• April 7, 2003 | Corporate Counsel

    Victoria's Secret Is Now Out

    The U.S. Supreme Court just made it harder for companies to protect their famous trademarks against dilution by other businesses. In a surprising unanimous decision, the high court rul

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  • April 8, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

    Court Creates Standard For When 'Zoning Interpretation' Letter Must Be Appealed

    Put yourself in the plaintiff Elise Piquet's shoes.Almost eight years ago, you interred the remains of a loved one on your residential property. Both you and your deceased loved one ho

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  • May 16, 2002 | National Law Journal

    Warner Bros.' Doctor

    NAME AND TITLE: John A. Schulman, general counsel and executive vice presidentAGE: 55THE BUSINESS: Founded in 1923 as a motion picture studio, Warner

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  • September 5, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    New Deals

    Numerous New York Attorneys Help Shepherd Third Largest M&A in History In what is the third-largest M&A deal in history, Verizon Communications

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  • May 1, 2006 | The American Lawyer

    The Century Thus Far

    It's been a heady 21st century for law firms. The tech bust and the recession were just opportunities. M&A partners learned to restructure; lawyers with a freshman chemistry course under their

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  • January 27, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    The Lateral Report

    The Revolving Door: Top Gains Order the 2009

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  • Somerville v. Hunt, 11-1211-pr

    Publication Date: 2012-09-27
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Newman, Katzmann, and B.D. Parker, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner-Appellee: Richard Joselson, The Legal Aid Society, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Respondents-Appellants: Amy Appelbaum (Leonard Joblove, on the brief), Brooklyn, NY, for Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Kings County, Brooklyn, NY.

    Case Number: 11-1211-pr

    Cite as: Somerville v. Hunt, 11-1211-pr, NYLJ 1202572705158, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided September 25, 2012)Before: Newman, Katzmann, and B.D. Parker, C.

  • January 18, 2005 |

    Testa Hurwitz to Disband

    Venture capital law firm Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault's 60 partners voted Friday to disband the 280-lawyer, 31-year-old firm after failing to find a merger partner following 10 major partner

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  • People v. Sigala

    Publication Date: 2011-01-06
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    Date Filed: 2011-01-06
    Court: C.A. 2nd
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Kenneth C. Byrne and Julie A. Harris, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: David H. Goodwin, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. B222758

    Cite as 11 C.D.O.S. 280THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JIMMY SIGALA, Defendant and Appellant. p

  • April 16, 2007 | National Law Journal

    GC Helps Red Hat Change the Technology World

    Name and title: Michael Cunningham, general counsel Age: 46 Company of the century: Red Hat Inc., the world's leading open-source and Linux software provider, amb

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