• May 20, 2003 | National Law Journal

    Can Cyberspam Ever Be Canned?

    Get rich suing spammers or your money back!If offers like that (which we have no intention of honoring, by the way) get your goat, you're not alone.Angry consumers forward abou

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  • February 1, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

    Running Interference

    You're all set to work at home: The company techies configured your laptop so you can log on remotely. You installed a firewall on the laptop, just to make sure your data is secure. The cable

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  • March 13, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    Judge Slashes Fees in Debt Collection Case

    A debtor has been awarded more than $12,000 in attorney fees in a Fair Debt Collection Practices matter—far less than requested—in a case where a federal judge parsed the language

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  • International Association of Firefighters v. Public Employment Relations Board (City of Richmond)

    Publication Date: 2011-01-24
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2011-01-24
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Davis & Reno, Duane W. Reno and Alan C. Davis for Plaintiff and Appellant. Woodley & McGillivary, Thomas A. Woodley, Kurt Rumsfeld and Baldwin Robertson for International Association of Fire Fighters as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant. Davis, Cowell & Bowe, W. David Holsberry and Paul L. More for California Professional Firefighters as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Tami R. Bogert, Wendi L. Ross, Alicia A. Clement and Kristin L. Rosi for Defendant and Respondent. Renne Sloan Holtzman Sakai, Jeffrey Sloan, Charles D. Sakai, Randy Riddle, Steve Cikes, K. Scott Dickey and Meryln Goeschl for Real Party in Interest and Respondent. Goldfarb & Lipman, James T. Diamond, Jr., and Xochitl Carrion for League of California Cities and California State Association of Counties as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest and Respondent. Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo, Warren S. Kinsler, Cathie L. Fields and Barbara J. Ginsberg for Education Legal Alliance of the California School Boards Association and the Inland Personnel Council as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. S172377

    Cite as 11 C.D.O.S. 1011INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS, LOCAL 188, AFL-CIO, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. p class="casen

  • August 17, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    Realty Law Digest

    Landlord-Tenant—Tenant Remains Liable for Rent Even Though Tenant Became Fearful of Neighborhood A landlord had commenced an action for non-payment of rent, plus a

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  • In the Matter of: Mexico Money Transfer Litigation

    Publication Date: 2001-10-09
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2001-10-04
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: BAUER, EASTERBROOK, and MANION, Circuit Judges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number:

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. Easterbrook, Circuit Judge. "Send $300 to Mexico for $15." This tag line, typical of promotions by the two defenda

  • January 9, 2006 | The Associated Press

    Dispute Resolved Between Krispy Kreme and Franchisee

    Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. and its largest franchise operator have settled their dispute over a decision by the doughnut company to terminate the franchisee's license, which had temporarily barred

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  • September 16, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    Video Sharing Sites and the Debate Over the DMCA Safe Harbor

    More than 13 million hours of video were uploaded onto YouTube in 2010, including 48 hours of uploaded video every minute, and more than 3 billion videos viewed daily by users. Without a doubt, the

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  • September 1, 2004 | The American Lawyer

    Pro Bono, A Diverse Agenda

    In the past few years, the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles has received an increasing number of complaints about its services. Some people have called the foundation to complain that they

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  • December 11, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Remote Access: What It Can Do for You

    Most people have heard of remote access and wireless Internet, two terms that could be, but aren't always, interchangeable. But from a practical standpoint, how do they apply to the common pra

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