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  • July 16, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    U.S. Copyright Safe Harbor Found to Apply to State Claims

    A safe harbor provision protecting Internet music services from federal copyright suits over infringement committed by their users applies to New York state copyright claims as well, a M

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  • January 6, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Obama Turns to Well-Known Players to Fill Four Key Justice Department Positions

    WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama began stocking the new U.S. Department of Justice yesterday, announcing the nominations of four well-known players to key posts, including deput

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  • November 8, 2010 | National Law Journal

    At Supreme Court, a day of 'Mortal Kombat'

    Torture, maiming, decapitating and urinating on human beings are rare topics in Supreme Court arguments. But the justices on Nov. 2 heard all of them as they entered the world of video gaming

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  • February 23, 2004 | Legal Times

    High Court at Crossroads

    In his prescient 1998 book on civil liberties in wartime, Chief Justice William Rehnquist wrote that when bullets fly, "laws speak with a somewhat different voice."He could not have kn

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  • August 4, 2005 | National Law Journal

    High Court Term Produces Lingering Uncertainty in First Amendment Field

    The U.S. Supreme Court's major First Amendment cases from the 2004-2005 term present an interesting case study of the continuing debate regarding the feasibility of providing certainty to cour

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  • December 18, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    John Doe Inc., plaintiffs-appellees v. Mukasey, defendants-appellants

    Decided Dec. 15, 2008 Before Newman, Calabresi, and Sotomayor C.JJ. Appeal by the Government from the September 7, 2007, judgment of the United States District Court f

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  • Oneida Nation of New York v. Cuomo, 10-4265(L)

    Publication Date: 2011-05-11
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Wesley, Chin, and Lohier, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Riyaz A. Kanji (Cory J. Albright, Zach Welcker, Kanji & Katzen, PLLC; Christopher Karns, Owen Herne, Seneca Nation of Indians Department of Justice, Salamanca, NY; Carol E. Heckman, Jeffrey A. Wadsworth, David T. Archer, Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, Buffalo, NY, on the brief), Kanji & Katzen, PLLC, Ann Arbor, MI, for Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant Seneca Nation of Indians. David W. Debruin (Scott B. Wilkens, Joshua M. Segal, Jenner & Block, LLP; Daniel French, Lee Alcott, French-Alcott, PLLC, Syracuse, NY, on the brief), Jenner & Block, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Intervenor-Appellant Cayuga Indian Nation of New York. James M. Wicks (George C. Pratt, Hillary A. Frommer, Farrell Fritz, P.C.; James F. Simermeyer, New York, NY, on the brief), Farrell Fritz, P.C., Uniondale, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant Unkechauge Indian Nation. Michael L. Roy (Marsha K. Schmidt, on the brief), Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant St. Regis Mohawk Tribe. Michael R. Smith (R. Miles Clark, Zuckerman Spaeder, LLP; Peter D. Carmen, Meghan Murphy Beakman, Oneida Nation Legal Department, Verona, NY; Daniel F. Katz, Dennis M. Black, Williams & Connolly, LLP, Washington D.C., on the brief), Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, Washington, D.C., for Plaintiff-Appellee Oneida Nation of New York.
    for defendant: Andrew D. Bing (Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General of the State of New York, Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, Alison J. Nathan, Special Counsel to the Solicitor General, Steven C. Wu, Assistant Solicitor General, on the brief), Deputy Solicitor General, for Defendants-Appellants Andrew M. Cuomo, Thomas H. Mattox, Richard Ernst, and Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee John Melville. Michael T. Feeley (Lisa A. Coppola, on the brief), Rupp, Baase, Pfalzgraf, Cunningham & Coppola LLC, Buffalo, NY, for Amicus Curiae Akwesasne Convenience Store Association. Michael A. Cardozo (Eric Proshansky, Aaron M. Bloom, William H. Miller, on the brief), Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae the City of New York. Richard T. Sullivan, Harris Beach PLLC, Buffalo, NY, for Amicus Curiae New York Association of Convenience Stores. Thomas G. Jackson (Meagan A. Zapotocky, on the brief), Phillips Nizer, LLP, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae New York State Association of Tobacco and Candy Distributors, Inc.*
    Case Number: 10-4265(L)

    Cite as: Oneida Nation of New York v. Cuomo, 10-4265(L), NYLJ 1202493468026, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided May 9, 2011)Before: Wesley, Chin, and Lohier, C.

  • October 7, 2002 | Legal Times

    October 2002 Docket Watch

    Below are the cases coming before the Supreme Court in the coming weeks and the lawyers who will argue them. "Docket Watch" appears at the beginning of each two-week argument cycle when the high co

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  • December 12, 2006 | The American Lawyer

    Who Killed the Mass Torts Bonanza?

    The power of the plaintiffs bar is on the wane in this country, and will be for a long time to come. You won't hear many tort reformers admit it. They've done too good a job demonizing trial

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  • June 21, 2004 | Legal Times

    Big Bucks Used to Woo Clerks at High Court

    The intense annual competition to lure elite Supreme Court law clerks to top law firms is reaching record heights this year, with some firms offering jaw-dropping hiring bonuses of $

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