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  • February 24, 2000 | Daily Business Review

    Two Ocwen Financial Workers Sue Over Hidden Camera in Bathroom

    As associate salaries skyrocket and the legal market booms, law firms in the District have an ace in the hole -- the federal government. Far and away the largest single employer of lawyers

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  • November 8, 2001 | Legal Times

    American Czar

    Despite the newness of his role as director of the Office of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge has responsibilities akin to those of many predecessors.In the day-to-day process of governing

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  • July 1, 2009 | Focus Europe

    Arbitration Scorecard: Treaties

    AMOUNT IN CONTROVERSY: Over $50 billion DISPUTE: Hulley Enterprises, Ltd. (Cyprus), Yukos Universal Limited (Isle of Man), and Veteran Petroleum Limited (Cypru

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  • December 22, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Pa. Supreme Court to Consider SEPTA's Immunity to FELA Claims

    The state Supreme Court granted an appeal in a case of first impression regarding whether SEPTA is immune from railroad workers' lawsuits filed in state court under federal law. The appeal w

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  • Brown v. Jevic

    Publication Date: 2009-08-07
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    Date Filed: 2009-07-31
    Court: 3rd Cir.
    Judge: Hardiman, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 08-4789

    PRECEDENTIALArgued March 6, 2009Before: SLOVITER and HARDIMAN, Circuit Judges and POLLAK,*fn1 District Judge.OPINION OF THE COURTIn this appeal implicatin

  • February 24, 2000 | Legal Times

    The Roundabout

    As associate salaries skyrocket and the legal market booms, law firms in the District have an ace in the hole -- the federal government. Far and away the largest single employer of lawyers

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  • September 27, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Navigating a Turnaround

    Name and Title: Todd A. Suko, vice president, general counsel and secretary Age: 40 Company Profile: United Agri Products Inc. (UAP), once an underperforming unit

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  • Combs v. City of Webster

    Publication Date: 2009-10-05
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    Date Filed: 2009-10-02
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 3
    Judge: G. Alan Waldrop, Justice
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    Case Number: 03-08-00291-CV

    OPINIONThis suit involves the allocation of local sales tax revenue by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. The Comptroller is responsible for collecting local sales tax from retailers, and th

  • Esther Kiobel, individually and on behalf of her late husband, Dr. Barinem Kiobel, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, 06-4800-cv

    Publication Date: 2010-09-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Jacobs, Ch.J, Leval, and Cabranes, C.JJ
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Hoffman, Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman, LLP, Venice, CA (Stephen A. Whinston, Carey R. D?Avino, Keino R. Robinson, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees. Jeffrey J. Keyes, Briggs and Morgan, P.A., Minneapolis, MN (Mark Girouard, Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson, Minneapolis, MN, on the brief), for amici curiae International Law Professors in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants. Naomi Roht-Arriaza, San Francisco, CA, for amici curiae International Law Scholars Cherif Bassiouni, et al. in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants. Judith Brown Chomsky (Jennifer M. Green, on the brief), Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, NY (Marcos Simons, Richard Herz, Earthrights International, Washington, DC, on the brief), for amici curiae Wiwa Plaintiffs in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Rowan D. Wilson (Rory O. Millson, Thomas G. Rafferty, Michael T. Reynolds, on the brief), Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.
    Case Number: 06-4800-cv

    Cite as: Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., 06-4800-cv, NYLJ 1202472235126, at *1a,2a (2d Cir., Decided September 17, 2010)Before: Jacobs, Ch.J, Leval, and Ca

  • Esther Kiobel, individually and on behalf of her late husband, Dr. Barinem Kiobel, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, 06-4800-cv

    Publication Date: 2010-09-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Jacobs, Ch.J, Leval, and Cabranes, C.JJ
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Hoffman, Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman, LLP, Venice, CA (Stephen A. Whinston, Carey R. D?Avino, Keino R. Robinson, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees. Jeffrey J. Keyes, Briggs and Morgan, P.A., Minneapolis, MN (Mark Girouard, Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson, Minneapolis, MN, on the brief), for amici curiae International Law Professors in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants. Naomi Roht-Arriaza, San Francisco, CA, for amici curiae International Law Scholars Cherif Bassiouni, et al. in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants. Judith Brown Chomsky (Jennifer M. Green, on the brief), Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, NY (Marcos Simons, Richard Herz, Earthrights International, Washington, DC, on the brief), for amici curiae Wiwa Plaintiffs in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Rowan D. Wilson (Rory O. Millson, Thomas G. Rafferty, Michael T. Reynolds, on the brief), Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.
    Case Number: 06-4800-cv

    Cite as: Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., 06-4800-cv, NYLJ 1202472235126, at *1a,2a (2d Cir., Decided September 17, 2010)Before: Jacobs, Ch.J, Leval, and Ca