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July 1, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Pay Disparity: 'Discrete,' 'Discreet' Discriminatory Acts

In blocking the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the U.S. Senate left in place more than a narrow time limit for filing sex discrimination charges under Title VII. It also left the expanding progeny of

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Hawaii Teamsters and Allied Workers Union, Local 996 v. United Parcel Service

Publication Date: 2001-03-08
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Date Filed: 2001-03-07
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: PREGERSON, HAWKINS, and MCKEOWN, Circuit Judges
Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. Rosenfeld and W. Daniel Boone
for defendant: Ernest C. Moore III and Christine S.Y. Chun
Case Number: No. 99-17079

The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. OPINIONMcKEOWN, Circuit Judge: This case stems from a union grievance over the termination of an employee who

March 16, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Assignments of Leases And Rents: Absolute or on the Rocks?

In any commercial mortgage loan transaction, an "Assignment of Leases and Rents" is one of the core agreements required by the lender. The intent of an Assignment of Leases and Rents is t

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June 6, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Antitrust 101: Intro to International Competition Authorities

In 2009, United States authorities led the way on international cartel enforcement with more investigations, pleas, fines and prison sentences than any other jurisdiction. However, U.S. fed

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March 23, 2004 | New York Law Journal

Content Immunity for ISPs Is Jeopardized by Competing Laws

Internet Service Providers have no control over most of the content transmitted over their networks, and, therefore, also have limited liability for it. Two statutes largely determine the stru

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Fears v. Wilhelmina Model Agency Inc.

Publication Date: 2005-06-20
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U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Judge Baer On May 19, 2005, Plaintiffs, by and through their counsel of record, moved this Court, pursuant to Rule 6.

DC Comics v. Pacific Pictures Corporation

Publication Date: 2013-01-10
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Date Filed: 2013-01-10
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: Otis D. Wright, II, District Judge, Presiding Before: Stephen Reinhardt and Sidney R. Thomas, Circuit Judges, and John W. Sedwick, District Judge.*
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan D. Hacker, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, D.C.; Daniel M. Petrocelli, Matthew T. Kline (argued), and Cassandra L. Seto, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
for defendant: Marc Toberoff, Keith G. Adams, and Pablo D. Arredondo, Toberoff & Associates, P.C., Malibu, California, for Defendants-Appellants Mark Warren Peary, as personal representative of the Estate of Joseph Shuster; Laura Siegel Larson, individually and as personal representative of the Estate of Joanne Siegel; and Jean Adele Peavy. Richard B. Kendall (argued) and Laura W. Brill, Kendall Brill & Klieger LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendants-Appellants Pacific Pictures Corporation; IP Worldwide, LLC; IPW, LLC; and Marc Toberoff.
Case Number: No. 11-56934

Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 371 DC COMICS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PACIFIC PICTURES CORPORATION; IP WORLDWIDE, LLC

July 18, 2005 | Legal Times

John Magee

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April 21, 2003 | New York Law Journal

ENEMIES OF the plaintiffs' firm Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach may do well to heed the words of Friedrich Nietzsche: What does not kill me makes me stronger.Take, for instanc

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Filar v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago

Publication Date: 2008-05-30
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Date Filed: 2008-05-22
Court: 7th Cir.
Judge: Flaum, Circuit Judge.
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Case Number: 07-1275

ARGUED JANUARY 25, 2008Before FLAUM, ROVNER, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.Valerie T. Filar formerly taught as an untenured, full-time teacher in the Polish bilingual education department at the Edw