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March 14, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Whistleblower Law: What Rights Do Ratting Lawyers Have?

Disinformation is a vital tool of espionage.1 In the law business, however, it is not such a good thing. One area where this phenomenon threatens is where in-house lawyers turn wh

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March 10, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Issues With Self-Destructing Messages in the Workplace

Inside many businesses, emails and electronic communications are the primary—and sometimes only—way people communicate. As one federal judge noted, email has not only rep

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March 5, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Privilege and Work Product Doctrine: Noteworthy Developments

Protection of privileged information and work product is a perennial concern, for counsel and clients alike. The attorney-client privilege enables clients to seek legal advice from counsel w

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February 19, 2014 | Supreme Court Brief

Poker Players Ask Justices: Is it Gambling?

The late Chief Justice William Rehnquist ran a monthly poker game. Chief Justice and President William Howard Taft was an avid poker player, as were justices Robert Jackson and William Dougl

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January 21, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Revocable Inter-Vivos Trusts

The revocable inter-vivos trust is the cornerstone of modern estate planning. Despite the settlor& retention of control over the disposition of the trust& assets until the settlor&

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Graham-Sult v. Clainos

Publication Date: 2013-12-27
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Date Filed: 2013-12-27
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: Claudia Wilken, Chief District Judge, Presiding Before: Alfred T. Goodwin, Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: James J. Brosnahan (argued) and Kevin A. Calia, Morrison & Foerster, San Francisco, California; Therese Y. Cannata, Carolyn A. Johnston and Rachel L. Kent, Cannata, Ching & O'Toole, San Francisco, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
for defendant: Nancy L. Tompkins (argued), James M. Wagstaffe and Ivo Labar, Kerr & Wagstaffe, San Francisco, California, for Defendant-Appellee Nicholas P. Clainos. Jerome B. Falk, Jr. (argued) and Jonathan W. Hughes, Arnold & Porter, San Francisco, California; Ronald E. Mallen and Cassidy E. Chivers, Hinshaw & Culbertson, San Francisco, California, for Defendants-Appellees Richard L. Greene, Linda McCall, and Greene Radovsky Maloney Share & Hennigh LLP. Thomas Patrick Lane (argued) and Michael S. Elkin, Winston & Strawn, New York, New York; Erin R. Ranahan and Drew A. Robertson, Winston & Strawn, Los Angeles, California, for Defendants-Appellees Bill Graham Archives LLC DBA Wolfgang's Vault, Norton LLC, and William Sagan.
Case Number: No. 11-16779 No. 12-15892

Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 13973 ALEXANDER GRAHAM-SULT; DAVID GRAHAM, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v.

Patel v. City of Los Angeles

Publication Date: 2013-12-24
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Date Filed: 2013-12-24
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: Dale S. Fischer, District Judge, Presiding Before: Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, and Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, Raymond C. Fisher, Marsha S. Berzon, Richard C. Tallman, Richard R. Clifton, Consuelo M. Callahan, Milan D. Smith, Jr., Mary H. Murguia, Morgan Christen and Paul J. Watford, Circuit Judges.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank A. Weiser (argued), Law Offices of Frank A. Weiser, Los Angeles, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
for defendant: Todd T. Leung (argued), Deputy City Attorney; Rockard J. Delgadillo, City Attorney; Laurie Rittenberg, Assistant City Attorney, Office of the City Attorney, Los Angeles, California, for Defendant-Appellee.
Case Number: No. 08-56567

Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 13881 NARANJIBHAI PATEL; RAMILABEN PATEL, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v.

Opinion of Kamala D. Harris (12-606)

Publication Date: 2013-12-23
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Date Filed: 2013-12-20
Court: Ca. A.G.
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Case Number: No. 12-606

Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 13866 Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General DIANE EISENBERG, Deputy Attorney General p id="c

In re: GSC Group, 10-14653

Publication Date: 2013-12-19
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Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District
Judge: Bankruptcy Judge Shelley C. Chapman
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for the Debtors by: Aaron Rubinstein, Esq., Jeffrey A. Fuisz, Esq., Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY. By: Tracy Hope Davis, Esq., Andrea B. Schwartz, Esq., Carole Ryczek, Esq., United States Department of Justice Office of the United States Trustee New York, NY.
for defendant: Attorneys for Black Diamond Capital Management, LLC and GSC Acquisition Holdings, LLC, By: Daniel J. McGuire, Esq., Gregory M. Gartland, Esq., Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL. By: Rolf S. Woolner, Esq., Los Angeles, CA. Attorneys for Capstone Advisory Group, LLC by: Andrew M. Leblanc, Esq., Anne Knight, Esq., Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP, New York, NY. Attorneys for Capstone Advisory Group, LLC by: Steven J. Mandelsberg, Esq., Jonathan M. Proman, Esq., Hahn & Hessen, New York, NY. Attorneys for Thomas Libassi, Philip Raygorodetsky, Seth Katzenstein, and Nicholas Petrusic by: David Daniels, Esq., Keith Sambur, Esq., Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP, New York, NY. Attorneys for Robert J. Manzo, RJM, LLC, & RJM I, LLC by: Joseph T. Baio, Esq., Paul V. Shalhoub, Esq., Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY. Attorneys for Chapter 11 Trustee, James L. Garrity, Jr., and GSC Liquidating Trust by: Andrew V. Tenzer, Esq., Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York, NY. Attorneys for Kaye Scholer LLP by: Scott L. Hazan, Esq., Otterbourg, Steindler, Houston & Rosen P.C., New York, NY.
Case Number: 10-14653 (SCC)

Cite as: GSC Group, Inc., 10-14653 (SCC), NYLJ 1202633834843, at *1 (Bankruptcy., SD, Decided December 12, 2013) 10-14653 (SCC) Bankruptcy Judge S

Hunter v. CBS Broadcasting, Inc.

Publication Date: 2013-12-12
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Date Filed: 2013-11-18
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Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allred, Maroko & Goldberg, Gloria Allred, Michael Maroko and John Steven West, for Respondent and Plaintiff.
for defendant: Kelly Drye & Warren, Keri E. Campbell and Sarah L. Cronin, for Appellant and Defendant.
Case Number: No. B244832

Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 13390 KYLE HUNTER, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CBS BROADCASTING,