• October 12, 2001 | Legal Times

    Taking the Law Private

    Can a private entity "own" the law? Can it then restrict others' use of the law? One would think the answer to those questions would be a resounding no, but the issue is not that clear.I

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  • People v. Alexander

    Publication Date: 2010-07-15
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    Date Filed: 2010-07-15
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Respondent: Bill Lockyer and Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorneys General, Robert R. Anderson and Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant Attorney General, Sharlene A. Honnaka, Richard T. Breen, Keith H. Borjon, John R. Gorey and Stacy S. Schwartz, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Appellant: Michael J. Hersek, State Public Defender, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Susan Ten Kwan and Joseph Chabot, Deputy State Public Defenders; and Thomas Kallay, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. S053228

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 9043THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ANDRE STEPHEN ALEXANDER, Defendant and

  • Cordes Co. Financial Services Inc. v. A.G. Edwards Sons Inc., 06-2143-cv

    Publication Date: 2007-09-20
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    Date Filed: 2007-09-11
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Sack
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 06-2143-cv

    U.S. COURT OF APPEALS SECOND CIRCUIT Roger W. Kirby, Kirby McInerney & Squire LLP (Randall K. Berger, Henry P. Monaghan, of counsel), New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Ap

  • July 24, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

    40 Under 40

    The biographies that follow are of 40 New Jersey lawyers, all born after Aug. 1, 1966, whom we see as having acquitted themselves well in their brief legal careers. And we do mean bri

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  • August 8, 2001 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Bids in Class Action Lead Counsel Auctions Must Be Public, Says 3rd Circuit

    Bids should never be sealed when a federal judge holds an auction to choose the lead counsel in a class action case because the public has a right to watch over the process and inspect all cou

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  • August 29, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. v. Apotex, Inc.

    U.S. District Court Civ. No. 03-937; United States District Court (DNJ); opinion by Bassler, U.S.D.J.; filed August 5, 2005. DDS No. 53-7-1222 Plaintiffs are Daiichi P

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  • October 23, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Religious Expression in the Workplace

    According to one survey, 61 percent of American workers believe that their workplace would benefit from increased religious awareness. See Heather Johnson, "Taboo No More," 2004 WLNR 1377221,

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  • July 18, 2000 | The Legal Intelligencer

    3rd Circuit Dismisses Suit Against Rapper

    C. Delores Tucker, the former politician who began a crusade against "gansta rap" music, cannot sue the estate of rapper Tupac Shakur for the cursing criticisms of her that he included in the

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  • March 5, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    The Taxman Winneth: Third Circuit Rules IRS, H&R Block Can't Be Sued Over E-Filing Fees

    The fees charged by H&R Block and other tax preparers for electronic filing of federal tax returns are not illegal and the IRS's agreement with the preparers didn't violate antitrust laws, the

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  • May 9, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Credit Card Giants Ask 2nd Circuit to Reject Antitrust Ruling

    Lawyers for Visa and MasterCard sought to convince a federal appeals panel Thursday that a lower court ruling that found the exclusionary rules maintained by the companies violated antitrust l

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