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  • October 11, 2004 | National Law Journal

    Taking It to the People

    "My client has no comment. We don't try our case in the media."That's the way defense lawyers handle press inquiries by the book. And it's still the Bible to some lawyers -- especially

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  • July 21, 2006 | A Practical Guide To Equal Employment Opportunity

    $26 Million Tortious Interference Suit Ends in Defense Verdict

    If business is war, then what tactics amount to war crimes when two companies are in direct competition? On Tuesday morning, a Philadelphia jury handed up a defense verdict in a case in whic

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  • In re Reno

    Publication Date: 2012-08-30
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    Date Filed: 2012-08-30
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bill Lockyer, Edmund G. Brown, Jr., and Kamala D. Harris, Attorneys General, Robert R. Anderson and Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant Attorney General, John R. Gorey, Joseph P. Lee, Robert David Breton and Mary Sanchez, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent State of California. Kent S. Scheidegger for Criminal Justice Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondent State of California. Michael Laurence for the Habeas Corpus Resource Center and California Public Defenders Association as Amici Curiae. Michael J. Hersek, State Public Defender, and Nina Rivkind, Deputy State Public Defender, for the Office of the State Public Defender as Amicus Curiae. Cliff Gardner; Lawrence A. Gibbs; and John T. Philipsborn for the Federal Public Defender for the Eastern and Central Districts and the California Attorneys for Criminal Justice as Amici Curiae.
    for defendant: James S. Thomson, Saor Stetler and Peter Giannini, under appointments by the Supreme Court, for Petitioner Reno.
    Case Number: No. S124660

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 10049 In re RENO on Habeas Corpus. No. S124660 In the Supreme Court of Califor

  • July 21, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

    $26 Million Tortious Interference Suit Ends in Defense Verdict

    If business is war, then what tactics amount to war crimes when two companies are in direct competition? On Tuesday morning, a Philadelphia jury handed up a defense verdict in a case in whic

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  • In re Katrina Canal Breaches Litigation

    Publication Date: 2010-09-16
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    Date Filed: 2010-09-14
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: Jerry E. Smith, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: Nos. 09-30449, 09-30428 & 09-30438

    Published opinionBefore SMITH, WIENER, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.Washington Group International, Inc. ("WGI") provided engineering, construction, and management services. The United States Army

  • State of New York v. Jude Tanella

    Publication Date: 2003-09-19
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    Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District
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    U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York Judge Garaufis Before the court is defendant Jude Tanella's motion, pursuant Rule 12(b) of the Federal Rules of Crimin

  • In re Katrina Canal Breaches Litigation

    Publication Date: 2010-09-16
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    Date Filed: 2010-09-14
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: Jerry E. Smith, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: Nos. 09-30449, 09-30428 & 09-30438

    Published opinionBefore SMITH, WIENER, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.Washington Group International, Inc. ("WGI") provided engineering, construction, and management services. The United States Army

  • April 2, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Pa. Defense Bar Upset Over Slams Against Attorney

    Even though the state Supreme Court stepped in, the lawyers got back on the case, and the jury reached a verdict, the case isn't closed for criminal defense attorneys in Philadelphia, who cont

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  • Cooke v. Solis

    Publication Date: 2010-06-07
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    Date Filed: 2010-06-07
    Court: 9th Cir.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Satris (argued), Law Office of Michael Satris, Bolinas, California; Amy F. Morton, Morton & Russo, Vallejo, California, for Petitioner-Appellant.
    for defendant: Jessica Nicole Blonien (argued), Office of the California Attorney General, Sacramento, California; Elizabeth S. Kim, Office of the California Attorney General, Oakland, California, for Respondents-Appellees.
    Case Number: No. 07-16112

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 6994 RICHARD LEE POLLARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE GEO GROUP, INC., Erroneously S

  • January 22, 2007 | Legal Times

    Corporations Decry Official's Detainee Screed

    It's a rare day when law firms get called out for their pro bono work.But that's exactly what happened when Pentagon official Charles "Cully" Stimson rattled off a list of firms

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