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  • January 16, 2012 | National Law Journal

    What is law school for, anyway?

    The picture was meant to jolt the assembled crowd of legal educators. It showed the four members of Swedish supergroup ABBA, clad in their signature 1970s pop star regalia: tall platform boots, cap

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  • June 8, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Circuit Sends Dispute Over Lockerbie Fees Back to Lower Court

    A dispute over the allocation of attorney's fees in the settlement of claims against Libya for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, is headed back to the district c

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  • June 8, 2009 | Law.com Corporate

    NY Firm Wins Second Shot at Keeping $1.4 Million in Fees

    BYLINE CODE GOES HEREA dispute over the allocation of attorney's fees in the settlement of claims against Libya for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, is headed back to the dis

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  • July 12, 2007 | Daily Report Online

    General Counsel Keep Close Watch on Associate Pay Hikes

    Chief legal officers are watching their bills from outside counsel ever more closely as they read about one hefty pay hike after another for first-year associates.George Q. Sewell, executive

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  • April 18, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Movers

    Firm promotions Lambda Legal: Staff attorney Jon Givner has been promoted to head the HIV Project, replacing Hayley Gorenberg, now the organization's deputy legal

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  • Estrada v. City of Los Angeles

    Publication Date: 2013-07-24
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    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2013-07-24
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Konell Ruggiero & Konell, Cheryl Konell Ruggiero for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Carmen A. Trutanich, City Attorney, Paul L. Winnemore, Deputy City Attorney, for Defendant and Respondent.
    Case Number: No. B242202

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 7790 FRANK ESTRADA, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELE

  • December 7, 2006 | The Recorder

    Divided En Banc 9th Circuit Panel Favors Race Policy for Hawaiian School

    Last year, 9th Circuit Judge Jay Bybee authored a controversial opinion that a nonprofit school set up to benefit native Hawaiians was discriminating against white students by denying them admissio

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  • May 9, 2011 | Legaltech News

    Atlanta Pro Bono Partnership seeks passport to productivity

    Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta PBP-ATL provides free business legal services to Atlanta-based nonprofit organizations that serve low-income or disadvantaged individuals. With a volunteer net

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  • September 1, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Vulture Culture

    According to the Republic of Congo, the hedge fund Kensington International Ltd. is a profiteer raping a poor nation that deserves debt forgiveness. To Kensington, Congo is an oil-rich s

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  • Zimmerman v. Puccio

    Publication Date: 2011-01-01
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    Date Filed: 2010-07-27
    Court: 1st Cir.
    Judge: Lipez, Circuit Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 09-1416

    Before Lipez, Circuit Judge, Souter, Associate Justice,*fn1 and Selya, Circuit Judge.Appellants John and Richard Puccio appeal from the district court's grant of s