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  • Amnesty International USA v. Clapper, 09-4112-cv

    Publication Date: 2011-03-23
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Calabresi, Sack, and Lynch, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jameel Jaffer, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, New York (Melissa Goodman and Laurence M. Schwartztol, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY; Christopher T. Dunn and Arthur N. Eisenburg, New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY; Charles S. Sims, Theodore K. Cheng, Matthew J. Morris, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellant. Barbara Moses, Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, P.C., New York, NY; Emily Berman and Elizabeth Goitein, The Brennan Center for Justice, New York, NY; Sharon Bradford Franklin, The Constitution Project, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae The Brennan Center for Justice, The Center for Democracy & Technology, The Constitution Project, The Electronic Frontier Foundation, and The Rutherford Institute in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants. Lucy A. Dalglish and Gregg P. Leslie, Counsel for The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Arlington, VA, for Amicus Curiae The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants. Duane L. Loft, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY; Peter T. Barbur, The New York City Bar Association, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae The New York City Bar Association in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants. Robert A. Atkins and William J. Taylor, Jr., Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY, for Amici Curiae Law Professors Michelle Adams, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University; Baher Azmy, Seton Hall University School of Law; Fletcher N. Baldwin, Jr., Levin College of Law, University of Florida; Erwin Chemerinsky, University of California, Irvine, School of Law; Norman Dorsen, New York University; David M. Driesen, Syracuse University College of Law; Eric M. Freedman, Hofstra Law School; Lynne Henderson, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada-Las Vegas; Seth F. Kreimer, University of Pennsylvania Law School; Alexander A. Reinert, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University; David Rudovsky, University of Pennsylvania Law School; Daniel J. Solove, George Washington University Law School in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Douglas N. Letter, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Daniel J. Lenerz, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees.
    Case Number: 09-4112-cv

    Cite as: Amnesty International USA v. Clapper, 09-4112-cv, NYLJ 1202487354917, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided March 21, 2011)Before: Calabresi, Sack, and Lynch, C.JJ.

  • April 27, 2011 | International Edition

    Firm Loses Lockstep for Merit-Based Pay for Associates

    SJ Berwin has become the latest firm to introduce merit-based pay for its associates, with the new model set to come into effect at the firm from 1 May. The firm said the ne

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  • Plotkin v Moriarty

    Publication Date: 2010-02-09
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    Court: Appellate Division, 2nd Dept
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    Case Number: 2008-10471

    Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P. JOHN M. LEVENTHAL L. PRISCILLA HALL SANDRA

  • July 20, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Widening Probe

    MINEOLA � Prosecutors and former prosecutors now represent all the major parties in the widening Roslyn public schools embezzlement scandal. The two former school officials, charged wi

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  • National Meat Association v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2010-03-31
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    Date Filed: 2010-03-31
    Court: 9th Cir.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven J. Wells and Heather M. McCann, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for the plaintiff-appellee.
    for defendant: Edmund G. Brown Jr., Attorney General of California, Douglas J. Woods, Acting Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Susan K. Leach, Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, California, for the defendants-appellants. Sarah L. Conant and Peter A. Brandt, The Humane Society of the United States, Washington, D.C.; and Bruce A. Wagman, Schiff Hardin LLP, San Francisco California, for the defendant-intervenor-appellants.
    Case Number: No. 09-15483 No. 09-15486

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 4025NATIONAL MEAT ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, andAMERICAN MEAT INSTITUTE, Plaint

  • June 9, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Fabry's S.R.L. v. IFT International, Inc.

    Fabry's S.R.L. v. IFT International, Inc. Judge ScheindlinFabry's S.R.L. v. IFT International, Inc. - On December 13, 2002, Fabry's S.r.L. ("Fabry's") initiated this act

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  • In the Matter of Robert Skinner

    Publication Date: 2002-03-18
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    Court: Appellate Division, 2nd Dept
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    Case Number: 2001-04098

    SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPELLATE DIVISION : SECOND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT 9234B E/jv AD2d Submitted - February 11, 2002 SANDRA J. FEUERSTEIN, J.

  • May 27, 2011 | The Associated Press

    Jailhouse Lawyer: Attorney Who Plotted to Kill His Wife Fights Prison Book Policy

    SANDPOINT, Idaho (AP) — A north Idaho attorney convicted by a federal jury for his role in a plot to kill his wife has filed a tort claim against Bonner County, alleging the jail's policy

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  • Matter of Phillips v Giddings

    Publication Date: 2012-06-25
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    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION: SECOND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Peter B. Skelos, JP., Anita R. Florio, Plummer E. Lott, Robert J. Miller, JJ.
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    Case Number: DOCKET NO. U-20339-08/10B

    2011-06728 Matter of Simone Cidnee-Allison Phillips, res, v Mark Garvin Giddings, apLeighton M. Jackson, N k, N.Y., for appellant.Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel, N

  • September 22, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Second Death Penalty Appeal Is Argued Today

    Today the New York Court of Appeals will hear a day-long argument in the second case brought by a defendant sentenced to death under New York's 1995 statute re-instating the death penalty.

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