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  • Chugach Management Services v. Jetnil

    Publication Date: 2017-07-21
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Defense
    Date Filed: 2017-07-21
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: William C. Canby and Mary H. Murguia, Circuit Judges, and Cynthia M. Rufe,*District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith L. Flicker (argued) and Timothy A. Pedergnana, Flicker Garelick & Associates LLP, New York, New York, for Petitioners.
    for defendant: Patrick B. Streb (argued), Weltin Streb & Weltin LLP, Oakland, California; Matthew W. Boyle (argued), Attorney; Gary K. Stearman, Counsel for Appellate Litigation; Mark Reinhalter, Counsel for Longshore; Rae Ellen James, Associate Solicitor; M. Patricia Smith, Solicitor of Labor; United States Department of Labor, Washington, D.C.; for Respondents.
    Case Number: No. 15-72873

    "Zone of special danger" doctrine applies to local nationals employed on contracts covered under Defense Base Act (Murguia, J.)

  • US v. Anthony Allen, 16-898-cr

    Publication Date: 2017-07-21
    Practice Area: Litigation | White Collar Crime | Securities Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Cabranes, Pooler, and Lynch, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Leslie R. Caldwell, Assistant Attorney General; Andrew Weissman, Carol Sipperly, Brian R. Young, Sung‐Hee Suh, and Michael T. Koenig, Fraud Section, on the brief, John M. Pellettieri, Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
    for defendant: For Defendant‐Appellant Anthony Allen: Casey E. Donnelly, on the brief, Michael S. Schachter, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant‐Appellant Anthony Conti: Aaron Williamson, Tor Ekeland, P.C., Brooklyn, NY.
    Case Number: 16-898-cr (Lead)

    Circuit Puts Fifth Amendment Front and Center in Libor Conviction Re

  • July 21, 2017 | Litigation Daily

    Litigator of the Week: When the Feds Went Too Far, This Willkie Lawyer Hit Back

    For a criminal defense lawyer, there's no better feeling than winning exoneration for a deserving client. Just ask Willkie Farr and Gallagher partner Michael Schachter.

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  • July 20, 2017 | New York Law Journal

    Judge May Vacate Previously Granted Arbitration Award, Panel Rules

    A federal judge in New York had the discretion to vacate a previously approved confirmation of a $57 million arbitration award against the government of Laos after the award was tossed out by a foreign court, an appeals court ruled.

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  • People v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2017-07-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-07-20
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Assistant Attorney General, Joseph P. Lee and Viet H. Nguyen, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Michael J. Hersek, State Public Defender, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Jessica K. McGuire, Assistant State Public Defender, and Ellen J. Eggers, Deputy State Public Defender, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number:

    Exclusion of testimony describing prosecutor's efforts to secure additional witnesses harmless error (Kruger, J.)

  • In re R.T.

    Publication Date: 2017-07-20
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-07-20
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark J. Saladino, County Counsel, Mary C. Wickham, Interim County Counsel, Dawyn R. Harrison, Assistant County Counsel, William D. Thetford, Principal Deputy County Counsel, and Stephen D. Watson, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.No appearance for Minor.
    for defendant: Nancy Rabin Brucker, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number:

    Showing of parental fault not required for exercise of dependency jurisdiction over out-of-control minor (Chin, J.)

  • In the Interest of K.W., 02-17-00077-CV (TexApp Dist 07/06/2017)

    Publication Date: 2017-07-20
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-07-06
    Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Second District
    Judge: TERRIE LIVINGSTON, CHIEF JUSTICE
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 02-17-00077-CV

    The father of a minor child appealed from the trial court's judgment terminating his parental rights on constructive abandonment grounds. His court-appointed appellate counsel filed a motion to

  • D.K.W. v. The source for publicdata.com, 05-16-00815-CV (TexApp Dist 06/28/2017)

    Publication Date: 2017-07-20
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    Date Filed: 2017-06-28
    Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Fifth
    Judge: JASON BOATRIGHT JUSTICE
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 05-16-00815-CV

    Appellant D.K.W. was charged with disorderly conduct and received deferred adjudication, which was dismissed the next year. Several years later, when she began a job search, she obtained a court ord

  • July 20, 2017 |

    Insureds’ Alleged Negligence Was Not an Occurrence, 10th Circuit Says

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has ruled that alleged negligence by two insured contractors was not an occurrence for purposes of commercial…

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  • Weiss v. Macy's Retail Holdings Inc., 16 Civ. 7660

    Publication Date: 2017-07-20
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Alvin Hellerstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 16 Civ. 7660

    Macy's, Employee Did Not Agree to Arbitrate; 'Election Form' Ambiguous, Misl