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  • March 26, 2015 | New York Law Journal

    Location, Location, Location: It Matters in Litigation Too

    The "location, location, location" mantra is, of course, most well known in the real estate industry. In today's column, we look at two recent cases in which location was the k

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  • March 25, 2015 | New York Law Journal

    Location, Location, Location: It Matters in Litigation Too

    In their International Litigation column, Lawrence W. Newman and David Zaslowsky look at two recent cases in which location was the key element: one involving whether 28 U.S.C. §1782 can be used to obtain evidence located outside the United States, the other, one that answers the question, "when is a U.S. citizen not a citizen?"

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  • May 13, 2004 | Alm

    Egg Donor Has No Parental Rights

    A lesbian mother who gave birth to twin girls with eggs donated by her domestic partner is the sole legal parent of the children, the 1st District Court of Appeal in California has ruled. br

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  • May 12, 2004 | The Recorder

    Court Sides with Birth Mother Over Egg Donor

    A lesbian mother who gave birth to twin girls with eggs donated by her domestic partner is the sole legal parent of the children, the First District Court of Appeal ruled Tuesday

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  • August 9, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    2nd Circuit rebukes arbitration panel for limiting fee award

    The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has sharply rebuked a National Association of Securities Dealers arbitration panel for trying to restrict an award of attorney fees to a successful age d

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  • July 31, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Second Circuit affirms Ebbers verdict

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Friday affirmed the conviction and 25-year prison sentence of Bernard J. Ebbers, the former CEO of WorldCom whose reputation and busin

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  • February 23, 2004 | The Recorder

    DNA Mom Has Sympathy, Little Else

    A woman whose same-sex partner cut her out of the lives of the two twin girls they conceived together seems to have gotten the sympathy of three appeal court justices.But sympathy migh

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  • Baker v. Goldman Sachs & Co., et al., 11-1591-cv

    Publication Date: 2012-02-17
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Winter, Miner, and Hall, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Alan K. Cotler (Joan A. Yue, Andrew J. Soven, Reed Smith LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Casey D. Laffey, Reed Smith LLP, New York, New York, on the brief), Reed Smith LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Paul Vizcarrondo, Jr. (Tracy O. Appleton, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, New York; John D. Donovan, Jr., Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston, Massachusetts, on the brief), Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, New York. For Non-Party Movant-Appellee: Gayle C. Sproul (Amanda M. Leith, on the brief), Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz L.L.P., New York, New York. *1
    Case Number: 11-1591-cv

    Cite as: Baker v. Goldman Sachs & Co., et al., 11-1591-cv, NYLJ 1202542560328, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided February 15, 2012)Before: Winter, Miner, and Ha

  • July 31, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    2nd Circuit Affirms Ebbers Conviction, 25-Year Sentence

    The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday affirmed the conviction and 25-year prison sentence of Bernard J. Ebbers, the former CEO of WorldCom whose reputation and business were destroyed by

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  • February 2, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Merrill Lynch Wins Workers' Suit Over WorldCom 401(k) Choices

    Merrill Lynch won a major round Tuesday in the ongoing ERISA litigation arising from WorldCom's collapse when a federal judge ruled in its favor on a summary judgment motion.Southern D

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