• March 19, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Tax Litigation Issues

    John J. Tigue Jr. is a principal in Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason & Silberberg and a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Jeremy H. Temkin also is a principal in

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  • People v. Griffis

    Publication Date: 2013-01-14
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2013-01-14
    Court: C.A. 3rd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Carlos A. Martinez and Wanda Hill Rouzan, Deputies Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Deborah Prucha, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. C070266

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  • November 8, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Unsafe Building Claims

    It is said that the laws of nature, by definition, apply universally in all places and at all times. Gravity has the same effect on a ball whether it is dropped in Beijing or in Chicago. The s

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  • December 28, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Second Circuit Review

    In this month's column, we report on a noteworthy decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, holding that a district court does not have jurisdiction to certify a class acti

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  • May 29, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

    Law Limits Executive Compensation

    On April 20, 2005, President George W. Bush signed the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005. BAPCPA, which generally applies to bankruptcy cases filed on or after Oc

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  • February 10, 2003 | The Recorder

    Support Staff Hit Hardest by Firm Closures

    The back-to-back closures of San Francisco-based Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison and San Jose, Calif.-based Skjerven Morrill have triggered a hiring free-for-all as law firms scramble to snap

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  • August 28, 2007 | Legal Times

    Gonzales' Troubled Tenure Over

    WASHINGTON � Attorney General Alberto Gonzales � the nation's troubled top law enforcement officer � ended speculation Monday and resigned after a months-long standoff with the Democratic-cont

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  • October 4, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    2nd Circuit Asks Tough Questions on Immunity Issue in 9/11 Claims

    New York City's argument for immunity from thousands of respiratory damages claims against itself and the contractors who cleaned up the World Trade Center site ran into some tough questions Mo

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  • August 14, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Fear of Cancer After the U.S. Supreme Court's 'Ayers' Decision

    In Norfolk & Western R. Co. v. Ayers, 123 S.Ct. 1210 (2003), a majority of the U.S. Supreme Court held that mental anguish damages resulting from the fear of developing cancer may b

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  • July 25, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Going Green

    Not for nothing are law firms in New York and across the country finally stepping up in a big way to the "Law Office Climate Challenge," issued in March 2007 by the American Ba

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