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  • July 21, 2008 | The Recorder

    People v. Perez

    C.A. 4th July 21, 2008 D051221 The Fourth Appellate District affirmed a judgment of conviction. The court held that an adult need not be a child’s designated or pres

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  • December 9, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Supreme Court Rejects Early Appeals of Attorney-Client Privilege Determinations

    Federal court orders requiring litigants to disclose information that they believe is protected by the attorney-client privilege do not qualify for immediate appeal, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tu

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  • November 15, 2012 | National Law Journal

    BP Agrees to Record Criminal Penalty in Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

    In the summer of 2010, several months after an explosion and fire on an oil rig off the coast of Louisiana killed 11 crew members, Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. publicly declared, "We

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  • December 21, 2000 | The American Lawyer

    Island Xmas

    "How'd ya like to spend Christmas on Christmas Island?"How'd ya like to hang a stocking on a great big coconut tree?"How'd ya like to stay up late, like the islanders do? Wait

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  • Swinton v. Potomac Corporation

    Publication Date: 2001-10-25
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2001-10-23
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: M. Margaret McKeown, William A. Fletcher, and Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 99-36147

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. McKEOWN, Circuit Judge: This case should serve as a reminder to employers of their obligation to keep their workp

  • January 29, 2013 | Litigation Daily

    Judge Approves $4 Billion Criminal Plea over BP Oil Spill

    A U.S. district judge in New Orleans has accepted a $4 billion criminal plea agreement by BP plc over its role in the c

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  • June 29, 2000 | The American Lawyer

    The Way We Were

    Ten years ago, gloom and doom prevailed in the nation's law offices. More than half the Am Law 100 firms saw their profits per partner sink or stagnate in 1990, and firms were routinely laying

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  • April 1, 2006 | The American Lawyer

    Recipe for Disaster

    It had been a long day for Jeffrey Davidson. It was already past 5 p.m. on March 22, 2005, and the Kirkland & Ellis partner had spent hours questioning potential jurors. His client, Morgan

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  • McCormick v. Adams

    Publication Date: 2010-09-03
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    Date Filed: 2010-09-03
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark A. Johnson, Esq., Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, California, for respondent-appellee Darrell Adams.
    for defendant: Eric M. Weaver, Esq., Albany, California, for petitioner-appellant William Henry McCormick.
    Case Number: No. 09-15546

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 11645WILLIAM HENRY MCCORMICK, Petitioner-Appellant, v. DARRELL G. ADAMS, Warden, Respondent

  • February 28, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

    N.J. Mergers & Acquisitions

    Medco To Buy Accredo Health for $2BPharmacy benefits manager Medco Health Solutions of Franklin Lakes agreed last Wednesday to pay $2.2 billion for Accredo Health of M

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