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  • December 22, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

    Year in Review: 2003 Timeline

    JANUARY6 Judge Scott Jenkins of Austin's 53rd District Court denies Farmers Group Inc.'s motion to strike an intervention by policyholders, thereby keeping alive the pol

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  • January 6, 2003 | The Recorder

    Red Scare

    Weakened by an anemic tech sector and fighting each other for precious litigation work, the Bay Area's biggest law firms scored sallow returns in 2002 with only a few managing to post signific

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  • May 26, 2008 | National Law Journal

    The 50 Most Influential Minority Lawyers in America

    First, a reality check: At last count, a mere 5.4% of partners at U.S. law firms were members of minority groups. For women of color, the figure was fewer than 1.7%, according to the legal pl

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  • June 2, 2008 | National Law Journal

    The 50 Most Influential Minority Lawyers in America

    First, a reality check: At last count, a mere 5.4 percent of partners at U.S. law firms were members of minority groups. For women of color, the figure was fewer than 1.7 percent, according to

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  • January 6, 2003 | The Recorder

    Red Scare

    Weakened by an anemic tech sector and fighting each other for precious litigation work, the

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  • February 1, 2000 | New York Law Journal

    Don't Toss Your Resume Just Yet

    Four attorney placement firms were invited to share their observations on lateral partner movement. Below are contributions from: Major, Hagen & Africa; Corrao, Miller, Rush & Wiesenthal

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  • November 8, 2004 | The Recorder

    Sidebar

    LOCAL LAWYERS ON THE BIG SCREEN IN "GIRL TROUBLE" For four local lawyers, the daily grind in criminal court has led to roles on the silver screen. In filming three girls

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  • Mohamed v. Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-09-09
    Practice Area:
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    Date Filed: 2010-09-08
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven M. Watt, Ben Wizner (argued), Jameel Jaffer and Steven R. Shapiro, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, New York; Ann Brick and Julia Harumi Mass, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California, San Francisco, California; Paul Hoffman, Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman LLP, Venice, California; Hope Metcalf, National Litigation Project, Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic, Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut, for the plaintiffs-appellants. Clive Stafford-Smith and Zachary KatzNelson, Reprieve, London, England, for plaintiff-appellant Binyam Mohamed. Margaret L. Satterthwaite and Amna Akbar, International Human Rights Clinic, Washington Square Legal Services, Inc., New York, New York, for plaintiff-appellant Mohamed Farag Ahmad Bashmilah.
    for defendant: Daniel P. Collins (argued), Paul J. Watford, Mark R. Yohalem and Henry Weissmann, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, California, for defendant-appellee Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc. Ian Heath Gershengorn, Michael F. Hertz, Joseph P. Russoniello, Douglas N. Letter (argued), Sharon Swingle and Michael P. Abate, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for intervenor-appellee United States of America. Gary Bostwick and Jean-Paul Jassy, Bostwick & Jassy LLP, Los Angeles, California, for amici curiae Professors William G. Weaver and Robert M. Pallitto. Barbara Moses and David J. Stankiewicz, Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, P.C., New York, New York; Aziz Huq and Jonathan Hafetz, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, New York, New York, for amici curiae former United States diplomats. Wiliam J. Aceves, California Western School of Law, San Diego, California; Gerald Staberock and Carlos Lopez, International Commission of Jurists, Geneva, Switzerland; Carla Ferstman, Lorna McGregor and Lucy Moxham, REDRESS, London, United Kingdom; Denna R. Hurwitz, Human Rights Program, University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, for amici curiae REDRESS and the International Commission of Jurists. Stephen I. Vladeck, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C.; Natalie L. Bridgeman, Law Offices of Natalie L. Bridgeman, San Francisco, California, for amici curiae professors of constitutional law, federal jurisdiction and foreign relations law. Andrew G. McBride, Thomas R. McCarthy and Stephen J. Obermeier, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. Daniel J. Popeo and Richard A. Samp, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, D.C., for amici curiae Washington Legal Foundation and Allied Educational Foundation. Richard R. Wiebe, Law Office of Richard R. Wiebe, San Francisco, California; Cindy A. Cohn, Lee Tien, Kurt Opsahl, Kevin S. Bankston, Corynne Mcherry and James S. Tyre, Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, California, for amicus curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation. James M. Ringer, Clifford Chance US LLP, New York, New York, for amici curiae Commonwealth Lawyers Association and JUSTICE.
    Case Number: No. 08-15693

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 11814 BINYAM MOHAMED; ABOU ELKASSIM BRITEL; AHMED AGIZA; MOHAMED FARAG AHMAD BASHMILAH; BISHER AL-RAWI, Plaintiffs-Appellants, p class=

  • November 1, 2004 | The Recorder

    Sidebar

    REP. PELOSI'S LAWYER-OPPONENT SEEKS MINOR MIRACLEJennifer DePalma, an associate in Shearman & Sterling's San Francisco office, takes on political heavyweight Nancy Pelosi on

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  • November 30, 2001 | National Law Journal

    A $78 Million Solution

    NAME: Thomas J. RiordanTITLE: Vice president and secretary, law and administrationAGE: 51ORGANIZATION: In November 2000, the investment firm Kohlber

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