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  • June 4, 2009 | The Recorder

    Calif. Court Tosses Starbucks Baristas' $86 Mil. Award

    A state appeal court brewed up a controversy Tuesday by ruling that Starbucks Corp.'s tip-pooling policies don't violate California law because gratuities are gathered collectively and shared equal

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  • October 31, 2008 | The Recorder

    Court Clarifies Conflicts for Nonprofits

    SAN FRANCISCO — Publicly funded legal groups — be they government law offices or nonprofit legal services agencies — have new marching orders on how to avoi

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  • August 29, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Brown, appellants v. State of New York, respondent

    Decided August 23, 2007Before Crew, J.P.; Spain, Mugglin, Lahtinen and Kane, JJ.Appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims (McNamara, J.), entered February 23, 2006, upon a deci

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  • April 6, 2011 | The Recorder

    Justices Bothered By Lawyer's Disloyalty

    LOS ANGELES — The California Supreme Court sounded ready today to take a stand for client loyalty, signaling a ruling that might limit what lawyers can say and do to oppose the interests

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  • April 12, 2006 | Alm

    California Court Shreds Lawyer for 'Rambling' 202-Page Appellate Brief

    Sacramento, Calif., attorney Julie Wolff crossed the line not only with a "rambling and ranting" 202-page appellate brief, but also by referring to her client's developmentally disabled child

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  • March 8, 2013 | Texas Lawyer

    Bill Calls for Affirmance if Appellate Courts Miss Deadlines to Rule

    Just last month, the Texas Supreme Court issued rules governing expedited actions, which caused consternation for many Texas trial lawyers. A new bill would require the high court to create r

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  • United States v. Vela

    Publication Date: 2010-10-26
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    Date Filed: 2010-10-26
    Court: 9th Cir.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George D. Hardy, Assistant United States Attorney, San Diego, California, for the plaintiff-appellee.
    for defendant: Todd W. Burns, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., San Diego, California, for the defendant-appellant.
    Case Number: No. 08-50121

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 13616UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ROGELIO VELA JR., Defendant-Ap

  • June 13, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Arbitration Scorecard 2007: Top 50 Treaty Disputes

    Hulley Enterprises, Ltd. (Cyprus), Yukos Universal Limited (Isle of Man), and Veteran Petroleum Limited (Cyprus) v. The Russian FederationAd hoc (UNCITRAL; administered by the Permanent

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  • Scandinavian Reinsurance Co. Ltd. v. Saint Paul Fire, 10-0910-cv

    Publication Date: 2012-02-07
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Sack and Livingston, C.JJ., and Murtha, D.J.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner-Appellee: Patricia A. Millett, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington, D.C.; Barry A. Chasnoff, Rick H. Rosenblum, David R. Nelson, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, San Antonio, TX; Michael C. Small, L. Rachel Helyar, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Los Angeles, CA.
    for defendant: For Respondents-Appellants: G. Eric Brunstad, Jr., Collin O'Connor Udell, Matthew J. Delude, Joshua W.B. Richards, Wayne I. Pollock, Dechert, LLP, Hartford, CT; David M. Raim, William K. Perry, Joy L. Langford, Chadbourne & Parke LLP, Washington, D.C.; John F. Finnegan, Chadbourne & Parke LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 10-0910-cv

    Cite as: Scandinavian Reinsurance Co. Ltd. v. Saint Paul Fire, 10-0910-cv, NYLJ 1202541463131, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided February 3, 2012)Before: Sack and L

  • Uzyel v. Kadisha

    Publication Date: 2010-09-23
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    Date Filed: 2010-09-22
    Court: C.A. 2nd
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Rex S. Heinke, Hyongsoon Kim, Orly Degani, Katharine J. Galston, Scott J. Street; Krane & Smith, Samuel Krane and Marc Smith for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, Bernard J. Nussbaum, John E. Walker; Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabin, Jerome B. Falk, Jr., Douglas A. Winthrop, John P. Duchemin, Simona A. Agnolucci; Horvitz & Levy, Ellis J. Horvitz, S. Thomas Todd, Mitchell C. Tilner; Morrison & Foerster, Miriam A. Vogel, Sean P. Gates and Benjamin J. Fox for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. B196045, B198007, B199850, No. B201425 & B203804

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 12417DAFNA UZYEL, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. NEIL KADISHA, as Trustee, etc., Defendant and