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  • July 5, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

    Petrocelli: Skilling Distraught Over Lay's Death

    The convictions of former Enron Corp. Chairman Ken Lay on charges stemming from Enron's 2001 collapse will be vacated because of his death July 5, and it's unlikely federal prosecutors will su

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  • July 22, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Dechert Must Pay Taxes for Canned Computer Software

    In denying Dechert exemption from more than $200,000 in taxes paid for computer software, the state Supreme Court determined "canned" computer software is tangible personal property tha

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  • Cabantac v. Holder

    Publication Date: 2012-08-23
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    Date Filed: 2012-08-23
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kara L. Hartzler, Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project, Florence, Arizona, Kari Elisabeth Hong, Law Office of Kari E. Hong, Oakland, California, for the petitioner.
    for defendant: Linda Y. Cheng, Francis William Fraser, Gary J. Newkirk, Aaron R. Petty, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for the respondent.
    Case Number: Nos. 09-71336, 12-71459*

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 9644 RANDY PENARANDA CABANTAC, a/k/a Randy Reyes, Petitioner, v. ERIC H. HOLDER Jr.,

  • United States v. Grant

    Publication Date: 2012-06-11
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    Date Filed: 2012-06-11
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: George H. Wu, District Judge, Presiding Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Kim McLane Wardlaw, and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andr� Birotte Jr., United States Attorney, Robert E. Dugdale, Assistant United States Attorney, Kristen A. Williams (argued), Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, California, for plaintiff-appellee United States of America.
    for defendant: Sean K. Kennedy, Federal Public Defender, Matthew B. Larsen (argued), Deputy Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, California, for defendant-appellant James Grant, III.
    Case Number: No. 11-50036

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 6372 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JAMES GRANT, III, Defendant-Ap

  • January 22, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Frye Test Not Met, Million Verdict Reversed

    Testimony that a wrongly dispensed drug caused permanent visual and cognitive damage to a healthy 47-year-old man did not satisfy the Frye test, because the expert's opinion that the drug ov

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  • November 3, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    The SEC's Recent Interest in Negligence-Based Charges

    A recent article in the Wall Street Journal reported that "Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC] officials are trying to make it easier on themselves to hold more individuals responsible fo

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  • January 24, 2002 |

    Large Verdict Falls on Frye Ruling Expert Witness `Deeply Troubled`

    Medical literature did not back expert's view on causationFryeBy Ruth Bryna CohenTestimony that a wrongly dispensed drug caused permanent visual and cognitive damag

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  • Harvey v. Brewer

    Publication Date: 2010-05-28
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    Date Filed: 2010-05-27
    Court: 9th Cir.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Cosgrove, Menlo Park, California, for plaintiffs-appellants Debra L. Harvey and Catherine M. Beddard. Daniel Pochoda, American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona, for plaintiffs-appellants Armando Coronado, Joseph Rubio, Michael Garza, Michele Convie, and Raymond Lewis. Laughlin McDonald, Neil Bradley, and Nancy G. Abudu, American Civil Liberties Union Voting Rights Project, Atlanta, Georgia, for plaintiffs-appellants Armando Coronado, Joseph Rubio, Michael Garza, Michele Convie, and Raymond Lewis.
    for defendant: Terry Goddard, Attorney General, Mary O?Grady, Solicitor General, and Barbara A. Bailey, Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, Arizona, for defendants-appellees Janice Brewer and Ken Bennett. Barbara LaWall, Pima County Attorney, Tucson, Arizona, for defendant-appellee F. Ann Rodriguez.
    Case Number: Nos. 08-17253, 08-17567

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 6639 DEBRA L. HARVEY and CATHERINE M. BEDDARD, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. JANICE K. B

  • July 23, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    BigLaw Firm's Tax Bill for Software Hard to Swallow

    PHILADELPHIA - In denying Dechert exemption from more than $200,000 in taxes paid for computer software, the state Supreme Court determined "canned" computer software

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  • August 25, 2011 | Daily Report Online

    11th Circuit nominee's colleagues discuss rise to top

    In his latest nominee to the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, President Barack Obama has found a district court judge who has represented banks and newspapers, prisoners and

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