• Nicola v. Washington Times Corp.

    Publication Date: 2008-05-20
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    Date Filed: 2008-05-15
    Court: D.C. Ct. App.
    Judge: Ferren, Senior Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For appellant: Jerry Goldstein, Bethesda, Md.
    for defendant: For appellees: Allen Farber, Drinker Biddle & Reath, Washington, D.C.

    Case Number: 06-CV-1334

    Argued March 12, 2008Before FISHER and BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judges, and FERREN, Senior Judge.Telahun Nicola (appellant) sued his former employer, News World Communications, Inc.a HREF="

  • March 30, 2011 | Bloomberg

    Crowdfunding creates too much risk for investors

    These days, choosing business interests over investor protection is so popular that even celebrity liberal Whoopi Goldberg is pushing for softer securities laws. Goldberg "really is a

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  • August 3, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    For Midlevel Associates, a Year to Forget

    It may sound like a tall tale, but not too long ago many Am Law 200 firms were worried about associate attrition. Billables were also a source of anxiety for many associates. In the war for

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  • April 28, 2003 |

    PennDOT and the Ignition Interlock Law

    Absent a court order, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation lacks the authority to impose an ignition interlock requirement on vehicles owned by repeat DUI offenders, even if a sub

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  • In re Laboy

    Publication Date: 2009-11-10
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    Date Filed: 2009-10-23
    Court: 1st Cir.
    Judge: Rosenthal, U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: PR 08-095

    FOR PUBLICATIONBefore Hillman, Boroff, and Rosenthal, United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Judges.Luis G. V zquez Laboy and Carmen D. Garc¡a Calderón (the "Debtors"), fi

  • November 7, 2003 | The Recorder

    Death Becomes Him

    I have been opposed to capital punishment since the day I understood what it meant. I oppose it on practical grounds, on economic grounds, and on moral grounds. The profound illogic of k

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  • January 5, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Clarity Ahead for Enforcing Jurisdiction Clauses in EU?

    The American Bar Association has recently urged the U.S. government to sign, ratify and implement the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements (the Choice of Court Convention).1/su

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  • February 28, 2007 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Daily Decision Alert: Vol. 15, No. 42 - February 28, 2007

    Vol. 15, No. 42 - February 28, 2007 STATE COURT CASES AUTOMOBILES - NEGLIGENCE - RESPONDEAT SUPERIOR 05-2-6634 Washington, etc. v. Smith, et al.,

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  • September 8, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Brief of Week: Yes ... but is it art?

    Debate over the artistry of Cezanne and Matisse, Stravinsky and Brancusi, is not the stuff of which Supreme Court briefs are usually made. But there the artists are, front and cen

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  • June 28, 2007 | Special To Law.Com

    Final 409A Regulations: What You Need to Know and Do by Year End

    Corporate human resources and legal departments have been busy these past few years implementing procedures to comply with strict new laws governing executive compensation, including, notably, the

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