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  • November 2, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

    Attorney of the Year Finalist: Neel Lane

    "I feel privileged to have played a part in an important cause and an important issue," said Neel Lane. "Sometimes you receive a call and it's your duty to step up. I did so enthusiastically and with a lot of joy."

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  • November 2, 2015 | National Law Journal

    INADMISSIBLE: 'R.B.G.' Embraces Her Cultural Brand

    U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has an admission to make: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is sharper at intellectual property law than he is. "My judgment is often guided c

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  • November 2, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Square Peg of Sharing Economy, Round Hole of Wage-and-Hour Law

    Much has changed in the United States since the country's foundational wage-and-hour law, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), was enacted more than 75 years ago in 1938. Although the FL

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  • November 1, 2015 | National Law Journal

    INADMISSIBLE: 'R.B.G.' Embraces Her Cultural Brand

    U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has an admission to make: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is sharper at intellectual property law than he is. Plus more in this week's column.

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  • November 1, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Square Peg of Sharing Economy, Round Hole of Wage-and-Hour Law

    Much has changed in the United States since the country's foundational wage-and-hour law, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), was enacted more than 75 years ago in 1938. Although the FLSA has been amended multiple times, the central aspects of the law remain intact—workers who qualify as "employees" are entitled to the minimum wage and overtime protections of the law, while workers not so classified are not. Yet, as the country moves further and further away from the world that existed during the Great Depression, the concepts enshrined in the law—from the classification of employees as exempt or nonexempt, to a determination of time worked in the digital age, or even identification of workers as employees or independent contractors—have become exponentially more difficult to apply.

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  • The People, etc., respondent, v. Allen Sirico, appellant. (Ind. No. 3025-08)

    Publication Date: 2015-10-30
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    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION: SECOND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Balkin, J.P., Leventhal, Hinds-Radix, Lasalle, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 2012-03683

    2012-03683. The People, etc., respondent, v. Allen Sirico, appellant. (Ind. No. 3025-08) — APPEAL by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court (Stephen L. Braslow, J.), rendered

  • People v. Allen Sirico, 3025-08

    Publication Date: 2015-10-30
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    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department
    Judge: Before: Balkin, J.P., Leventhal, Hinds-Radix, LaSalle, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For appellant: Richard L. Herzfeld, New York, N.Y.
    for defendant: For respondent: Edward A. Bannan of counsel, Thomas J. Spota, District Attorney, Riverhead, N.Y.
    Case Number: 3025-08

    Cite as: People v. Sirico, 3025-08, NYLJ 1202741031243, at *1 (App. Div., 2nd, Decided October 28, 2015)CASE NAMEThe People of the State of New York, Responden

  • In re State ex rel. Munk, 11-15-00169-CV (Tex.App. Dist.11 10/15/2015)

    Publication Date: 2015-10-29
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    Date Filed: 2015-10-15
    Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Eleventh District
    Judge: JOHN M. BAILEY JUSTICE
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 11-15-00169-CV

    Original Mandamus/Prohibition Proceeding Panel consists of: Wright, C.J., Willson, J., and Bailey, J. OPINION

  • October 28, 2015 | The Recorder

    People v. White

    C.A. 2nd; B259137 The Second Appellate District affirmed a judgment of conviction. The court held that an assailant’s alleged mistaken belief that his blow would not shatt

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  • People v. White

    Publication Date: 2015-10-28
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    Date Filed: 2015-10-27
    Court: C.A. 2nd
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Paul M. Roadarmel, Jr., Supervising Deputy Attorney General, David A. Voet, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Greg May, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: 2d Crim. No. B259137

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 11764 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. HILLARY TRAVON WHITE,