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  • July 19, 2010 | National Law Journal

    The FCPA has no national security exemption

    To secure access to Kazakhstan's oil supply between 1995 and 1999, American businesses went through James Giffen, a New York investment banker who also served as counselor to the president of Kazak

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  • Deborah L. Baldwin v. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (Upmc); Life Insurance

    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
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    Date Filed: 2011-03-29
    Court: 3rd Cir.
    Judge: Garth, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 10-1673

    PRECEDENTIALArgued February 10, 2011Before: JORDAN, GREENAWAY, JR., and GARTH, Circuit JudgesOPINION OF THE COURTThis appeal by the plaintiff-appellant Deborah L. Baldwin as the adop

  • December 31, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Protecting the Innocent: A Proposal for New York

    Eighty-five years ago, Judge Learned Hand wrote, "Our procedure has been always haunted by the ghost of the innocent man convicted. It is an unreal dream."1 Since th

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  • A.L. v. C.K.

    Publication Date: 2008-10-24
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    Date Filed: 2008-10-15
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings County
    Judge: Jeffrey Sunshine
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    Justice Jeffrey S. Sunshine KINGS COUNTY Supreme Court Attorney for Plaintiff: Robert Zeif, Esq. Dobrish Zeif Gross & Wrubel LLP Attorney

  • November 17, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Federal Long-Arm Statute

    Since the amendment of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in 1993 to include Rule 4(k)(2), U.S. courts have resolved important issues arising under this federal long-arm statute for sec

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  • June 28, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Second Circuit Review

    In this month's column, we report on a recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, clarifying the scope of the preemption provision in �360k(a) of the 1976 Medical Dev

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  • Oldfield v. Pueblo De Bahia Lora, S.A.

    Publication Date: 2009-02-20
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    Date Filed: 2009-02-12
    Court: 11th Cir.
    Judge: Tjoflat, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 07-11958

    [PUBLISH]Before TJOFLAT, MARCUS and WILSON, Circuit Judges.This appeal challenges a district court order denying a motion to set aside a default judgment. The appellants contend that the judgmen

  • Wyler Summit Partnership v. Turner Broadcasting

    Publication Date: 2000-10-31
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    Date Filed: 2000-10-26
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: NELSON, THOMPSON, and TROTT, Circuit Judges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan R. Bass and Keith Evans-Orville
    for defendant: M. Laurence Popofsky and Christian E. Mammen
    Case Number: No. 99-15773

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. NOTE: Amended December 7, 2000 TROTT, Circuit Judge: Wyler Summit Partnership ("Wyler Summit" ) sued Turner

  • People v. Jonathan K. Smith, 13-CV-0428

    Publication Date: 2013-07-11
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Eastern District
    Judge: District Judge Arthur Spatt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for the Plaintiff by: John K. Urda, Esq., of counsel, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Legal Affairs, Region 2, Long Island City, N.Y.
    for defendant: Attorneys for the Defendant: by: Scott M. Moore, Esq., of counsel, Moore International Law PLLC, New York, N.Y.
    Case Number: 13-CV-0428

    Cite as: People v. Jonathan K. Smith, 13-CV-0428, NYLJ 1202610060111, at *1 (EDNY, Decided June 28, 2013) 13-CV-0428 District Judge Arthur Sp

  • Essex Insurance Co. v. Bloomsouth Flooring Corp.

    Publication Date: 2009-04-20
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    Date Filed: 2009-04-16
    Court: 1st Cir.
    Judge: Howard, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 06-2750

    Before Lipez, Selya and Howard, Circuit Judges.This appeal involves a coverage dispute between Essex Insurance Company and its insured, BloomSouth Flooring Corporation. Essex brought a declaratory