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  • June 29, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Big Suits

    Apple v. Samsung; Eon Corp. v. AT&T Mobility; ASCAP v. Pandora; Chicago v. Purdue Pharma

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  • June 29, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    The Lawyers Take the Field in the FIFA Scandal

    Who's playing offense and defense in the U.S. government's massive anticorruption suit against officials of the international soccer organization.

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  • June 29, 2015 | New York Law Journal

    Same-Sex Marriage Wins in Historic Supreme Court Ruling

    Washington - Same-sex couples have a constitutionally protected right to marry, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday in a history-making victory for the gay civil rights movement. Just

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  • June 27, 2015 | New York Law Journal

    Same-Sex Marriage Wins in Historic Supreme Court Ruling

    Same-sex couples have a constitutionally protected right to marry, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday in a history-making victory for the gay civil rights movement.

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  • June 26, 2015 | The Recorder

    Tech Employers Cheer Same-Sex Ruling

    SACRAMENTO — Among those celebrating the U.S. Supreme Court's historic ruling Friday in Obergefell were the 379 businesses and employer representatives—many fr

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  • June 26, 2015 | The Recorder

    Tech Employers Cheer Same-Sex Ruling

    Apple, Dropbox, eBay, Facebook and Google were among the Silicon Valley companies that urged the high court to recognize a right to same-sex marriage.

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  • June 23, 2015 | New York Law Journal

    Implications of Relying on Advice of Counsel in the Second Circuit

    Parties often take actions, or refrain from taking actions, based on advice they receive from their attorneys. If they are then sued, should they defend their conduct by asserting that they

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  • In re Welch

    Publication Date: 2015-06-22
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    Date Filed: 2015-06-22
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wesley A. Van Winkle, Stephanie Ross and Karen Kelly, under appointments by the Supreme Court, for Petitioner David Esco Welch.
    for defendant: Bill Lockyer and Kamala D. Harris, Attorneys General, Robert R. Anderson and Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Ronald S. Matthias and Gerald A. Engler, Assistant Attorneys General, Bruce Ortega, Glenn R. Pruden and Catherine A. Rivlin, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent State of California.
    Case Number: No: S107782

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 6526 In re DAVID ESCO WELCH on Habeas Corpus. No: S107782 In The Supreme Co

  • June 19, 2015 | New York Law Journal

    'At-Issue' Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege

    The Ne Court of Appeals has referred to the attorney-client relationship as "one of the most sensitive and confidential relationships in our society."1 As such, Ne

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  • June 18, 2015 | New York Law Journal

    'At-Issue' Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege

    In their Commercial Division Update, George Bundy Smith and Thomas J. Hall write that a number of recent cases demonstrate that if reliance on privileged materials is needed to prove a claim or defense, the courts usually will find that the privilege has been waived. However, the relevance of privileged materials is not the determining factor in at-issue waivers; rather, the privileged materials must be directly at issue in the case.

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