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  • January 26, 2009 | Daily Report Online

    Ex-Black Panther to appeal dismissal

    The attorney for one-time Black Panther Party Chair Elaine Brown said her libel case against a lecturer at Emory University's School of Law is not "not even close" to being over, despite bein

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  • People v. Makeda Benjamin, 2008NY081024

    Publication Date: 2008-07-07
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    Date Filed: 2008-06-26
    Court: Criminal Court, New York County
    Judge: Marc Whiten
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    Case Number: 2008NY081024

    Judge Marc J. Whiten NEW YORK COUNTY Criminal Court For the People: ADA Emily Orfinger For the Defense: Rudolph Silas, Esq.

  • February 23, 2006 | The Recorder

    Deputy PD Plans Move to Winston & Strawn

    To build its white-collar defense presence on the West Coast, Chicago-based Winston & Strawn plans to recruit a partner from the San Francisco public defender's office.Mart�n Sabel

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  • September 26, 2005 | The Recorder

    Cross-Examination: Try to Keep the Moral High Ground

    Someone once said that cross-examination is ultimately a test of character -- not just for the witness but also for the attorney who asks the questions.If done well, cross-examination

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  • January 6, 2000 | New York Law Journal

    'Ambulance Chaser' Label May Be Libelous

    A listing in a directory of lawyers that described an attorney as an "ambulance chaser" interested only in "slam dunk cases" provides the basis for a claim of defamation, the U.S. Court of Appeals

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  • December 26, 2007 | The Recorder

    Bad (Credit) Reputation

    In 1980, everyone liked Joan Jett's "Bad Reputation" and they really liked it when it was rereleased in 1981 on the album entitled "Bad Reputation." However, the FICO score was not around in 1

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  • American Casualty Co. of Reading, PA. v. Lee Brands Inc., 05 Civ. 6701

    Publication Date: 2010-03-09
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    Date Filed: 2010-03-03
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District
    Judge: Stephen Robinson
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    Case Number: 05 Civ. 6701

    District Judge Stephen C. Robinson U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Judge Robinson OPINION AND

  • Murad Williams, X v. Thomas Birkett

    Publication Date: 2012-03-05
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    Date Filed: 2012-02-29
    Court: 6th Cir.
    Judge: Rogers, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 10-1441

    No. 10-1441Williams v. BirkettRECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206File Name: 12a0060p.06Argued: November 30, 2011Before: GILMAN, ROGERS, and ST

  • Bleck v. Power

    Publication Date: 2008-09-10
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    Date Filed: 2008-09-04
    Court: D.C. Ct. App.
    Judge: Glickman, Associate Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For appellant: Sherman Cohn, Washington, D.C.
    for defendant: For appellee: Aaron Handleman, Eccleston & Wolf, Washington, D.C.
    Case Number: 07-CV-476

    Argued June 19, 2008Before REID, GLICKMAN and FISHER, Associate Judges.Aurore Bleck sued her former attorney, David F. Power, for legal malpractice. Judge Anderson granted Power's motion to dism

  • March 12, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Law Firm Roundup

    SonicBlue Case Costs Pillsbury $10 Million Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman has reached a $10 million settlement in a malpractice dispute with bankrupt clien

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