• September 12, 2003 | The Recorder

    Jury Rejects Bias Suit by Muslim Executive

    A federal jury returned a defense verdict Thursday in a wrongful termination suit filed by a Lebanese-American executive who said his bosses pressured him to quit in the wake of the Sept. 11 t

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  • October 11, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Albany Muslims Convicted After Terror Sting Two Muslim men arrested in a terror-related sting were convicted yesterday of federal money laundering charges. Yassin Aref, imam at

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  • December 7, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Morrison & Foerster Chairman Plans Move to Manhattan

    In a sign of the legal profession's growing convergence on New York, the chairman of Morrison & Foerster, San Francisco's largest law firm, has announced plans to relocate to Manhattan. Keit

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  • February 9, 2004 | The Recorder

    On the Move

    SAN FRANCISCOMichael Brill Newman has joined Holland & Knight as a partner focusing on alcohol beverage law. Newman joins the firm from Buchman & O'Brien,

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  • October 6, 2009 | The Recorder

    Bingham McCutchen to Adopt 'Merit Lockstep' System

    Bingham McCutchen has joined the ranks of firms that are tweaking their compensation systems, saying Monday it is moving to a "merit lockstep" system that will keep base pay on lockstep b

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  • December 23, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Vying for Rigas Assets

    The federal government and Adelphia have both laid claim to assets acquired by John Rigas and his son Timothy, members of the founding family of the giant cable company that they were convicte

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  • April 13, 2010 | The Recorder

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    ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTIONApril 16San Jose Appellate ADR — It's Never Too Late To Settle. Registration at 11:30 a.m.,

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  • November 8, 2000 |

    Verdict Nixed for Use of Opinion Testimony

    In a case of first impression, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the introduction of testimony by four lay witnesses, which stated that plaintiff's mistreatment by her superviso

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  • June 4, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    Mastro Is Appointed

    To Second DepartmentSTATE SUPREME Court Justice William F. Mastro, who sits in Staten Island, is being appointed to the Appellate Division, Second Department.Robert Margol

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  • March 30, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    DOJ Sting Targeting Foreign Corruption Raises Questions

    Nearly two-dozen executives in the arms-dealing business were in Las Vegas en route to meet a supposed defense minister from Gabon when FBI agents moved in. Twenty-one were arrested, accused of off

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