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  • August 11, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Within the Scope: Employees Injured While Rendering Emergency Aid

    Under the Workers' Compensation Act, employers are generally required to provide compensation benefits to employees injured while in the scope and course of employment. The act is remedi

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  • August 10, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Within the Scope: Employees Injured While Rendering Emergency Aid

    Under the Workers' Compensation Act, employers are generally required to provide compensation benefits to employees injured while in the scope and course of employment. The act is remedial in nature and therefore intended to benefit injured employees. At times, however, disputes arise as to whether a given employee was actually injured on the job, as opposed to being injured while acting outside of the scope of his or her employment.

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  • August 9, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    King & Spalding Is California Bound, Plus More Lateral Moves

    Five years after DLA Piper tripled the size of its Sacramento office by snagging a 10-lawyer hea

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  • August 9, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    King & Spalding Is California Bound, Plus More Lateral Moves

    Eight lawyers are leaving DLA Piper's outpost in Sacramento for King & Spalding; Weil, Gotshal & Manges loses two structured finance partners; more partnership changes at K&L Gates; and other notable additions from throughout The Am Law 200.

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  • People v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2015-08-06
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    Date Filed: 2015-08-06
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Steven T. Oetting, Deputy State Solicitor General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, Doris A. Calandra, Melissa Mandel and Donald W. Ostertag, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Henry C. Coker, Public Defender, Randy Mize, Chief Deputy Public Defender, Emily Rose-Weber and Robert L. Ford, Deputy Public Defenders, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No: S218993

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 8602 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SHAUNTREL RAY

  • THOMAS LESTER HARPER, APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, STATE

    Publication Date: 2015-08-06
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    Date Filed: 2015-07-02
    Court: COURT OF APPEALS OF TEXAS, SECOND DISTRICT, FORT WORTH
    Judge: BONNIE SUDDERTH
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    for defendant:
    Case Number: 02-14-00189-CR

    COURT OF APPEALS OF TEXAS, SECOND DISTRICT, FORT WORTHTHOMAS LESTER HARPER, APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, STATEp

  • August 5, 2015 | Corporate Counsel

    Companies Should Plan Ahead for Clean Power Plan

    Throughout his time in office, President Barack Obama has prioritized efforts to promote alternative energy and reduce carbon emissions. This week he announced his administration’s lat

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  • G.M.M. v. Kimpson, 13-CV-5059

    Publication Date: 2015-08-05
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Eastern District
    Judge: District Judge Jack Weinstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G.M.M. Niki Hernandez-Adams: Steven Kenneth Frankel, Frankel, Rudder and Lowery, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Stephen M. Cantor; Stephen M. Cantor, P.C., New York, NY. Mark Kimpson: Roger V. Archibald, Brooklyn, NY.
    Case Number: 13-CV-5059

    Cite as: G.M.M. v. Kimpson, 13-CV-5059, NYLJ 1202733705793, at *1 (EDNY, Decided July 29, 2015) CASENAME G.M.M., a minor child by his mother and natural guardi

  • August 5, 2015 | Corporate Counsel

    Companies Should Plan Ahead for Clean Power Plan

    In-house counsel should make themselves aware of the potential benefits and pitfalls raised by the new Environmental Protection Agency regulations.

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  • People v. Soria

    Publication Date: 2015-08-04
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    Date Filed: 2015-08-03
    Court: C.A. 3rd
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Julie L. Garland, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorneys General, A. Natasha Cortina, Catherine Chatman, Larenda R. Delaini, R. Todd Marshall, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: A.M. Weisman, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. C070238

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 8524 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. THEODORE SORIA, Defend