Filter This View

  • December 7, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Reality dawns on hourly rates

    It took a global economic meltdown and a major upheaval of the legal industry, but law firms seemed to get the message that 2009 was not the year to substantially increase their billing rates.

    1 minute read

  • February 27, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Judge Finds Alleged Abuse Went Beyond Plea for Kiss

    A 24-year-old substitute teacher who invited a 13-year-old girl to his Park Slope apartment, then allegedly blocked her from leaving, asked her for a kiss and moved his "face in close proximit

    1 minute read

  • May 15, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    New York Adopts Tough New Laws to Target Tax Fraud

    On April 7, 2009, Governor David A. Paterson signed into law historic legislation to increase civil and criminal penalties for tax evasion and to improve the Tax Department's ability to

    1 minute read

  • Tara Partners, Ltd. v. City of South Houston

    Publication Date: 2009-01-14
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2009-01-13
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 14
    Judge: Charles Seymore Justice
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-07-00330-CV

    Affirmed in Part, Reversed and Remanded in Part, and Majority and Concurring Opinions filed January 13, 2009.MAJORITY OPINIONIn this suit for declaratory judgment and damages related to fees set

  • Hirsch v Stewart

    Publication Date: 2009-04-23
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, 1st Dept
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 5000

    David B. Saxe David Friedman Rolando T. Acosta Leland G. DeGrasse, JJ. 5000 Index 104471/05 Morton M. Hirsch, Petitioner-Appellant, v Elaine Stewart, Respond

  • In Re Hereweareagain Inc.

    Publication Date: 2012-09-26
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2012-09-25
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 14
    Judge: Tracy Christopher Justice
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: NO. 14-11-00765-CV,, NO. 14-11-00687-CV

    Petition for Writ of Mandamus Conditionally Granted; Appeal Dismissed; and Opinion filed September25, 2012. In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals ORIGINAL PRCEEDING WRIT OF MAN

  • March 8, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    No-Fault Amendments: New and Proposed

    In our July 2010 column, concerning proposed amendments to the no-fault law,s

    1 minute read

  • January 3, 2006 | Legal Times

    Abramoff Pleads Guilty

    Scandal-plagued lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty to three counts of conspiracy, fraud, and tax evasion as the Justice D

    1 minute read

  • La Serena Properties v. Weisbach

    Publication Date: 2010-07-15
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2010-07-15
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    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

  • In re Pilgrim's Pride Corporation

    Publication Date: 2013-09-11
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2013-08-27
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: PER CURIAM
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 12-40085

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Before DAVIS and