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  • January 7, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    News In Brief

    Judge Will Not Accept Papers With Social Security Numbers Aiming to curb public dissemination of private information, a Long Island judge has refused to accept "any

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  • September 5, 2007 | Special To Law.Com

    Employers Should Be Mindful of Sex-Stereotyping Claims in Dealing With Gender Identity

    Courts have long been in agreement that discrimination against a transgendered person is not sex discrimination actionable under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, because "sex"

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  • April 24, 2013 | New York Law Journal

    Panel Reverses Online Music Site's Safe Harbor for Pre-1972 Songs

    A law protecting online music services from federal copyright suits over infringing material uploaded by their users does not apply to New York state copyright claims originating before 1972,

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  • January 28, 2013 | National Law Journal

    Attack on sentencing commission website exposes weak federal cyber defenses

    Privacy and data law firm practitioners said the January 26 attack on the U.S. Sentencing Commission's website fit with a pattern of assaults intended on shaming the government by conveying p

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  • Bank of New York v. Rubin

    Publication Date: 2006-03-24
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    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District
    Judge: Denise Cote
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    U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Judge Cote Plaintiff Bank of New York brings this interpleader action to relieve itself of liability for funds it hol

  • August 1, 2005 | Legal Times

    The Year Roberts Had Rehnquist's Ear

    In his Senate confirmation hearings, first as associate justice and then as chief justice, William Rehnquist faced intense questioning over a memo about racial segregation he had written as a

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  • April 1, 2013 | National Law Journal

    Court likely to dump DOMA, punt on Prop. 8

    The Supreme Court's historic two-day scrutiny of the issue of same-sex marriage showed the justices as a cautious bunch — wary about ruling on a subject that is new to them, espec

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  • July 7, 2008 | National Law Journal

    A crucial quest for new look at liability

    WASHINGTON — A group of business, legal and defense organizations, assisted by the former Enron federal prosecutor, has launched an amicus effort aimed at persuading federal

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  • March 29, 2013 | National Law Journal

    Court Likely To Dump DOMA and Punt on Proposition 8

    The Supreme Court's historic two-day scrutiny of the issue of same-sex marriage showed the justices as a cautious bunch — wary about ruling on a subject that is new to them, especial

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  • MHC Financing Limited Partnership v. City of San Rafael

    Publication Date: 2013-04-17
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    Date Filed: 2013-04-17
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Vaughn R. Walker, District Judge, Presiding Before: Jerome Farris, Sidney R. Thomas, and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Bradford (argued), Barry Levenstam, Lisa T. Scruggs, and Bradley M. Yusim, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, Illinois, for Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants­-Appellants.
    for defendant: Michael von Loewenfeldt (argued) and James M. Wagstaffe, Kerr & Wagstaffe LLP, San Francisco, California; Robert F. Epstein, Ragghianti Freitas LLP, San Rafael, California, for Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee-Appellee City of San Rafael. Gordon C. Atkinson (argued), Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, San Francisco, California, for Defendant-Intervenor-Appellant-Cross-Appellee-Appellee Contempo Marin Homeowners Association. R.S. Radford, Pacific Legal Foundation Sacramento, California, for Amicus Curiae Pacific Legal Foundation. Elliot L. Bien and Amy E. Margolin, Bien & Summers, Novato, California, for Amicus Curiae Western Manufactured Housing Association. Andrew W. Schwartz, Fran M. Layton, Matthew D. Zinn, and Amanda R. Garcia, Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP, San Francisco, California, for Amicus Curiae League of California Cities and California State Association of Counties. Bruce E. Stanton, Law Offices of Bruce E. Stanton, San Jose, California, for Amicus Curiae Golden State Manufactured-Home Owners' League, Inc.
    Case Number: No. 07-15982 No. 09-16447 No. 09-16451 No. 09-16612 No. 09-16613

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 3839MHC FINANCING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, an Illinois limited partnership; GRAPELAND VISTAS, INC., a California corporation, Plaintiff