 2009 | Law.com Corporate

Where the Top Companies Turn

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April 17, 2012 | National Law Journal

Guilty pleas to bribing overseas officials

The former chief executive officer of a California company and his wife have pleaded guilty to one count each of bribing a foreign official in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act,

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Sessoms v. Runnels

Publication Date: 2012-08-16
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Date Filed: 2012-08-16
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: John A. Mendez, District Judge, Presiding Before: Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, Mary M. Schroeder, Betty B. Fletcher, Barry G. Silverman, Kim McLane Wardlaw, Raymond C. Fisher, Richard A. Paez, Consuelo M. Callahan, Milan D. Smith, Jr., Sandra S. Ikuta, and Mary H. Murguia, Circuit Judges.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Weaver (argued), Albany, California, for petitioner appellant Tio Dinero Sessoms.
for defendant: Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General of California, Michael P. Farrell, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charles A. French, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Jeffrey D. Firestone (argued), Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, California, for respondent-appellee D. L. Runnels. Peter C. Pfaffenroth, (argued), HL Rogers, Brian A. Fox, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, D.C.; Mark E. Haddad, Douglas A. Axel, Sidley Austin LLP, Los Angeles, California; David M. Porter, Sacramento, California, for amicus National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Case Number: No. 08-17790

Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 9343 TIO DINERO SESSOMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. D. L. RUNNELS, Respondent-Appe

January 20, 2012 | The American Lawyer

The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in the Am Law 200

A pair of corporate lawyers are headed to Baker Botts in Palo Alto: KYLE GUSE and AMAR MURUGAN, who both join the firm as partners. Guse and Murugan's clients include life sciences and techno

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August 19, 2013 | National Law Journal

In-House Counsel Profile: Exelon Corp.'s Darryl Bradford

COMPANY PROFILE With its central business district leveled by the Great Chicago Fire in 1871 — caused, according to legend, by a lantern accid

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July 7, 2008 | Legal Times

K Street Monitor

Highlights of recent registrations filed by lobbyists with the secretary of the Senate and the clerk of the House. A database of registrations is available to a href="ht

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November 28, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Legal Blotter: Am Law 200 Lawyers on the Defensive

In recent weeks, we've come across Am Law 200 lawyers in trouble for allegedly scamming private schools, helping run Ponzi schemes, taking vacations with client funds, and all manner of other

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February 18, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

Invention Intervention: Time to Re-Examine Claim Construction?

Patent cases are notoriously expensive. Litigants spend a significant chunk of their money on claim construction -- translating technical claim jargon into ordinary language. The reason is tha

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August 15, 2003 | New York Law Journal

Huge Blackout Closes Courts, Firms Make Do

As darkness descended on the Midtown Manhattan offices of White & Case last night, stranded lawyers and other staff members gathered in the firm's word processing center around a cluster o

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