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  • December 28, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Big Deals

    BP Asset SalesBP p.l.c. has been on a selling spree. In October the company struck a deal to sell its 50 percent stake in

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  • Liranzo v. US, 11-61

    Publication Date: 2012-08-13
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before Sack, Raggi, and Chin, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Lawrence K. Katz, Katz & Kreinces LLP, Mineola, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: James H. Knapp (Margaret M. Kolbe, Varuni Nelson, on the brief), Assistant United States Attorneys, of counsel, for Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY. *1
    Case Number: 11-61

    Cite as: Liranzo v. US, 11-61, NYLJ 1202566960258, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided August 9, 2012)Before Sack, Raggi, and Chin, C.JJ.Decide

  • Malen v. MTD Products, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-11-28
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    Date Filed: 2010-11-19
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Williams, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 08-3855

    ARGUED OCTOBER 27, 2009Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and EVANS and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.Donald Malen slipped while getting off his reconditioned riding lawn mower and injured his foot on

  • United States v. Spells

    Publication Date: 2008-08-15
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    Date Filed: 2008-08-08
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Flaum, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 07-1185

    ARGUED APRIL 18, 2008Before BAUER, FLAUM, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.Defendant Melvin Spells was convicted by a jury on three counts stemming from a robbery of a Papa Johns Pizza restaurant. Whil

  • December 27, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Texas Labor & Employment Firm Makes Move Into Philadelphia

    A major Texas-based labor and employment firm had the City of Brotherly Love on its list of target markets for a new office. Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, which has nearly

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  • Alstyne v. Electronic Scriptorium, Limited

    Publication Date: 2009-03-26
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    Date Filed: 2009-03-18
    Court: 4th Cir.
    Judge: Williams, Chief Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for appellants: Nicholas Hantzes, Hantzes & Reiter, McLean, Va.
    for defendant: Attorney for appellee: Christopher Abel, Troutman Sanders, Norfolk, Va.
    Case Number: Nos. 07-1892 & 07-1899

    PUBLISHEDArgued: December 4, 2008Before WILLIAMS, Chief Judge, and SHEDD and AGEE, Circuit Judges.Vacated and remanded with instructions by published opinion. Chief Judge Williams wrote the o

  • January 5, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Will More GCs Be Targeted for Investigation in 2009?

    Dark clouds loomed over in-house counsel throughout 2008 as the list of their potential liabilities surged in mass and intensity. Although the whirlwind of activity surrounding the backdating of st

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  • November 16, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Issues to Consider in the Evolving World of Social Media

    In the late 1970s, when I first started practicing law, I remember the confusion and anxiety created by the newly born Discovery Rules. Since then, there have been dozens if not hundreds of books c

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  • September 13, 2011 | National Law Journal

    CFPB Chief Richard Cordray's Confirmation in Jeopardy

    Richard Cordray has been called many things in recent weeks. Political pawn. Brilliant advocate. Anti-business zealot. Devoted public servant. Whether he'll ever be called director of the ne

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  • Appeal of John Hancock Distributors, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-03-19
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    Date Filed: 2001-03-13
    Court: N.H. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: BRODERICK, J.,NADEAU and DALIANIS, JJ., concurred; GROFF and MANGONES, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wadleigh, Starr & Peters
    for defendant: Philip T. McLaughlin, et al.
    Case Number: No. 98-564

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. BRODERICK, J.This is an appeal from a New Hampshire Department of Employment Security (DES) decision that the peti