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January 19, 2007 | The Recorder

Indian Tribes Bet on Big Firms

When the Pojoaque Pueblo in New Mexico decided to go ahead with a huge $245 million casino, resort and infrastructure development last year, they turned to the capital markets for financing instead

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June 6, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

On Collateral Estoppel in Bankruptcy

As litigators know all too well, a bankruptcy filing by a defendant can have devastating consequences for the plaintiff. The plaintiff's disappointment often comes in one of several scenarios. In t

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United States v. Setser

Publication Date: 2009-05-14
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Date Filed: 2009-05-12
Court: 5th Cir.
Judge: Leslie H. Southwick, Circuit Judge
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Case Number: 07-10199

Published opinionBefore SMITH and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges, and RODRIGUEZ, District Judge.*fn1Gregory Setser appeals his convictions, and Deborah Setser her se

August 12, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Judge OKs Malpractice Suit Against Nixon Peabody

Just a few weeks after a malpractice claim against Nixon Peabody was allowed to go forward in New Jersey, a Philad

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Schmeer v. County of Los Angeles

Publication Date: 2013-02-22
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Date Filed: 2013-02-21
Court: C.A. 2nd
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Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nielsen Merksamer Parrinello Gross & Leoni, James R. Parrinello, Eric J. Miethke, Arthur G. Scotland, Sean P. Welch and Kurt R. Oneto for Plaintiffs and Appellants. Wm. Gregory Turner for Council on State Taxation and California Taxpayers Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.
for defendant: John F. Krattli, County Counsel, Albert Ramseyer, Principal Deputy County Counsel, and Truc L. Moore, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendants and Respondents. Colantuono & Levin, Michael G. Colantuono and Jon R. di Cristina for League of California Cities and California State Association of Counties as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents. Frank G. Wells Environmental Law Clinic, Sean B. Hecht and Xiao Y. Zhang for Surfrider Foundation, Heal the Bay, The 5 Gyres Institute, Environment California Research and Policy Center, and Seventh Generation Advisors as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.
Case Number: No. B240592

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January 6, 2010 | National Law Journal

D.C. Circuit Rules Against Military Detainee in Habeas Case

A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday upheld the detention of a Yemeni man at the Guantanamo Bay military base despite argument from the man's lawyers that he was a cook, not a so

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May 9, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Judge Faults 'Robo-Testifying' in Consumer Credit Case

A state judge has thrown out a credit card company's breach of contract action against a cardholder, saying it failed to show the existence of a contract offer and faulting what he called its

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March 7, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Custody Forensics: Reform on the Horizon?

On Jan. 7 of this year the Chief Administrative Judge announced that the judicial administration is poised to address a long-standing problem in the child custody arena, namely, access to the

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Meister v. U.S. Dep't of Agriculture

Publication Date: 2010-10-03
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Date Filed: 2010-09-29
Court: 6th Cir.
Judge: Kethledge, Circuit Judge.
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Case Number: 09-1712

RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206Argued: March 8, 2010Before: MERRITT, COOK, and KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judges.OPINIONAn agency is not entitled to defere

July 10, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

Unpublished Opinions

STATE COURT CASES ATTORNEY/CLIENT � OPPRESSED-SHAREHOLDER ACTIONS 04-2-4361 Weil v. Express Container Corp., etc., et al., App. Div. (per curiam) (14 pp.) Summary judgme

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