• October 26, 2015 | National Law Journal

    Pro Bono Week: The Best of This Year's Giving and Defending

    From Rwanda to a tiny Catholic Charities office in downtown Washington, lawyers took on cases, founded projects and reflected on the good they do and what more they can achieve. As the American Bar Association celebrates pro bono work nationally this week, The National Law Journal highlights the leaders, cases and efforts that have helped lawyers give back in the last year.

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  • October 26, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

    2015 New Associate Survey: More Women, Minorities Among New Texas Associates

    The number of new assoc starting work this fall at the largest firms in Texas is flat compared with 2014, but there are more women and minorities among them. A total of 270 assoc

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  • October 18, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Crowell Nabs a DJ but Loses a Lindh, Plus More Lateral Moves

    Crowell & Moring hired DLA Piper partner JONATHAN LISLE in London this month to head its corporate group in the global financial services center. Lisle focuses hi

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  • Surdo v. Stamina Products, Inc., 15-CV-2532

    Publication Date: 2015-10-16
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Eastern District
    Judge: District Judge John Gleeson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff by: Joshua B. Irwin; Irwin & Poznanski, LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendants by: Brandon J. Boulware, Rouse Hendricks German May, P.C., Kansas City, Missouri. Attorneys for Defendants by: Richard J. Brownell, Zaremba Brownell & Brown PLLC, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 15-CV-2532

    Cite as: Surdo v. Stamin ucts, Inc., 15-CV-2532, NYLJ 1202739865946, at *1 (EDNY, Decided September 30, 2015) CASENAME Leonardo Surdo, Plaintiff v. Stamin

  • October 16, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

    New Associates List

    Justine L. Abrams Firm: Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, Woodbridge Born: Oct. 31, 1988 Practice Areas: Family law Joined Firm: September, 2015 Clerkships: Hon.

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  • October 4, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Arent Fox Adds Tech Transactions Head, Plus More Lateral Moves

    WILLIAM TANENBAUM, head of the IP and technology transactions group at Kaye Scholer and head of the firm’s greentech and sustainability practice in New York, left the

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  • October 4, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Arent Fox Adds Tech Transactions Head, Plus More Lateral Moves

    Another practice leader leaves Kaye Scholer; Blank Rome bags a handful of new hires; Day Pitney poaches a five-partner real estate team; and other notable additions from throughout The Am Law 200.

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  • Expressions Hair Design v. Schneiderman, 13-4533

    Publication Date: 2015-10-01
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Wesley, Livingston, and Carney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Defendant-Appellant Eric T. Schneiderman, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of New York: Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, Steven C. Wu, Deputy Solicitor General, on the brief, Judith Vale, Assistant Attorney General.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., in his official capacity as District Attorney of New York County, and Charles J. Hynes, in his official capacity as District Attorney of Kings County: Larry A. Sonnenschein, Ronald E. Sternberg, for Zachary W. Carter, Corporation Counsel of the City of N.Y. For Amicus Curiae Credit Union Association of New York in support of Defendants-Appellants: Henry C. Meier, Associate General Counsel. For Plaintiffs-Appellees: Gary Friedman, Friedman Law Group, LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Deepak Gupta, Gupta Beck PLLC, Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae The Kroger Company, Safeway Inc., Walgreen Co., Food Lion, LLC, Hy-Vee Inc., H.E. Butt Grocery Co., The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc., Albertson's LLC, and Rite Aid Corp., in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: Linda P. Nussbaum, Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A. For Amici Curiae Consumer Action, National Association of Consumer Advocates, National Consumers League, and U.S. Public Interest Research Group, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: J. Douglas Richards, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 13-4533

    Cite as: Expressions v. Schneiderman, 13-4533, NYLJ 1202738558601, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided September 29, 2015)CASE NAMEExpressions Hair Design, Linda Fiacco, t

  • International Franchise Association, Inc. v. City of Seattle

    Publication Date: 2015-09-25
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    Date Filed: 2015-09-25
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Richard A. Jones, District Judge, Presiding Before: Michael Daly Hawkins, Ronald M. Gould, and Sandra S. Ikuta, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul D. Clement (argued), Viet D. Dinh and H. Christopher Bartolomucci, Bancroft PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Peter S. Holmes, Seattle City Attorney, Gregory C. Narver (argued), Gary T. Smith, John B. Schochet, Assistant City Attorneys, Seattle City Attorney's Office, Seattle, Washington; Parker C. Folse, III, Edgar G. Sargent, Justin A. Nelson, Drew D. Hansen, E. Lindsay Calkins, Susman Godfrey LLP, Seattle, Washington, for Defendants-Appellees.

    Case Number: No. 15-35209

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 10598 INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION, INC.; CHARLES STEMPLER; KATHERINE LYONS; MARK LYONS; MICHAEL PARK; RONALD OH, Plaintiff

  • September 22, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    K&L Gates Grabs London Tax Partner, Plus More Lateral Moves

    After a few months of steady partner losses, K&L G

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