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  • February 1, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

    Deals & Suits

    BP Asset SalesBP p.l.c. has been on a selling spree. In October the company struck a deal to sell its 50 percent stake in TNK–BP, Russia's third

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  • February 13, 2003 | The Recorder

    Law of the Jungle

    After epitomizing the practice of patent law for decades, all that remains of the venerable Los Angeles boutique firm of Lyon & Lyon, which closed down last summer, are the bare bones of a

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  • October 13, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Ninth Circuit Shoots Down Reyes Appeal, Affirms Ex-Brocade CEO's 2010 Backdating Conviction

    Seth Waxman scored a major victory back in August 2009 when he secured a new trial for ex-Brocade CEO Gregory Reyes, who was con

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  • February 25, 2003 | Corporate Counsel

    In re Managed Care Litigation

    Managed care companies think that the maxim "do no harm" doesn't apply to them, at least according to some doctors. In late September a federal judge in Miami granted class certificati

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  • February 24, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Jury's Role in Criminal Cases: Is It Compromised by Court Rulings?

    On any given criminal motion day in federal court the court has before it a demand by the defendant for information that it claims will better enable it to prepare for trial. This may

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  • December 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    As we've said before, backdating may seem like a minor worry of the past, but for some, the fallout from backdating woes continues to be a very big headache. Take Brocade Communications, fo

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  • Babalola v. Superior Court (People)

    Publication Date: 2011-02-14
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    Date Filed: 2011-02-14
    Court: C.A. 2nd
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald L. Brown and Michael P. Judge, Public Defender, Albert J. Menaster, Marya Shahriary and Karen Nash, Deputy Public Defenders, for Petitioner.
    for defendant: Steve Cooley, District Attorney, Brentford Ferreira and Patrick D. Moran, Deputy District Attorneys, for Real Party in Interest.
    Case Number: No. B226170

    Cite as 11 C.D.O.S. 2025MICHAEL BABALOLA, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent;

  • City of Fort Worth v. Abbott

    Publication Date: 2008-07-07
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    Date Filed: 2008-07-03
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 3
    Judge: Jan P. Patterson, Justice
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    Case Number: 03-07-00553-CV

    OPINIONThis appeal concerns an open-records request involving certain DNA records held by the City of Fort Worth's forensic science laboratory and the interplay between section 552.101 of the Texas

  • January 12, 2005 | The Recorder

    Ex-Chief's Suit Against Hallinan is Tossed Out

    Former San Francisco District Attorney Terence Hallinan got some good news Tuesday when a federal judge threw out a malicious prosecution suit filed against him by ex-Police Chief Earl Sanders

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  • United States v. Carter

    Publication Date: 2010-02-02
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    Date Filed: 2010-01-28
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: Per curiam.
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    Case Number: 08-20235

    Published opinionBefore JONES, Chief Judge, and SMITH and ELROD, Circuit Judges.Adrian Lewis Carter appeals the denial of his motion to reduce his sentence in response to a recent change to the