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  • Esther Kiobel, individually and on behalf of her late husband, Dr. Barinem Kiobel, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, 06-4800-cv

    Publication Date: 2010-09-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Jacobs, Ch.J, Leval, and Cabranes, C.JJ
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Hoffman, Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman, LLP, Venice, CA (Stephen A. Whinston, Carey R. D?Avino, Keino R. Robinson, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees. Jeffrey J. Keyes, Briggs and Morgan, P.A., Minneapolis, MN (Mark Girouard, Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson, Minneapolis, MN, on the brief), for amici curiae International Law Professors in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants. Naomi Roht-Arriaza, San Francisco, CA, for amici curiae International Law Scholars Cherif Bassiouni, et al. in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants. Judith Brown Chomsky (Jennifer M. Green, on the brief), Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, NY (Marcos Simons, Richard Herz, Earthrights International, Washington, DC, on the brief), for amici curiae Wiwa Plaintiffs in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Rowan D. Wilson (Rory O. Millson, Thomas G. Rafferty, Michael T. Reynolds, on the brief), Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.
    Case Number: 06-4800-cv

    Cite as: Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., 06-4800-cv, NYLJ 1202472235126, at *1a,2a (2d Cir., Decided September 17, 2010)Before: Jacobs, Ch.J, Leval, and Ca

  • May 9, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

    Intellectual property verdicts triple in value in 2011

    Among the largest verdicts last year, intellectual property cases nearly tripled in value compared with 2010. The result was due in large part to a trade secrets case that ended in a $2.3 bil

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  • Freeman Group v. Bank of Scotland, 12-3642-cv

    Publication Date: 2013-09-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Katzmann, Ch. J., Jacobs, C.J., Duffy, D.J.**
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Daniel C. Girard, Amanda M. Steiner, on the brief, Jonathan K. Levine, Girard Gibbs LLP, San Francisco, CA.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Andrea J. Robinson, David S. Lesser, Nolan J. Mitchell, on the brief, Seth P. Waxman, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, MA. Mitchell A. Lowenthal, Roger A. Cooper, Matthew M. Bunda, Erica J. Klipper, on the brief, Lewis J. Liman, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 12-3642-cv

    Cite as: Freeman Group v. Bank of Scotland, 12-3642-cv, NYLJ 1202621120442, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided September 25, 2013) 12-3642-cv Before: Katzman

  • 1912 Realty Corp. v. Somos

    Publication Date: 2003-04-16
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    Court: Civil Court, Kings County
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    Judge Sweeney 1912 REALTY CORP. v. SOMOS — In this action, inter alia, to recover funds held in escrow, plaintiff and defendant SHUBRA LAUNDROMAT, INC. move for summary judgment.

  • People v. Letner

    Publication Date: 2010-07-29
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    Date Filed: 2010-07-29
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Fern M. Laethem, Lynn S. Coffin and Michael J. Hersek, State Public Defenders, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Alison Pease and Ronald F. Turner, Deputy State Public Defenders, for Defendant and Appellant Christopher Alan Tobin. Attorneys for Respondent: Daniel E. Lungren, Bill Lockyer and Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorneys General, George Williamson and Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Mary Jo Graves, Assistant Attorney General, Ward A. Campbell, Matthew L. Cate, Eric L. Christoffersen, John G. McLean and Mark A. Johnson, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Appellant: J. Thomas Bowden and R. Clayton Seaman, Jr., under appointments by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant Richard Lacy Letner.
    Case Number: No. S015384

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 9537pTHE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RICHARD LACY LETNER and CHRISTOPHER ALLAN TOBIN,

  • May 8, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Use of Acronyms as Trademarks and Domain Names

    People have relied on acronyms since antiquity, when the government in ancient Rome went by SPQR rather than the more formal Senatus Populusque Romanus. Back then, acronyms may have made it e

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  • Power v. Tyco International (US) Inc., 02 Civ. 6444

    Publication Date: 2006-11-20
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    Date Filed: 2006-11-08
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District
    Judge: Gerard Lynch
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    Case Number: 02 Civ. 6444

    U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Kenneth J. Rubenstein, Olshan Grundman Frome Rosenzweig & Wolosky LLP, for Plaintiff. Rene M.

  • May 9, 2012 | Daily Report Online

    Intellectual property verdicts triple in value in 2011

    Among the largest verdicts last year, intellectual property cases nearly tripled in value compared with 2010. The result was due in large part to a trade secrets case that ended in a $2.3 bil

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  • May 1, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

    How Do You Spell Large Verdicts? Starts With IP

    Among the largest verdicts last year, intellectual property cases nearly tripled in value compared with 2010. The result was due in large part to a trade secrets case that ended in a $2.3 bil

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  • February 15, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

    Texas Judge Grants Stay in Contempt Case Against Toyota

    A few days after appointing a special counsel in a contempt case against Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., a

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