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  • August 28, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Market Report: Growth in New York Tech Practices

    New York City earned a name for itself—Silicon Alley—as a home for digital start-ups in the late 1990s, but tech entrepreneurship in the city cratered after

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  • People v. Castillo

    Publication Date: 2010-05-24
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    Date Filed: 2010-05-24
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Appellant: Rudy Kraft, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant. Michael P. Judge, Public Defender (Los Angeles), Albert J. Menaster and Jack T. Weedin, Deputy Public Defenders, for Public Defender of Los Angeles County as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant. Steve Cooley, District Attorney (Los Angeles), Irene Wakabayashi, Head Deputy District Attorney, and Jennifer C. McDonald, Deputy District Attorney, for District Attorney of Los Angeles County as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Respondent: Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant Attorney General, Lawrence M. Daniels, Susan Sullivan Pithey and Chung L. Mar, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    Case Number: S171163

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 6339The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent,v.JAVIER CASTILLO, Defendant and Appellant.

  • September 2, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Two Federal Class-Action Suits Accuse N.J. Collection Firms of Overreaching

    Two recently filed putative class-action suits accuse New Jersey collection firms of systematic abuses in trying to squeeze money from debtors. Pressler & Pressler in Parsippany, the st

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  • March 20, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Ex-Hevesi Aides Charged Over Pension Kickbacks

    ALBANY - Two top advisers to former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi and unnamed associates were charged yesterday with taking about $30 million in fees, kickbacks and gifts to steer pensio

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  • March 7, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    When Decency Fails

    The frenzy of the mediacracy knows no bounds. Reporters snoop on even the president's private quarters with binoculars; portable imaging devices make candid snapshots of any act immediately av

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  • June 5, 2007 | The Recorder

    California's Biggest Law Firms Receive Poor Marks for Minority Hiring

    The grades are in on workforce diversity, and if this were school, the state's largest law firms would barely be passing. Berkeley's Greenlining Institute released a report card Thursday su

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  • May 12, 2010 | National Law Journal

    San Diego Market Seeing Sun Again

    The recession had knocked the wind out of San Diego's high-technology market, forcing several firms to announce layoffs for the first time in decades. Graduates from the area's law schools, i

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  • August 19, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Judge Rules That Dodgers Owner is Free to Sue BigLaw Firm for Malpractice

    Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt is free to bring a malpractice case against Bingham McCutchen, over claims the firm mishandled the preparation of financial papers for McC

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  • July 11, 2007 | The Recorder

    Are Big Firms Warming Up to Alternative Fee Deals?

    Looking down the barrel of a threatening patent infringement action from Sanyo, Chinese cell phone battery maker BYD wanted the IP heavyweights at Howrey -- but not their heavy rates. The A

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  • August 26, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Judge Rules that Dodgers Owner is Free to Sue Bingham for Malpractice

    Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt is free to bring a malpractice case against Bingham McCutchen, over claims the firm mishandled the preparation of financial papers for McCourt and his now-

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