• 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,

  • In the Matter of New York State Chapter, Inc., Associated General Contractors of America, et al., Appellants v. New York State Thruway Authority et al., Respondents, 88 N.Y.2d 56

    Publication Date: 2013-01-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals, New York
    Judge: Before: J.J. Titone, Bellacosa, Levine and Ciparick concur with Ch.J. Kaye; Smith, J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bryant, O'Dell & Basso, LLP, Syracuse, Robert H. Basso, Vic J. Kopnitsky, Jr., and Linda E. Alario of counsel, for appellants in the first above-entitled proceeding.
    for defendant: Bond, Schoeneck & King, Syracuse, Robert W. Kopp and John Gaal of counsel, and Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney-General, New York City (Peter H. Schiff, Daniel F. De Vita and M. Patricia Smith of counsel), for respondents in the first aboveentitled proceeding. Colleran, O'Hara & Mills, Garden City, Edward J. Groarke and John F. Mills of counsel, for Local 40, International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, intervenor-respondent in the first above-entitled proceeding. Plunkett & Jaffe, P. C., Albany, Patrick E. Brown and John S. Harris of counsel, for New York State Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO, intervenor-respondent in the first above-entitled proceeding. Murphy Smith & Polk, Charles E. Murphy and Robert P. Casey, of the Illinois Bar, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel, for Associated General Contractors of America, Inc., amicus curiae in the first above-entitled proceeding. Sherman, Dunn, Cohen, Leifer & Yellig, Laurence J. Cohen and Victoria L. Bor, of the District of Columbia Bar, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel, for Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, amicus curiae in the first and second above-entitled proceedings. Gates & Adams, Rochester, Anthony J. Adams, Jr., of counsel, for appellants in the second above-entitled proceeding. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York City, Bradford W. Coupe and James P. Philbin III of counsel, and Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney-General, New York City, Victoria A. Graffeo, Peter H. Schiff, Daniel F. De Vita and M. Patricia Smith of counsel, for respondents in the second above-entitled proceeding. Venable, Baetjer, Howard & Civiletti, LLP, Maurice Baskin, of the District of Columbia Bar, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel, for Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., amicus curiae in the second above-entitled proceeding.

    Case Number: 88 N.Y.2d 56

    Cite as: Matter of NYS Chapter, Inc. v. NYS Thruway Authority, 88 N.Y.2d 56, NYLJ 1202584997534, at *1 (Ct. of Ap., NY, Decided March 28, 1996)Before: J.J

  • 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

  • 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

  • Ronay Family Limited Partnership v. Tweed

    Publication Date: 2013-05-23
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    Date Filed: 2013-05-23
    Court: C.A. 4th
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Offices of Timothy C. Karen and Timothy C. Karen for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Fields, Fehn & Sherwin, H. Thomas Fehn, Gregory J. Sherwin and Orly Davidi for Defendants and Appellants.

    Case Number: No. D062195

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 5224RONAY FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RO

  • July 25, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    First Circuit Reinstates False Claims Case Against Amgen over Alleged Anemia Drug Kickbacks

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled Friday that Amgen and two of its partners must face claims that they paid kickbacks to doctors to promote the anemia drug Aranesp. The decision re

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  • March 27, 2003 | Legaltech News

    Lawyers as Pundits, by Way of the Web

    When Trent Lott resigned as Senate Republican leader, several political observers attributed his downfall to the criticism leveled at him through a hitherto little-noticed medium: Web logs, or

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  • December 27, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

    3rd Circuit: EPA May Charge for Cleanup Oversight

    Toppling one of its own precedents, a 10-judge en banc panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has the right to recover costs it incur

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  • October 7, 2002 | Daily Business Review

    Suit Over Airlines' Web Sites Tests Bounds of ADA

    When Robert Gumson logs on to the Internet, he uses a software program that converts Web site content into speech. But when he logged on to Southwest Airlines' Web site to make a reservation,

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  • Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A, Inc. v. Superior Court (Braun)

    Publication Date: 2010-11-09
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    Date Filed: 2010-11-09
    Court: C.A. 2nd
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Thomas M. Peterson, Amy M. Spicer, Clifford D. Sethness, Larry M. Lawrence and Robert Jon Hendricks for Petitioners.
    for defendant: No appearance for Respondent. The Cifarelli Law Firm, Dawn M. Smith, Grace H. Chang and Thomas A. Cifarelli for Real Party in Interest.

    Case Number: No. B226902

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 14171TOYOTA MOTOR SALES, U.S.A., INC., et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS AN