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  • Jones v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2015-11-12
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    Date Filed: 2015-11-12
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Cormac J. Carney, District Judge, Presiding Before: Susan P. Graber, Johnnie B. Rawlinson, and Paul J. Watford, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Laurence (argued), Cliona Plunkett, Nisha Shah, and Tara Mikkilineni, Habeas Corpus Resource Center, San Francisco, California, for Petitioner-Appellee.
    for defendant: Michael J. Mongan (argued), Deputy Solicitor General; James William Bilderback II and Keith H. Borjon, Supervising Deputy Attorneys General; Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General of California; Edward C. DuMont, Solicitor General; Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General; Lance E. Winters, Senior Assistant Attorney General; and A. Scott Hayward and Herbert S. Tetef, Deputy Attorneys General, Los Angeles, California, for Respondent-Appellant.
    Case Number: No. 14-56373

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 12139 ERNEST DEWAYNE JONES, Petitioner-Appellee, v. RON DAVIS, War

  • United States v. Stanford, 12-20411 (5th Cir. 10/29/2015)

    Publication Date: 2015-11-10
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    Date Filed: 2015-10-29
    Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
    Judge: EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:
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    Case Number: 12-20411

    Appeals from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas Before BENAVIDES, CLEMENT and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges./majori

  • Owens v. State, PD-0967-14 (Tex.Crim.App. 10/28/2015)

    Publication Date: 2015-11-05
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    Date Filed: 2015-10-28
    Court: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
    Judge: Hervey, J.
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    Case Number: PD-0967-14

    ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE SIXTH COURT OF APPEALS HARRISON COUNTY Keller, P.J., Meyers, Johnson, Keasler, Richardson, Yeary, and Newell, JJ., joine

  • Carter v. Stephens, 15-70005 (5th Cir. 10/28/2015)

    Publication Date: 2015-11-04
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    Date Filed: 2015-10-28
    Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
    Judge: EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:
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    Case Number: 15-70005

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas Before DAVIS, CLEMENT, and COSTA, Circuit Ju

  • October 28, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Linklaters Lands Baker & McKenzie Litigator, Plus More Lateral Moves

    London-based legal giant Linklaters has lured a New York litigation head from Am Law 100 territory. DOUGLAS TWEEN, an antitrust partner in Baker & McKenzie’

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  • October 27, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Linklaters Lands Baker & McKenzie Litigator, Plus More Lateral Moves

    Douglas Tween, chair of Baker & McKenzie's white-collar practice and head of the firm's New York litigation department, is headed to Magic Circle firm Linklaters; Cravath hires from Simpson Thacher; and other notable hires from throughout The Am Law 200.

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  • Drayton v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-10-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Bonner Jr. and Genevieve Holmes Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Denise D. Fachini, District Attorney, Cordele, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Meghan H. Hill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0832

    The trial court did not coerce the jury's verdicts by giving an Allen charge that included the sentence It is the law that a unanimous verdict is req

  • October 15, 2015 | Daily Business Review

    Marlins Park Construction Lawsuit Claims Ejected

    A Miami federal judge dismissed two claims filed by construction workers who helped build Marlins Park. The group of 50 stucco workers sued general contractor Hunt-Moss, subcontractor

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  • Tucker v. Rogers

    Publication Date: 2015-10-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Frick and Madeline Mitchell Hall Booth Smith PC, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Linley Jones and Jennifer Ivey Linley Jones PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A0770

    An issue of fact remained as to whether the attorney's actions in failing to file suit on behalf of his personal injury client fell below the standard of care in light of the parties' competing expe

  • October 14, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    More Acquittals, But Dewey Jury Remains Deadlocked

    The jury deliberating in the trial of the leaders of failed law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf threw out more falsifying business records counts against the former executives but remained deadlock

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