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    Supreme Court Debates the 'F-bomb'

    WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared far from a consensus Tuesday on whether the Federal Communication Commission's crackdown on broadcasters who allow "fleeting explet

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  • July 23, 2007 | National Law Journal

    More defendants are asked to waive plea deal rights

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  • January 2, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    In Memoriam: A Roll Call of 2012's Deceased Legal Luminaries

    With a new year under way, The Daily offers a look back at some of leading lights of the legal industry who died in 2012. As these deaths were generally covered either by

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  • May 4, 2009 | The Recorder

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  • March 31, 2003 | The Recorder

    Marcus Kaufman, 73, Served on State Supreme Court

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  • October 18, 2004 | Daily Report Online

    The Battle to End Free Music

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  • August 5, 2003 | The Recorder

    Justices Bless Method Gays Use to Adopt

    Second-parent adoptions, widely used by same-sex couples to form families, were declared legal Monday by the California Supreme Court.The 6-1 ruling legitimizes as many as 20,000 adopt

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  • December 31, 2008 | The Recorder

    Long-Term Commitment

    Another year has gone by, but instead of preparing to leap onto a new pile of thorny legal questions, the California Supreme Court is finding itself in a state of deja vu. As 2007 wound down

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  • June 29, 2005 | Daily Report Online

    Thomas Decries Talk of 'Imagined Resignations'

    Leah Ward Sears was sworn in at the Georgia Capitol as the chief justice of the state Supreme Court on Tuesday, enjoying the wishes of a standing-room only crowd and Justice Clarence Thomas of

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  • Absolute Activist v. Ficeto, 11-0221-cv

    Publication Date: 2012-03-05
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Newman, Winter, and Katzmann, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Linda Imes (David Spears, Christopher W. Dysard, Michelle Skinner, on the brief), Spears & Imes LLP, New York, N.Y.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Colin Heatherington, Todd M. Ficeto, Hunter World Markets, Inc.: Thomas V. Reichert, Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks & Lincenberg, P.C., Los Angeles, Cal. For Defendant-Appellee Ullrich Angersbach: Robert D. Owen (Peter Ligh, on the brief), Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, New York, N.Y. For Defendant-Appellee Sean Ewing: Robert J. Anello (Judith L. Mogul, Eli J. Mark, on the brief), Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, P.C., New York, N.Y. For Defendant-Appellee Craig Heatherington: Gregory J.Wallance (Angela R. Vicari, on the brief), Kaye Scholer LLP, New York. N.Y. *1

    Case Number: 11-0221-cv

    Cite as: Absolute Activist v. Ficeto, 11-0221-cv, NYLJ 1202544238558, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided March 1, 2012)Before: Newman, Winter, and Katzmann, C.J