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  • December 21, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Panel Dismisses Investors' Suit Against Seward & Kissel A New York appeals court has thrown out a lawsuit against Seward & Kissel over the law firm's representation of f

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  • November 20, 2000 | Law.com

    Movers & Shakers

    NEW HIRESPalo Alto, Calif.'s Cooley Godward has hired Adam J. Ruttenberg, 33, as a partner in the firm's business department in Reston, Va. He was previously the vice president

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  • US v. Robert Coplan, 10-583-cr(L)

    Publication Date: 2012-12-03
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Kearse, McLaughlin, and Cabranes, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee United States of America: Richard C. Tarlowe, Assistant United States Attorney, (Mark Lanpher, Andrea L. Surratt, and Katherine Polk Failla, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief), for Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant Robert Coplan: Dennis P. Riordan, (Donald M. Horgan and Gary Dubcoff, on the brief), Riordan & Horgan, San Francisco, CA; Ted Sampsell Jones, William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, MN. For Defendant-Appellant Martin Nissenbaum: Nathan Lewin, (Alyza D. Lewin, on the brief), Lewin & Lewin, LLP, Washington, DC. Of counsel; For Defendant-Appellant Richard Shapiro: Alexandra A.E. Shapiro, (Marc E. Isserles and James Darrow, on the brief), Macht, Shapiro, Arato & Isserles LLP, New York, NY; Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, P.C., New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellant Brian Vaughn: Robert G. Anderson, (Donna Brown Jacobs, on the brief) Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC, Ridgeland, MS. For Defendant-Appellant Charles Bolton: Marc N. Garber, The Garber Law Firm, P.C., Marietta, GA. For amicus curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; in support of Defendants-Appellants: Joshua L. Dratel, Joshua L. Dratel, P.C., New York, NY, for amicus curiae New York Council of Defense Lawyers; Laura Grossfield Birger and Rachel B. Kane, Cooley LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 10-583-cr(L)

    Cite as: US v. Robert Coplan, 10-583-cr(L), NYLJ 1202579883765, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided November 29, 2012)Before: Kearse, McLaughlin, and Cabranes, C

  • August 20, 2012 | Legaltech News

    An Update on E-Discovery Case Law

    In recent months, courts have issued several influential electronic data discovery decisions addressing cost recovery and the use of predictive coding. These decisions are of interest to most

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  • October 31, 2006 | Special To Law.Com

    Philip Morris Case Gives Justices a Chance to Exorcise 'Phantom' Plaintiffs

    The U.S. Supreme Court is presented today with the opportunity to untangle the web of confusion concerning punitive damages. The case before the Court, Philip Morris USA v. Williams, No. 05-

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  • June 5, 2012 | The Recorder

    Calif. Appeal Court Says Juror's Facebook Postings Aren't Protected

    In what might be one of the first rulings of its kind, a unanimous Third District Court of Appeal panel ruled that a juror caught writing on his Facebook page during a criminal trial must con

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  • December 16, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200

    Thompson Hine is making a change at the top as it celebrates its centennial. The firm announced that DEBORAH READ, who works in in its Cleveland headquarters, will become its new managing par

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  • April 2, 2007 | Special To Law.Com

    Tainted Food Cases May Be Increasingly Ripe for Class Actions

    On Feb. 14, ConAgra Foods Inc. issued a voluntary recall of Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butters after the spreads were linked to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened 425 people in 44 states

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  • March 13, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Smalley, plaintiffs-appellants v. The Dreyfus Corporation, defendants-respondents

    Decided March 8, 2007Before Saxe, J.P.; Marlow, Nardelli, Catterson and McGuire, JJ.Plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, New York County (Richard B. Lowe III, J.),

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  • September 2, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Anyone Can Bring a False Marking Suit, Circuit Rules in Brooks Brothers Case

    We're all potential false marking plaintiffs now. On Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that whistle-blowers who bring false marking cases don't

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