• Professional Engineers in California Government v. Schwarzenegger

    Publication Date: 2010-10-04
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    Date Filed: 2010-10-04
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Offices of Brooks Ellison and Patrick J. Whalen for Plaintiffs and Appellants California Attorneys, Administrative Law Judges and Hearing Officers in State Employment. Paul Harris and Anne M. Giese for Plaintiff and Appellant Service Employees International Union Local 1000. Gerald A. James; Altshuler Berzon, Stephen P. Berzon and Danielle Leonard for Plaintiffs and Appellants Professional Engineers in California Government and California Association of Professional Scientists. Reed Smith, Harvey L. Leiderman and Jeffrey R. Rieger for Teachers? Retirement Board of the California State Teachers? Retirement System as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants. Kelly Vent as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Richard J. Chivaro, Ronald V. Placet, Shawn D. Silva, Ana Maria Garza; Remcho, Johansen & Purcell, Robin B. Johansen and Margaret R. Prinzing for Defendant and Appellant. K. William Curtis, Warren C. Stracener, Linda A. Mayhew, Will M. Yamada; Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, David W. Tyra, Kristianne T. Seargeant and Meredith H. Packer for Defendants and Respondents. Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Gordon B. Burns, Deputy State Solicitor General, Jonathan K. Renner, Assistant Attorney General, James M. Humes Stephen P. Acquisto and Mark R. Beckington, Deputy Attorneys General, for California Constitutional Officers as Amicus Curiae.

    Case Number: No. S183411

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 12808PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS IN CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT, et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. p class="casenam

  • Hurles v. Ryan

    Publication Date: 2013-01-18
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    Date Filed: 2013-01-18
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Robert C. Broomfield, Senior District Judge, Presiding Before: Harry Pregerson, Dorothy W. Nelson, and Sandra S. Ikuta, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry Goddard, Attorney General of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona, for Respondent-Appellee. Kent E. Cattani and J.D. Nielsen, Arizona Attorney General, Capital Litigation Section, Phoenix, Arizona, for Respondent-Appellee.
    for defendant: Denise I. Young and Michael Aaron Harwin, Tucson, Arizona, for Petitioner-Appellant.

    Case Number: No. 08-99032

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 725RICHARD D. HURLES, Petitioner-Appellant,v.CHARLES L. RYAN,* Respondent-Appelle

  • July 23, 2007 | Daily Report Online

    Playing to a Full House, Ga. Justices Ponder Teen Sex Case

    Cases that led to the abolition and reinstatement of the death penalty came from the Supreme Court of Georgia. Nine years ago the Georgia justices broke new ground for gay rights by striking down a

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  • People v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2013-07-18
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    Date Filed: 2013-07-18
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Assistant Attorney General, Linda C. Johnson, Michael C. Keller and Ryan M. Smith, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Melanie K. Dorian, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. S201186

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 7573 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DEWONE T. SMITH, Def

  • July 22, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Dechert Must Pay Taxes for Canned Computer Software

    In denying Dechert exemption from more than $200,000 in taxes paid for computer software, the state Supreme Court determined "canned" computer software is tangible personal property tha

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  • March 26, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

    People in the News

    AnnouncementsEvery two years, The Legal recognizes outstanding minority eys from across Pennsylvania. Following are the names of the Pennsylvania

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  • September 18, 2009 | The Recorder

    Thelen Files for Bankruptcy

    SAN FRANCISCO — Thelen LLP filed (.pdf) for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in the Southern District of New York on Thursday night, almost

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  • December 23, 2011 | The Recorder

    Moonlighting California Supreme Court Issued Some High-Impact Rulings in 2011

    SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court justices did a lot of moonlighting this year for their federal counterparts. Some of their most headline-grabbing decisions came in res

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  • July 28, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Mass Law Firm Layoffs Follow Fen-Phen Finale

    With the abrupt ending of mass tort litigation over the diet drugs known as fen-phen, Porzio, Bromberg & Newman laid off 53 people, including 16 lawyers and 21 paralegals, on July 18.

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  • September 21, 2009 | Law.com Corporate

    Thelen Files for Bankruptcy

    Thelen LLP filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in the Southern District of New York on Thursday night, almost a year after the firm voted to dissolve.The move was the only way to be fair to all u

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