• January 13, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

    The Slowpoke Report: Hurricane Ike, Ponzi Scheme and Border-Fence Cases Swamp Judges

    Federal judges would rather not be on Texas Lawyer's annual Slowpoke Report, but sometimes it's out of their control. U.S. Magistrate Judge John Froeschner of Galveston landed

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  • January 13, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

    Inadmissible: Busting a Rhyme

    Fifth Circuit Support It's a new year in Washington, D.C. Back on Dec. 19, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated his first Texan, U.S. District Judge Gregg Costa

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  • January 9, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

    Tex Parte: Sen. John Cornyn blesses nomination of Gregg Costa to the Fifth Circuit

    It's a new year in Washington, D.C. Back on Dec. 19, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated his first Texan, U.S. District Judge Gregg Costa of Galveston, to the U.S. Court of Appeals fo

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  • January 9, 2014 | New York Law Journal

    Whistleblower Claims: Issues for 2014

    Sarbanes Oxley's creation of a new category of federal whistleblowers is now more than 10 years old, and Dodd-Frank's expansion of those rights is going on four years, but the rights

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  • Guerra v. Fisher, 13-CV-00031

    Publication Date: 2013-12-31
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Eastern District
    Judge: District Judge Joseph F. Bianco
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Petitioner proceeds pro se.
    for defendant: Respondent is represented by: Kathleen M. Rice, District Attorney, Nassau County, by Judith R. Sternberg, Mineola, NY.

    Case Number: 13-CV-00031

    Cite as: Guerra v. Fisher, 13-CV-00031, NYLJ 1202635187307, at *1 (EDNY, Decided December 17, 2013) 13-CV-00031 District Judge Joseph F. Bian

  • December 24, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal

    State v. Adkins

    State v. Adkins, A-5748-12T4; Appellate Division; opinion by Reisner, P.J.A.D.; decided and approved for publication December 20, 2013. Before Judges Reisner, Alvarez and Ostrer. On appeal f

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  • Joseph Canzoneri, as Guardian of the Estate of Kathleen Powell, Plaintiff v. Incorporated Village of Rockville Centre, Defendants, 12-CV-827

    Publication Date: 2013-12-23
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Eastern District
    Judge: District Judge Arthur Spatt,
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for the Plaintiff by: Gerard N. Misk, Esq., of Counsel, Ginsburg & Misk, Queens Village, NY.
    for defendant: Attorneys for the Defendants by: Edward K. Kitt, Esq., of Counsel, Goldberg Segalla, LLP, Garden City, NY.

    Case Number: 12-CV-827

    Cite as: Canzoneri v. Village of Rockville Centre, 12-CV-827, NYLJ 1202634507036, at *1 (EDNY, Decided December 5, 2013) 12-CV-827 District Judge

  • Garza v. Stephens

    Publication Date: 2013-12-20
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    Date Filed: 2013-12-20
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: JENNIFER WALKER ELROD, Circuit Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 12-70036

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas Before JOLLY, EL

  • Cardoza v. Rock, 12-0700-pr (L)

    Publication Date: 2013-12-20
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Sack, Hall, and Livingston, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner-Appellee-Cross-Appellant: Svetlana M. Kornfeind, the Legal Aid Society, Criminal Appeals Bureau, New York, NY
    for defendant: For Respondents-Appellants-Cross-Appellees: Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, Roseann B. MacKechnie, Deputy Solicitor General for Criminal Matters, on the brief, Michelle Maerov, Assistant Attorney General, for Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General of the State of New York, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 12-0700-pr (L) 12-0709-pr (XAP)

    Cite as: Cardoza v. Rock, 12-0700-pr (L), NYLJ 1202633994754, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided September 24, 2013) 12-0700-pr (L) Before: Sack, Hall, and L

  • In re Travis J.

    Publication Date: 2013-12-17
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    Date Filed: 2013-12-17
    Court: C.A. 1st
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Eric D. Share and Christina vom Saal, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Violet E. Grayson, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. A137797

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 13468 In re Travis J., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Resp