• December 8, 2014 | Daily Business Review

    Marina Owner Wins Challenge to Tax-Exempt Public Docks

    When marina owner Bill Cooley felt his competitors were exploiting a tax break to gain a competitive edge over his business, he called the regulatory litigators at Greenberg Traurig to see i

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  • People v. Buza

    Publication Date: 2014-12-04
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    Date Filed: 2014-12-03
    Court: C.A. 1st
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Appellant: First District Appellate Project, Jonathan Soglin, Executive Director, J. Bradley O'Connell, Asst. Director, Kathryn Seligman, Staff Attorney
    for defendant: Attorneys for Respondent: Edmund G. Brown Jr., Attorney General, Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Asst. Atty. General, Gerald A. Engler, Sr. Asst. Atty. General, Joyce Blair, Supervising Deputy A.G., Stan Helfman, Supervising Deputy A.G., Jeffrey M. Laurence, Supervising Deputy A.G., Enid A. Camps, Deputy Attorney General

    Case Number: No. A125542

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 13553 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MARK BUZA, Defendant

  • December 3, 2014 |

    M.A.P. v. Ryan

    Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis M.A.P. v. Ryan285 A.2d 310District of Columbia Court of Appeals.M. A. P., a juvenile, Petitioner,v.Honorable…

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  • November 25, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    The American Lawyer Archives: The Two Faces of Scientology

    UPDATE: 12/3/14, 5:30 p.m. EST. Behar, who in a letter to the editor had som

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  • November 24, 2014 | National Law Journal

    D.C. Circuit to Give Second Look At SEC's Conflict-Minerals Rule

    In a rare move, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit will rehear a case challenging the U.S. Securities and Exchange Com­mission's conflict-miner

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  • November 22, 2014 |

    Wilson v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co.

    Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis  Wilsonv.State Farm Fire & Cas. Co.79 Va. Cir. 591Circuit Court of Virginia,City of Roanoke.Kevin…

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  • Wing F. Chau, Harding Advisory LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. Michael Lewis, Steven Eisman, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., Defendants-Appellees, 13-1217

    Publication Date: 2014-11-18
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Kearse, Winter, and Wesley, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Robert K. Kry, Andrew M. Bernie, MoloLamken LLP, Washington DC, on the brief, Steven F. Molo, MoloLamken LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Michael Lewis and W.W. Norton & Co., Inc: Gabriel Rauterberg, Annika Goldman, on the brief, Celia Goldwag Barenholtz, Cooley LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Steven Eisman: Michael D. Sullivan, Celeste Phillips, Paul Safier, on the brief, David A. Schulz, Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 13-1217

    Cite as: Chau v. Lewis, 13-1217, NYLJ 1202676587644, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided November 14, 2014) 13-1217 Befo

  • November 17, 2014 | New York Law Journal

    Circuit: 'The Big Short' Scribe Did Not Defame CDO Manager

    Libel claims were correctly dismissed against author Michael Lewis, who portrayed a manager of collateralized debt obligations as a symbol of subprime mortgage market corruption and the 2008

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  • November 14, 2014 | Litigation Daily

    CDO Manager Chau Comes Up Short in Libel Appeal

    After nearly half a decade as a poster child for Wall Street greed and incompetence, investment adviser Wing Chau won a measure of sympathy from a judge on Friday. But for Chau and his lawye

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  • November 12, 2014 | The Recorder

    In Loss, Lawyers See Vehicle for Class Action Reform

    SAN FRANCISCO — Lawyers unhappy with a megamillion-dollar judgment against their client are using a recent appellate loss as ammunition to fight for stricter class action stan

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