• July 1, 2009 | Focus Europe

    Arbitration Scorecard: Treaties

    AMOUNT IN CONTROVERSY: Over $50 billion DISPUTE: Hulley Enterprises, Ltd. (Cyprus), Yukos Universal Limited (Isle of Man), and Veteran Petroleum Limited (Cypru

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  • PELC, ROBERT J. v BERG, F. STEVEN

    Publication Date: 2009-12-30
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    Court: Appellate Division, 4th Dept
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    Case Number: 1368

    SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 1368 CA 09-00523 PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., HURLBUTT,

  • July 17, 2012 | New Jersey Law Journal

    'Concepcion' One Year Later

    In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court decided AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, courts have eliminated many obstacles to enforcement of fair and effective arbitration provisio

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  • Lucia v Goldman

    Publication Date: 2009-12-22
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    Case Number: 2008-09680

    Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P. ANITA R. FLORIO RUTH C. BALKIN JOHN M. LEVE

  • October 3, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Reinstatement of Attorneys

    The New Jersey Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection declares that the following attorneys, having fully satisfied the requirements of R. 1:28:2 and R. 1:20-1, are eligible to practice law in Ne

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  • July 16, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Hirt, plaintiffs-appellants-cross-appellees v. The Equitable Retirement Plan for Employees, Managers and Agents, defendants-appellees-cross-appellants

    Decided July 9, 2008 Before Jacobs, Ch.J.; Kearse and Katzmann, C.JJ. Plaintiffs in two separate cases brought claims alleging that “cash balance”

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  • In Re: Beacon Associates Litigation, 09 Civ. 777 (LBS)

    Publication Date: 2010-10-13
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Leonard B. Sand
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    Case Number: 09 Civ. 777 (LBS)

    Cite as: In Re: Beacon Associates Litigation, 09 Civ. 777, NYLJ 1202473269382, at *1 (SDNY, Decided October 05, 2010)District Judge Leonard B. Sandp class=

  • In Re: Beacon Associates Litigation, 09 Civ. 777 (LBS)

    Publication Date: 2010-10-13
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Leonard B. Sand
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    Case Number: 09 Civ. 777 (LBS)

    Cite as: In Re: Beacon Associates Litigation, 09 Civ. 777, NYLJ 1202473269382, at *1 (SDNY, Decided October 05, 2010)District Judge Leonard B. Sandp class=

  • June 26, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal

    New Jersey Courts General Assignment Order

    SUPREME COURT OF NEW JERSEY It is ORDERED that the following judges of the Appellate Division, Law Division (Civil and Criminal), and Chancery Division (General Equity and Family) of

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  • Mohamed v. Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-09-09
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    Date Filed: 2010-09-08
    Court: 9th Cir.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven M. Watt, Ben Wizner (argued), Jameel Jaffer and Steven R. Shapiro, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, New York; Ann Brick and Julia Harumi Mass, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California, San Francisco, California; Paul Hoffman, Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman LLP, Venice, California; Hope Metcalf, National Litigation Project, Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic, Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut, for the plaintiffs-appellants. Clive Stafford-Smith and Zachary KatzNelson, Reprieve, London, England, for plaintiff-appellant Binyam Mohamed. Margaret L. Satterthwaite and Amna Akbar, International Human Rights Clinic, Washington Square Legal Services, Inc., New York, New York, for plaintiff-appellant Mohamed Farag Ahmad Bashmilah.
    for defendant: Daniel P. Collins (argued), Paul J. Watford, Mark R. Yohalem and Henry Weissmann, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, California, for defendant-appellee Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc. Ian Heath Gershengorn, Michael F. Hertz, Joseph P. Russoniello, Douglas N. Letter (argued), Sharon Swingle and Michael P. Abate, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for intervenor-appellee United States of America. Gary Bostwick and Jean-Paul Jassy, Bostwick & Jassy LLP, Los Angeles, California, for amici curiae Professors William G. Weaver and Robert M. Pallitto. Barbara Moses and David J. Stankiewicz, Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, P.C., New York, New York; Aziz Huq and Jonathan Hafetz, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, New York, New York, for amici curiae former United States diplomats. Wiliam J. Aceves, California Western School of Law, San Diego, California; Gerald Staberock and Carlos Lopez, International Commission of Jurists, Geneva, Switzerland; Carla Ferstman, Lorna McGregor and Lucy Moxham, REDRESS, London, United Kingdom; Denna R. Hurwitz, Human Rights Program, University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, for amici curiae REDRESS and the International Commission of Jurists. Stephen I. Vladeck, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C.; Natalie L. Bridgeman, Law Offices of Natalie L. Bridgeman, San Francisco, California, for amici curiae professors of constitutional law, federal jurisdiction and foreign relations law. Andrew G. McBride, Thomas R. McCarthy and Stephen J. Obermeier, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. Daniel J. Popeo and Richard A. Samp, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, D.C., for amici curiae Washington Legal Foundation and Allied Educational Foundation. Richard R. Wiebe, Law Office of Richard R. Wiebe, San Francisco, California; Cindy A. Cohn, Lee Tien, Kurt Opsahl, Kevin S. Bankston, Corynne Mcherry and James S. Tyre, Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, California, for amicus curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation. James M. Ringer, Clifford Chance US LLP, New York, New York, for amici curiae Commonwealth Lawyers Association and JUSTICE.

    Case Number: No. 08-15693

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 11814 BINYAM MOHAMED; ABOU ELKASSIM BRITEL; AHMED AGIZA; MOHAMED FARAG AHMAD BASHMILAH; BISHER AL-RAWI, Plaintiffs-Appellants, p class=