• May 3, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Key Player: Cari Dawson

    Among a sea of dull gray suits, Alston & Bird partner Cari Dawson stood out in the California courtroom. Not only because she was a woman in a cheerful skirt or one of the very few minorities,

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  • November 29, 2004 | National Law Journal

    RICO Class Actions

    In recent years, the plaintiffs' bar creatively has pursued class action claims under the federal RICO statutes. See generally 18 U.S.C. 1961-1968 (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organ

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  • Velez v City of New York

    Publication Date: 2005-12-15
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    By Tom, J.P., Marlow, Ellerin, Sweeny, Catterson, JJ. 7088. Augustine Velez plf-ap, v. City of New York def-res _________________________ Alexander J

  • January 14, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    D.A.s File Brief Urging High Court to Overturn Gun Ruling Five district attorneys from New York state are among a coalition of 18 prosecutors from around the nation that on Frid

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  • May 1, 2009 |

    Testing the Waters

    CALL THE MAKERS OF VITAMINWATER in Queens, New York, and a recorded female voice that sounds strikingly similar to Fran Drescher's in The Nanny asks if you're thirsty. "Well, you

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  • Archer v New York Transit Authority

    Publication Date: 2006-01-05
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    By Mazzarelli, J.P., Saxe, Sweeny, Catterson, Malone, JJ. 6675. Anastasia Archer, plf-ap, v. New York Transit Authority, def-res _________________________/p

  • May 4, 2006 | Daily Report Online

    Jackson Lewis stalwart goes to Seyfarth

    By Meredith Hobbs, Staff Reporter Stuart Newman has decamped from labor and employment boutique Jackson Lewis' Atlanta office, which he founded 28 years ago, for Seyfarth Shaw, where h

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  • United States v. Wahchumwah

    Publication Date: 2012-11-27
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    Date Filed: 2012-11-27
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Edward F. Shea, District Judge, Presiding Before: Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, A. Wallace Tashima, and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney, and Timothy J. Ohms, Assistant United States Attorney (argued), United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Washington, Spokane, Washington; Katherine Wade Hazard, Environmental and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Plaintiff-Appellee. Hanni M. Fakhoury, Amicus Curiae, Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, California.
    for defendant: Robert M. Seines, Liberty Lake, Washington, for Defendant-Appellant.

    Case Number: No. 11-30101

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 13002 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. RICKY S. WAHCHUMWAH, AKA Ric

  • March 24, 2010 | Delaware Business Court Insider

    Apple's Counterclaims Should Be Dismissed, Nokia Tells Court

    Mobile phone maker Nokia has filed to dismiss several of Apple Inc.'s counterclaims in a patent infringement battle between the two companies.On March 11, Nokia filed a motion to dismi

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  • February 19, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

    VitaminWater Sinks Would-Be Imitators With Trade Dress Lawsuits

    Call the makers of VitaminWater in Queens, N.Y., and a recorded female voice that sounds strikingly similar to Fran Drescher's in The Nanny asks if you're thirsty. "Well, you're in luck,"

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