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  • February 22, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

    Killing Terrorists Without Trials

    I am bearing witness as we abandon one of our most basic principles. At the confirmation hearings for CIA Director John Brennan earlier this month, several senators broached the idea of creat

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  • Hui v. Castaneda

    Publication Date: 2010-05-03
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    Date Filed: 2010-05-03
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    Case Number: No. 08-1529

    ESTHER HUI, et al., PETITIONERS v.YANIRA CASTANEDA, as personal representative of the ESTATE OF FRANCISCO CASTANEDA, et al./

  • September 1, 1999 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Judge's Four-Word Phrase Forces New Trial

    Four extra words in a judge's jury instructions require a new trial in a student-on-student sexual harassment case, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled, because they put too heavy a burden

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  • United States, Plaintiff v. Todd Mitchell Eberhard, Defendant, 03 Cr. 562

    Publication Date: 2012-07-20
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Robert Sweet
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    Case Number: 03 Cr. 562

    Cite as: US v. Todd Mitchell Eberhard, 03 Cr. 562, NYLJ 1202563486272, at *1 (SDNY, Decided June 30, 2012)District Judge Robert Swe

  • Acosta v. Miller

    Publication Date: 2005-12-15
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    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District
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    U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Judge Lynch Miguel Acosta, a New York State prisoner, seeks a writ of habeas corpus, challenging his conviction for k

  • November 2, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Suit Against Drug Research Firm Allowed to Continue

    Breaking new ground in the area of drug products liability, a federal judge has refused to dismiss negligence and fraud claims against a research firm that allegedly conspired with a drug manu

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  • United States v. Jackson

    Publication Date: 2010-11-08
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    Date Filed: 2010-11-08
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: E. Grady Jolly, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 09-10850

    Published opinionBefore JOLLY, DeMOSS, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.Colin Dalawn Jackson ("Jackson") appeals his conviction and sentence, following a jury trial, for conspiring to possess with

  • June 7, 2000 |

    Final Judgment: United States v. Microsoft Corp.

    UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIAUNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. MICROSOFT CORPORATION, Defendant. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - STATE

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  • July 19, 2002 | Corporate Counsel

    Get a Life

    Remember when companies dangled lavish perks and ridiculous stock options before green young lawyers to entice them to be their general counsel?No, it wasn't a dream.But

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  • Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation, Inc. v. Obama

    Publication Date: 2012-12-05
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    Date Filed: 2012-08-07
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Vaughn R. Walker, District Judge, Presiding Before: Harry Pregerson, Michael Daly Hawkins, and M. Margaret McKeown, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jon B. Eisenberg, Eisenberg and Hancock, Oakland, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants. Richard A. Samp, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae James J. Carey, Norman T. Saunders, Thomas L. Hemingway, Washington Legal Foundation, Allied Educational Foundation, and The National Defense Committee. Cindy A. Cohn, Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, California, for Amici Curiae The Electronic Frontier Foundation, The Government Accountability Project, James Bamford, and Former Intelligence, National Security and Military Professionals.
    for defendant: Douglas N. Letter, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, D.C., for Defendants-Appellants/CrossAppellees.
    Case Number: No. 11-15468 No. 11-15535

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 13299AL-HARAMAIN ISLAMIC FOUNDATION, INC., an Oregon Nonprofit Corporation; WENDELL BELEW, a U.S. Citizen and Attorney at Law; ASIM GH