• June 14, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Lawmakers Get Extension on Jobless Benefits Bill

    The deadline for lawmakers to send an unemployment compensation bill to Gov. Tom Corbett has been pushed back by nearly a week, from June 11 to June 17. If they miss the deadline, up to 45,000 un

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  • Mark Myers v. Casino Queen, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2012-08-24
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    Date Filed: 2012-08-21
    Court: UNKNOWN: United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit
    Judge: Bye, Circuit Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 12-1027

    Submitted: June 13, 2012Before BYE, BEAM, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.Mark Myers sued Casino Queen, Inc. in Missouri state court based on theories of negligence and premises liability. The a

  • May 18, 1999 | New York Law Journal

    Federal Courts Report on Bias

    One year after the Second Circuit's governing body asked its member courts to implement anti-bias recommendations and report back on their efforts, the reports are in, and varied.The most ac

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  • In re Hickman-Bey

    Publication Date: 2010-03-05
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    Date Filed: 2010-03-03
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 7
    Judge: Per curiam.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 07-10-00059-CV

    Before QUINN, C.J., and CAMPBELL and HANCOCK, JJ.ORDERRelator Kenneth Hickman-Bey has filed a petition for writ of mandamus complaining that the respondent district judge, the Honorable Ron Enns

  • People v. Gordon

    Publication Date: 2006-11-16
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    Court: Appellate Division, 1st Dept
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    By Buckley, P.J., Mazzarelli, Nardelli, Catterson, Malone, JJ. 9573. People, res, v. Jameel Gordon, def-ap Richard M. Greenberg, Office of the

  • June 26, 1999 | New York Law Journal

    Attorneys' Fees in a Nutshell

    Under the well-settled "American Rule," litigants, win or lose, generally must pay their own attorneys' fees, unless an award of attorneys' fees is authorized by contract, statute or equitable grou

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  • Styles v General Motors Corporation

    Publication Date: 2005-07-21
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    Court: Appellate Division, 1st Dept
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    By Opinion by Buckley, P.J. All concur except Andrias and Saxe, JJ. who dissent in part in an Opinion by Andrias, J. 4070. Ann Styles, etc. Plaintiffs-res-ap, v.

  • October 9, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

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    Christina Ramundo Firm: Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard Born: Dec. 26, 1980, Livingston, N.J. Date Joined Firm: Sept.

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  • Beacon Residential Community Association v. Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP

    Publication Date: 2012-12-14
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    Date Filed: 2012-12-13
    Court: C.A. 1st
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Offices of Ann Rankin, Ann Rankin, Terry L. Wilkens; Katzoff & Riggs, Kenneth S. Katzoff, Robert R. Riggs, Sung E. Shim and Stephen G. Preonas for Plaintiff and Appellant. Berding & Weil and Matt J. Malone for Executive Council of Homeowners as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Robles, Castles & Meredith and Richard C. Young for Defendant and Respondent Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP. Schwartz & Janzen, Noel E. Macaulay and Steven H. Schwartz for Defendant and Respondent HKS, Inc.

    Case Number: No. A134542

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 13674BEACON RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff and Appellant,v.SKIDMORE, OWI

  • Wiwa v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.

    Publication Date: 2000-09-18
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    Date Filed: 2000-09-14
    Court: 2nd Cir.
    Judge: OAKES, LEVAL and POOLER
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: JUDITH BROWN CHOMSKY, Jennifer M. Green, Beth Stephens, and Richard Herz
    for defendant: RORY O. MILLSON and Sandra C. Goldstein

    Case Number: Nos. 99-7223[L],

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion.This case concerns the application of forum non conveniens doctrine to suits under the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA), 2