• July 16, 2008 | The Associated Press

    Release denied for dying Manson follower

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. AP - A follower of Charles Manson who stabbed pregnant actress Sharon Tate to death nearly 40 years ago but is dying of brain cancer in a California prison was denied compa

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  • October 27, 2003 | The Recorder

    Clifford's Game of Chance

    Clifford Chance Headquarters: London U.S. offices: New York, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Palo Alto, Los Angeles, San Diego

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  • October 9, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    The Impact of First Circuit's 'Prosperi' Decision

    In the post-Booker1 era, certain aspects of federal sentencing law have been solidified. It is, of course, now understood that the federal Sentencing Guid

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  • January 19, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Former Mayer Brown Partner Gets 7 Years for Refco Fraud

    Former Mayer Brown partner Joseph P. Collins was sentenced Thursday to serve seven years in prison for helping Refco Inc. executives defraud investors of $2.4 million — crimes the judge s

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  • March 3, 2009 | Legal Times

    Why Does Justice Stevens Recuse in Agent Orange Cases?

    The Supreme Court on Monday declined to grant certiorari or review of three petitions placed before it involving claims made by American Vietnam War veterans, as well as residents of Vietnam, again

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  • June 19, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    NY BigLaw Partner Takes Stand to Deny He Played Role in Client's $2.4 Billion Fraud

    Attorney Joseph Collins said on the witness stand yesterday that he would have resigned from representing Refco Inc. had he known its top executives were engaged in sham tran

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  • People v. Barrett

    Publication Date: 2012-07-30
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    Date Filed: 2012-07-30
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edmund G. Brown, Jr., and Kamala D. Harris, Attorneys General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Assistant Attorney General, Laurence K. Sullivan, Dorian Jung, Seth K. Schalit and Lisa H. Ashley Ott, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Jean Matulis, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant. Deborah A. Dorfman and Sujatha Jagadeesh Branch for Disability Rights California, ARC of California, Capitol People First, Professor Robert Jacobs, Professor Michael Perlin and Olivia Raynor as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. S180612

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 8538 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CHRISTINE BARRETT, Defendant and Appel

  • In re Marriage Cases

    Publication Date: 2008-05-15
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    Date Filed: 2008-05-15
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sterling E. Norris for Judicial Watch, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants State of California and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
    for defendant: Thomas J. Kuna-Jacob as Amicus Curiae.

    Case Number: S147999

    Cite as 08 C.D.O.S. 5820In re MARRIAGE CASES. [Six?consolidated appeals.]No. S147999In the Supreme Court of CaliforniaC

  • Easyweb Innovations, LLC v. Facebook, Inc., 11-CV-5121

    Publication Date: 2012-09-07
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Eastern District
    Judge: District Judge Joseph F. Bianco
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiff is represented by Alan S. Kellman, Esq., John Michael Desmarais, Esq., and Xiao Li, Esq., of Demarais LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Defendant is represented by Heidi L. Keefe, Esq., Jonathan P. Bach, Esq., and Vidya Bhakar, Esq., of Cooley LLP, Five Palo Alto Square, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 11-CV-5121

    Cite as: Easyweb Innovations, LLC v. Facebook, Inc., 11-CV-5121, NYLJ 1202570365275, at *1 (EDNY, Decided August 30, 2012)District Judge Joseph F. Bi

  • November 7, 2003 | The Recorder

    Death Becomes Him

    I have been opposed to capital punishment since the day I understood what it meant. I oppose it on practical grounds, on economic grounds, and on moral grounds. The profound illogic of k

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