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  • September 22, 2006 | The Corporate Counselor

    Avoid Adverse Employment Actions That Lead to 'Cat's Paw' Discrimination Suits

    According to the fable, a monkey convinces an unwitting cat to pull chestnuts from a hot fire. As the cat scoops the chestnuts from the fire one by one, burning his paw in the process, the monkey e

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  • December 17, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

    K&L Gates Responds to Malpractice Suit by Le-Nature's Trustee

    K&L Gates is fighting back against attempts by the trustee of bankrupt beverage maker Le-Nature's Inc. to bring the firm and one of its corporate partners into the legal fray over alleged fraud

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  • July 22, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Beloff Brings Suit Against Wife's Rehab Clinic

    Leland Beloff, the former Philadelphia city councilman who was convicted of extortion more than two decades ago, filed a lawsuit earlier this year with his wife, Diane Beloff, making various

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  • January 21, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    A Look Back at a Decade Without a Name

    Trying to recap the first decade of the new millennium is as daunting as putting my music collection on my iPod. But 10 years ago, I could not carry thousands of songs — or my Rolodex (re

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  • Atherton v. Dist. of Columbia Office of the Mayor

    Publication Date: 2009-06-10
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    Date Filed: 2009-06-02
    Court: DC Cir.
    Judge: Edwards, Senior Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 07-5195

    Argued March 6, 2009Before: KAVANAUGH, Circuit Judge, and EDWARDS and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judges.Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge EDWARDS.On April 9, 2001, appellant P

  • November 25, 2009 | Bloomberg

    Reading Nabokov is fun

    Vladimir Nabokov made it clear before he died that he didn't want his notes for his unfinished final novel published; he wanted them burned. But here they are 32 years later between hard cove

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  • Kee v. City of Rowlett Texas

    Publication Date: 2001-03-29
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    Date Filed: 2001-03-28
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: King, Chief Judge
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    Case Number: 99-10555

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of TexasPlaintiffs-Appellants Darlie Kee and Darin Routier appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of D

  • Professional Engineers in California Government v. Schwarzenegger

    Publication Date: 2010-10-04
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    Date Filed: 2010-10-04
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Offices of Brooks Ellison and Patrick J. Whalen for Plaintiffs and Appellants California Attorneys, Administrative Law Judges and Hearing Officers in State Employment. Paul Harris and Anne M. Giese for Plaintiff and Appellant Service Employees International Union Local 1000. Gerald A. James; Altshuler Berzon, Stephen P. Berzon and Danielle Leonard for Plaintiffs and Appellants Professional Engineers in California Government and California Association of Professional Scientists. Reed Smith, Harvey L. Leiderman and Jeffrey R. Rieger for Teachers? Retirement Board of the California State Teachers? Retirement System as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants. Kelly Vent as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Richard J. Chivaro, Ronald V. Placet, Shawn D. Silva, Ana Maria Garza; Remcho, Johansen & Purcell, Robin B. Johansen and Margaret R. Prinzing for Defendant and Appellant. K. William Curtis, Warren C. Stracener, Linda A. Mayhew, Will M. Yamada; Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, David W. Tyra, Kristianne T. Seargeant and Meredith H. Packer for Defendants and Respondents. Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Gordon B. Burns, Deputy State Solicitor General, Jonathan K. Renner, Assistant Attorney General, James M. Humes Stephen P. Acquisto and Mark R. Beckington, Deputy Attorneys General, for California Constitutional Officers as Amicus Curiae.
    Case Number: No. S183411

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 12808PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS IN CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT, et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. p class="casenam

  • Ralphs Grocery Company v. United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 8

    Publication Date: 2011-01-28
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    Date Filed: 2011-01-27
    Court: C.A. 5th
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Morrison & Foerster, Miriam A. Vogel, Timothy F. Ryan, and Tritia M. Murata for Plaintiff and Appellant. Littler Mendelson, William J. Emanuel, Natalie Rainforth for Employers Group, California Grocers Association, and California Hospital Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Davis, Cowell & Bowe, Elizabeth A. Lawrence, Andrew J. Kahn, Sarah Grossman-Swenson and Paul L. More for Defendant and Respondent. Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Manuel M. Medeiros, Solicitor General, J. Matthew Rodriguez, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Louis Verdugo, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Angela Sierra and Antonette Benita Cordero, Deputy Attorneys General, for Attorney General Edmund G. Brown, Jr., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent. Altshuler Berzon, Stephen P. Berzon, Scott A. Kronland, and P. Casey Pitts for Service Employees International Union as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.
    Case Number: No. F058716

    Cite as 11 C.D.O.S. 1369RALPHS GROCERY COMPANY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS

  • Wiggins v. Corcoran

    Publication Date: 2002-05-03
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    Date Filed: 2002-05-02
    Court: 4th Cir.
    Judge: Widener, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 01-23

    PUBLISHEDArgued: January 24, 2002Reversed by published opinion. Judge Widener wrote the opinion. Chief Judge Wilkinson wrote a concurring opinion. Judge Niemeyer wrote a concurring opinion.OP