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  • March 24, 2014 | New York Law Journal

    Gay-Friendly Policies Can Help Law Firms, Advocates Say

    A work environment that welcomes lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender lawyers is not only fundamentally fair, it can boost the bottom line. That was the message of Out in Law, a day

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  • Murray v. Schriro

    Publication Date: 2014-03-17
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    Date Filed: 2014-03-17
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: David G. Campbell, District Judge, Presiding Before: Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Jay S. Bybee, and Sandra S. Ikuta, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Y. Garcia (argued), Assistant Federal Public Defender; Jon M. Sands, Federal Public Defender; and Jaleh Najafi, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Phoenix, Arizona, for Petitioner-Appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey A. Zick (argued), Assistant Attorney General; Terry Goddard, Attorney General; and Kent Cattani, Chief Counsel, Arizona Attorney General's Office, Phoenix, Arizona, for Respondents-Appellees.
    Case Number: No. 08-99008

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 2845 ROBERT WAYNE MURRAY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. DORA SCHRIRO, Wa

  • Davis v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Scarborough, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Vaughn, District Attorney, Eastman, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A1660

    The defendant's conviction for theft by taking was reversed, as the State failed to establish venue, since there was no evidence presented that the defendant exercised control over, spent or disburs

  • March 17, 2014 | National Law Journal

    D.C. Moves

    BUCKLEYSANDLER Amy Davine Kim has joined the firm in Washington as counsel. She focuses on regulatory matters in the financial industry

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  • March 14, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Holland & Knight Scatters Five Partner Hires, Plus More Lateral Moves

    A pair of real estate lawyers have lateraled from Brown Rudnick to Arent Fox in New York. The two new partners are MARK FAWER and CAROLYN AUSTIN, who are jo

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  • Baumann v. Chase Investment Services Corp.

    Publication Date: 2014-03-14
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    Date Filed: 2014-03-13
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: George H. King, Chief District Judge, Presiding Before: Michael Daly Hawkins, Sidney R. Thomas, and Andrew D. Hurwitz, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Glenn A. Danas (argued), Marc Primo, and Ryan H. Wu, Initiative Legal Group APC, Los Angeles, California, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Carrie A. Gonell (argued) and John A. Hayashi, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Irvine, California; Samuel S. Shaulson, New York, New York; and Alison B. Willard, San Francisco, California, for Defendants-Appellees.
    Case Number: No. 12-55644

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 2736 JOSEPH BAUMANN, individually, and on behalf of other members of the general public similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appell

  • March 11, 2014 |

    Saccoccio v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.

    Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis Saccocciov.JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.2014 WL 808653Only the Westlaw citation is currently available.United…

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  • Chevron Corporation, Plaintiff v. Steven Donziger, et al., Defendants, 11 Civ. 0691

    Publication Date: 2014-03-07
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    Court: U. S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff: Randy M. Mastro, Andrea E. Neuman, Reed M. Brodsky, William E. Thompson, Anne Champion, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP. Amicus Curiae: G. Robert Blakey, William J. and Dorothy K. O.'Neill, Professor Emeritus, Notre Dame Law School.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendant Steven Donziger and Steven R. Donziger & Associates LLP: Richard H. Friedman Friedman Rubin, Zoe Littlepage Rainey C. Booth Littlepage Booth Steven Donziger Attorney for Defendants Hugo Gerardo Camacho Naranjo and Javier Piaguaje Payaguaje: Julio C. Gomez, Julio C. Gomez, Attorney at Law LLC.
    Case Number: 11 Civ. 0691

    Cite as: Chevron Corp. v. Donziger, 11 Civ. 0691, NYLJ 1202645526489, at *1 (SDNY, Decided March 4, 2014) 11 Civ. 0691 District Judge Lewis A. Ka

  • March 6, 2014 | New Jersey Law Journal

    New Partners Yearbook 2014

    For the first time in four years, new partnerships took a slide at New Jersey law firms, down to a level not seen since the aftermath of the 2008-09 recession. There are 109 partners at 48 f

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  • March 4, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Rethinking Pa. Class Actions Challenging Public M&A

    In what has been a familiar trend in courts around the country, shareholders of public companies have increasingly brought putative class actions challenging publicly announced mergers and a

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