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  • February 17, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    Substance Over Form: 'WB Acquisitions'

    Where the substance of a transaction differs from its form, the tax liabilities of the participants must be determined in accordance with the substance of the transaction.1 Under this &q

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  • La Serena Properties v. Weisbach

    Publication Date: 2010-07-15
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    Date Filed: 2010-07-15
    Court: C.A. 1st
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Phillips, Downs & Simontacchi, Scott M. Phillips, for Plaintiffs and Appellants
    for defendant: Long & Levit, John Michael Higginbotham, for Defendant and Respondent Gerald Weisbach John S. Warnlof, for Defendant and Respondent American Arbitration Association
    Case Number: No. A126283

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 9105LA SERENA PROPERTIES et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. GERALD WEISBACH et al

  • James v. Commission for Lawyer Discipline

    Publication Date: 2010-04-06
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    Date Filed: 2010-04-05
    Court: Tx. App. Dist. 5
    Judge: Justice Myers
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    Case Number: 05-08-01553-CV

    AFFIRMEDOPINIONBefore Justices Richter, Murphy, and Myers.Dell Edward James appeals the default judgment ordering his disbarrment from the practice of law. Appellant argues the trial court er

  • United States v. Yanez-Rodriguez

    Publication Date: 2009-02-13
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    Date Filed: 2009-02-10
    Court: 10th Cir.
    Judge: Briscoe, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 08-2100

    PUBLISHBefore KELLY, HOLLOWAY, and BRISCOE, Circuit Judges.Defendant Jose Yanez-Rodriguez entered a guilty plea, pursuant to a plea agreement, to one count of reentering the United States after

  • March 25, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

    Taking Pride in Being International

    English. Spanish. French. Portuguese. When a company's employee magazine is published in four languages, it's a given that it has a global presence. That's Houston's Pride International Inc

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  • January 23, 2009 | Bloomberg

    Recording artists start phoning it in

    Musicians and managers are turning to BlackBerry phones and YouTube videos to solve a problem that just won't go away: illegal downloads of digital tracks. At a time when 95 percent o

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  • December 7, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    The SEC: Killing Dead Flies With a Sledge Hammer

    Section 12(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 authorizes the Securities and Exchange Commission to conduct a hearing on the record, and thereafter suspend or revoke the registration of any s

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  • March 3, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Franchising

    Franchisors and their management teams which elect to ignore the mandates of federal and state franchise registration/disclosure laws—by failing to register when necessary, failing to eff

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  • B. Sanfield, Inc. v. Finlay Fine Jewelry Corp.

    Publication Date: 2001-07-12
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    Date Filed: 2001-07-10
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: CUDAHY, EASTERBROOK, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges
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    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. Easterbrook, Circuit Judge. Finlay Fine Jewelry, which sells inexpensive items containing gold at kiosks in depart

  • Hoyt v. Andreucci

    Publication Date: 2006-01-25
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
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    U.S. COURT OF APPEALS SECOND CIRCUIT By Sotomayor and Katzmann, Circuit Judges, and Eaton, Judge.* Before Sotomayor and Katzmann, C.JJ.; Eaton, J.* Appeal fr