• American Civil Liberties Union v. Clapper, 14-42-cv

    Publication Date: 2015-05-11
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Sack and Lynch, C.JJ., and Broderick, D.J.**
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Jameel Jaffer, Patrick Toomey, Brett Max Kaufman, Catherine Crump, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY; Christopher T. Dunn, Arthur N. Eisenburg, New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY, on the brief, Alexander Abdo, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY, For Defendants-Appellees: Douglas N. Letter, H. Thomas Byron III, Henry C. Whitaker, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC; Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY; David S. Jones, John D. Clopper, Emily E. Daughtry, Assistant United States Attorneys, New York, NY, on the brief, Stuart F. Delery, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. For Amici Curiae Former Members of the Church Committee and Law Professors in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellants: Laura K. Donohue, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington DC, Erwin Chemerinsky, University of California, Irvine School of Law, Irvine, CA. For Amici Curiae Senator Ron Wyden, Senator Mark Udall, and Senator Martin Heinrich in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellants: Charles S. Sims, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Experts in Computer and Data Science in Support of Appellants and Reversal: Cindy Cohn, Mark Rumold, Andrew Crocker, Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA. For Amicus Curiae The Rutherford Institute in Support of Appellants and Reversal: John W. Whitehead, Douglas R. McKusick, The Rutherford Institute, Charlottesville, Virginia, Daniel L. Ackman, Law Office of Daniel Ackman, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae PEN American Center, Inc., in Support of Appellants: Edward J. Davis, Linda Steinman, Lacy H. Koonce, III, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae National Rifle Association of America, Inc., in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellants and Supporting Reversal: John Frazer, Law Office of John Frazer, PLLC, Fairfax, VA. For Amicus Curiae Association of the Bar of the City of New York Supporting Plaintiffs-Appellants' Brief: Jonathan Hafetz, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Gary D. Sesser, Stephen L. Kass, Michael Shapiro, Laura A. Zaccone, Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 14-42-cv

    Cite as: American Civil Liberties Union v. Clapper, 14-42-cv, NYLJ 1202725858041, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided May 7, 2015) FULL CAS

  • May 11, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Three Firms See Departures Continue, Plus More Lateral Moves

    CORRECTION: 5/22/15, 12:35 p.m. EDT. A previous version of this column erroneoulsy stated that Anna Elshafei had left Miller Canfield. She remains with the firm as a par

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  • JAW THE POINTE, L.L.C., PETITIONER, v. LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY, RESPONDENT

    Publication Date: 2015-05-11
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    Date Filed: 2015-04-24
    Court: SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS
    Judge: Jeffrey S. Boyd
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    Case Number: 13-0711

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  • May 10, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Three Firms See Departures Continue, Plus More Lateral Moves

    McKenna Long & Aldridge, O'Melveny & Myers and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman see more partners peel away; a former Bingham McCutchen tax partner rejoins her former colleagues at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius; a Latham & Watkins antitrust litigator launches her own boutique; and other notable moves from throughout The Am Law 200.

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  • May 5, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    K&L Gates Absorbs Austin Shop, Plus More Lateral Moves

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  • May 5, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    K&L Gates Absorbs Austin Shop, Plus More Lateral Moves

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  • May 4, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    A Boon to Big Firms as Corinthian Colleges Goes Bust

    A week after shuttering its last 28 campuses in the aftermath of a crippling settlement with the

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  • May 4, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    A Boon to Big Firms as Corinthian Colleges Goes Bust

    A week after shuttering its last 28 campuses in the aftermath of a crippling settlement with the U.S. Department of Education last year, Corinthian Colleges filed for bankruptcy Monday in Delaware. The for-profit company's Chapter 11 filing marks the largest collapse of a higher education provider in U.S. history and reveals some of Corinthian's mounting legal bills ahead of its demise.

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  • April 30, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Court to Decide if Med Mal Policy Survives Doctor's Fraud

    The New Jersey Supreme Court heard arguments April 27 over whether a medical malpractice carrier must provide the minimum of coverage for a physician being sued, even though he made false st

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  • April 30, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Court to Decide if Med Mal Policy Survives Doctor's Fraud

    The New Jersey Supreme Court heard arguments April 27 over whether a medical malpractice carrier must provide the minimum of coverage for a physician being sued, even though he made false statements on his application for a policy.

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