• December 17, 2010 | Special To Law.Com

    WikiLeaks: We Don't Need Another 'Hero'

    Julian Assange. Just saying the name conjures up emotions in most people who pay attention to the world around them. Good or bad, he and his WikiLeaks Empire are a force to be reckoned with -

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  • September 11, 2001 | Alm

    Law Firms Account for Employees at World Trade Center

    Martin Domb had been checking e-mail Tuesday morning, when he heard a loud noise and a rumble. A partner with the 20-lawyer firm of Hill, Betts & Nash, Domb has an office on the 52nd floor of One

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  • February 15, 2008 | New Jersey Law Journal

    'There Will Be Blood' Drills a Dry Hole

    "There Will Be Blood" is a whited sepulcher, containing only a few dry bones under its dazzling surface. The superb formal elements - magnificent acting, cinematography, editing and music - ar

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  • Giraldo v. Kessler, 11-2367-cv

    Publication Date: 2012-09-18
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Winter, Cabranes, and Carney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee: Christopher Bellistri, Cronin & Byczek LLP, Lake Success, NY. For Amicus Curiae District Attorneys Association of the State of New York in support of Defendants-Appellants: Janet DiFiore, District Attorney, Anthony J. Servino, Richard Longworth Hecht, Steven A. Bender, Assistant District Attorneys, of counsel, Westchester County District Attorney's Office, White Plains, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants: Elizabeth S. Natrella (Leonard Koerner, on the brief), of counsel, for Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, New York.

    Case Number: 11-2367-cv

    Cite as: Giraldo v. Kessler, 11-2367-cv, NYLJ 1202571618631, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided September 14, 2012)Before: Winter, Cabranes, and Carney, C.JJ.p

  • March 15, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    Outside Counsel

    It is the settled law of this State as part of the Child Support Standards Act (CSSA) that a court may, as part of an award of child support, require a non-custodial parent to defray his share of t

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  • January 16, 2009 | Daily Report Online

    Remembering Chuck Morgan

    Charles Morgan Jr., a white lawyer from Birmingham, Ala., was a major force in the civil rights movement. He was a leader in desegregating the administration of justice in the South and imple

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  • January 20, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Selling Yourself -- Without Engendering False Hope

    The client was struck by a shelf inside a department store. When it came time to sue, he chose a lawyer who assured him his case was a sure thing. Not only would he win, promised the attorney,

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  • December 9, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Practically Speaking: False Hopes

    The client was struck by a shelf inside a department store. When it came time to sue, he chose a lawyer who assured him his case was a sure thing. Not only would he win, promised the attorney,

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  • January 4, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Slow going in Senate for DOJ, judicial nominees

    New leadership takes over this week in President Barack Obama's legal shop, and among the challenges facing incoming White House Counsel Robert Bauer is how to reinvigorate the administration's eff

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  • January 5, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Slow Going in Senate for DOJ, Judicial Nominees

    New leadership takes over this week in President Barack Obama's legal shop, and among the challenges facing incoming White House Counsel Robert Bauer is how to reinvigorate the administration's eff

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