• September 17, 2007 | Legal Times

    Full Disclosure

    Free ThrowOrganizers of the annual lobbyists-on-legislators charity basketball game Hoops for Hope wanted to avoid a foul under the new lobbying laws — so they

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  • Erie-Niagara Rail Steering Committee v. Surface Transportation Board

    Publication Date: 2001-04-27
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    Date Filed: 2001-04-25
    Court: 2nd Cir.
    Judge: Jacobs, Circuit Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 98-4285(L),, 98-

    Argued: February 5, 2001Petitions for review of the orders of the Surface Transportation Board approving, with conditions, the acquisition and division of Consolidated Rail Corporation's assets by

  • January 6, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Will BigLaw's Urge to Merge Surge in 2011?

    PHILADELPHIA - An upswing in law firm merger discussions at the end of 2010 bodes well for increased consummation of such deals in 2011, Altman Weil said in a report issued W

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  • People v. Peterson

    Publication Date: 2012-12-11
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    Date Filed: 2012-11-14
    Court: C.A. 3rd
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Catherine Chatman and Sally Espinoza, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: A. M. Weisman, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. C068893

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 13521THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent,v.JOANNA LORRAINE PETERSON, Defendant and Ap

  • May 11, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Blank Rome Opens Office in Shanghai

    Blank Rome has officially opened a Shanghai office after receiving a license from China's Ministry of Justice in late March allowing the firm to open a foreign representative office in the city./p

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  • May 31, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Investor-state arbitration and the U.S. courts

    A largely unheralded feature of modern international business law is the emergence of thousands of bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and fair-trading agreements (FTAs) that give investors the ri

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  • July 12, 2002 | Daily Report Online

    DiSantis Named City Attorney

    Julia D. Gray [email protected] Mayor Shirley C. Franklin passed over an internal candidate and a lawyer with municipal bond experience to choose Linda K. DiSantis, a Unit

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  • In re Barclays Bank PLC Securities Litigation, 09 Civ. 1989 (PAC)

    Publication Date: 2011-01-07
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Paul A. Crotty
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 09 Civ. 1989 (PAC)

    Cite as: In re Barclays Bank PLC Securities Litigation, 09 Civ. 1989 (PAC), NYLJ 1202477434203, at *1 (SDNY, Decided January 5, 2011)District Judge Paul A. Crot

  • March 1, 2011 | The Recorder

    Tracking Changes in FCPA

    Through enforcement, administrative action and new legislation, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act grew additional muscle and even sharper teeth in 2010. The U.S. government assessed nearly $2 billi

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  • March 1, 2012 | International

    Ashurst to Launch Beijing Office With King & Wood Mallesons Hire

    Ashurst has announced plans to launch a Beijing office with a partner recruited from the newly minted King & Wood Mal

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