• September 2, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Cash Balance Pension Plans Under Attack

    In two recent federal court decisions, employees have been successful in asserting that cash balance pension plans violate various provisions of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code.In

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  • November 14, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    Chapter 11 Litigation After 'Stern v. Marshall'

    On June 23, 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its highly controversial decision in Stern v. Marshal

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  • Futersak v. Perl, 004825/09

    Publication Date: 2010-04-08
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    Date Filed: 2010-03-25
    Court: Supreme Court, Nassau County
    Judge: Ira Warshawsky
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    Case Number: 004825/09

    Justice Ira B. Wa ky NASSAU COUNTY Supreme Court Plaintiff' Counsel: Daniel Hirschel, Esq. Defendants Counsel: Michael Ciritto, Esq. Justice Wa

  • United States v. Yarbrough

    Publication Date: 2008-06-05
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    Date Filed: 2008-06-03
    Court: 10th Cir.
    Judge: Murphy, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 06-5229

    PUBLISHBefore LUCERO, MURPHY, and HARTZ, Circuit Judges.I. IntroductionA jury convicted Rico Yarbrough of obstructing an official proceeding, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(2), cons

  • United States v. Miller

    Publication Date: 2010-02-16
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    Date Filed: 2010-02-05
    Court: 3rd Cir.
    Judge: Fuentes, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 08-4278

    PRECEDENTIALArgued September 14, 2009Before: SLOVITER, FUENTES, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.OPINION OF THE COURTAppellant Donald R. Miller was sentenced to thirty months' imprisonment and a

  • Thomas v. National Football League Players Association

    Publication Date: 2001-12-14
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    Date Filed: 2001-12-11
    Court: D.C.Cir.
    Judge: Karen LeCraft Henderson, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 01-7023

    Argued November 7, 2001Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge Henderson.The National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) appeals an award of attorney's fees to Valerie Thomas, a su

  • April 30, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    'Blocking' Statutes Bring Discovery Woes

    When should American litigators care about a judgment of the French Cour de Cassation (Supreme Court) requiring a French lawyer to pay a 10,000 euro fine? When that decision may shake up the co

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  • Hagerman v. United Transportation Union

    Publication Date: 2002-03-08
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    Date Filed: 2002-03-04
    Court: 10th Cir.
    Judge: SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge, BRORBY, Senior Circuit Judge, and LUCERO, Circuit Judge
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    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge. Employees and former employees of various railroads filed suit in 1998 against their emplo

  • In re Mullarkey

    Publication Date: 2008-08-04
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    Date Filed: 2008-07-31
    Court: 3rd Cir.
    Judge: Smith, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: Case Nos. 05-4081 & 05-4651

    PRECEDENTIALArgued February 13, 2008Before: SLOVITER and SMITH, Circuit Judges, and DIAMOND, District Judge.*fn1OPINIONRichard Mullarkey and the Tamboers

  • Lamorte Burns & Co., Inc. v. Walters

    Publication Date: 2001-05-16
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    Date Filed: 2001-05-14
    Court: N.J. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: LaVECCHIA, J.
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    Case Number: A-26 SEPTEMBER T

    Chief Justice Poritz PRESIDINGArgued March 12, 2001In this case, we consider whether an employee has incurred liability for activities undertaken to plan and prepare for future employment in a n