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  • January 9, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    The Alien Tort Claims Act: How Far Will It Go?

    There is a 213-year-old statute that lay dormant for almost two centuries but that now has the attention of more than a few general counsel. Well-known companies such as Citigroup, Ford, Coca-

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  • United States v. Darden

    Publication Date: 2008-08-25
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    Date Filed: 2008-08-15
    Court: 2nd Cir.
    Judge: Pooler, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: Docket Nos. 06-4567-cr, 06-4821-cr, 07-0025-cr, 07-2664-cr(L) & 07-2869-cr(XAP)

    Argued: December 12, 2007Before: CARDAMONE and POOLER, Circuit Judges, and KEENAN, District Judge.*fn1The Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) mandates a fifteen ye

  • United States v. Kirby Grays, 10-1266-cr (L)

    Publication Date: 2011-05-02
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Kearse, Sack, Katzmann, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Licha M. Nyiendo, Assistant United States Attorney (Emily Berger, Assistant United States Attorney, of counsel), for Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, N.Y., for Appellee.
    for defendant: Michael H. Soroka, Law Offices of Michael H. Soroka, Esq., Mineola, N.Y., for Defendant-Appellant Marvin Wells. Mitchell A. Golub, Golub & Golub, LLP, New York, N.Y., for Defendant-Appellant Stephen Rhodes.
    Case Number: 10-1266-cr (L)

    Cite as: United States v. Kirby Gray, 10-1266-cr, NYLJ 1202492124487, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided April 28, 2011)Before: Kearse, Sack, Katzmann, C.JJ.p class=

  • December 9, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200

    Baker & McKenzie has hired two new tax partners. In Chicago, PATRICIA REXFORD brings her tax controversy practice to the firm from Mayer Brown. Rexford represents clients on audits, IRS a

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  • February 17, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    The Speculation Economy: How Finance Triumphed Over Industry

    By Lawrence E. Mitchell, Berrett-Kohler Publishers, San Francisco, Calif. 395 pages (paperback), $24.95 We see the best minds of our generation harassed by

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  • United States v. Corey Jones and Jason Jones, 08 Mag. 1228

    Publication Date: 2008-06-20
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    Date Filed: 2008-06-11
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District
    Judge: Henry Pitman
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    Case Number: 08 Mag. 1228

    Magistrate Judge Henry Pitman U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Magistrate Judge Pitman OPINION AND ORDER I. Introdu

  • Eastern Trading Co. v. Refco, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-10-12
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    Date Filed: 2000-10-10
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: CUDAHY, POSNER, and EVANS, Circuit Judges
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    Case Number: Nos. 99-2362 & 9

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. Posner, Circuit Judge. Eastern Trading Company, a partnership located in Dubai that trades gold and silver bullion i

  • Montgomery Trading Co. v. Cho

    Publication Date: 2006-03-15
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    Court: Civil Court, New York County
    Judge: Analisa Torres
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    NEW YORK COUNTY Civil Court Judge Torres INTRODUCTION In this commercial hold

  • February 22, 2013 | The Recorder

    On the Move

    SAN FRANCISCOKathleen Johnson has been named director of the new enforcement division in the Environmental Protection Agency's San Francisco office. Joh

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  • City of Waco v. Lopez

    Publication Date: 2008-07-14
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    Date Filed: 2008-07-11
    Court: Tx. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Justice Wainwright
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    Case Number: 06-0089

    The City of Waco appeals the denial of its plea to the jurisdiction in this Whistleblower Act suit filed by a former city employee, Robert Lopez, alleging retaliatory discharge for reporting age and r