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  • September 20, 2004 |

    Drunkenness Doesn't Provide Mens Rea for Aggravated Assault

    Despite his lack of a driver's license and insurance, a motorist's drunken collision — in which he struck and injured two pedestrians and then left the scene of the accident &

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  • February 23, 2012 | National Law Journal

    Justices Grapple With Whether Lies of Military Valor Can Be Punished

    WASHINGTON - During an intense hour of debate before the U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 22 that touched on the harms and benefits of lying, the dramatic high point came when Chief Justice John Ro

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  • Torch Liquidating Trust v. Stockstill

    Publication Date: 2009-02-27
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    Date Filed: 2009-02-23
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: King, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 08-30404

    Before KING, DENNIS, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.Torch Liquidating Trust, through its trustee Bridge Associates L.L.C., brings this suit alleging breach of fiduciary duties by the officers and direct

  • Hanson v. Greystar Development & Construction, LP

    Publication Date: 2010-07-20
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    Date Filed: 2010-07-15
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 2
    Judge: Sue Walker Justice
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    Case Number: 2-09-397-CV

    OPINIONI. IntroductionThis is a summary judgment appeal. The trial court granted summary judgments for Appellees Greystar Development & Construction, LP; Houston Stafford Electrical Contract

  • July 6, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Expectations of Privacy in E-Mail Communications

    People continue to rely on their belief that the contents of e-mails, like phone calls, are sacrosanct and what is "said" in e-mail communication remains "confidential" to every

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  • June 14, 2004 |

    Protecting Victims of Abuse

    Protecting Victims of AbuseConfrontation right may jeopardize safety of children, domestic violence victimsBy Matthew T. ManginoSpecial to the Law WeeklyThis spring

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  • December 27, 2001 | Texas Lawyer

    Midsize Goodbyes

    A lot of midsize Texas firms bit the dust in 2001, with a number of venerable names disappearing from the landscape either through merger or a breakup. The list of firms disappearing from the

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  • TufAmerica, Inc., Plaintiff v. The Orchard Enterprises, Inc., Defendant, 11 Civ. 1816 (SAS)

    Publication Date: 2011-10-25
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff: Kelly D. Talcott, Esq., The Law Offices of Kelly D. Talcott, Sea Cliff, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant: David Baum, Esq., Lauren Perlgut, Esq., SNR Denton LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 11 Civ. 1816 (SAS)

    Cite as: Tufamerica, Inc. v. The Orchard Enterprises, 11 Civ. 1816 (SAS), NYLJ 1202519775367, at *1 (SDNY, Decided October 14, 2011)District Judge Shira A

  • June 16, 2008 |

    An Unhappy Duty

    One of the things we learned as children is that it's better to tell on yourself than to have a classmate tell on you. In our practice, this translates into advising clients to self-report miscondu

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  • Skoczen v. Shinseki

    Publication Date: 2009-05-13
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    Date Filed: 2009-05-07
    Court: Fed. Cir.
    Judge: Michel, Chief Judge.
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    Case Number: 2008-7084

    Published opinionBefore MICHEL, Chief Judge, PROST, Circuit Judge, and GETTLEMAN, District Judge.*fn1In this veterans appeal, we are asked to provide the proper