• November 4, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    News in Brief

    Wachtell Elevates Two Associates to Partner Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz elected two associates to the partnership yesterday, bolstering its corporate and restruct

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  • 324 East 9th Street Corporation v Acordia Northeast-New York

    Publication Date: 2006-05-11
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    By Buckley, P.J., Saxe, Nardelli, Gonzalez, Catterson, JJ. 8500N. 324 East 9th Street Corporation, plf-ap, v. Acordia Northeast-New York, def-res ___________

  • October 28, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Stocker v. Sheehan

    Decided October 26, 2004 Before Buckley, P.J.; Tom, Saxe, Sullivan and Friedman, JJ. Respondent appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, New York County (John E. H. Stackhouse

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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.

  • December 10, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Law Firms Face Gray Area as Boomers Age

    Getting old has never been so good. If you're healthy and productive and eager to keep working, there's a law firm out there that wants you. Need work/life balance? No problem. Fancy setting your o

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  • Wilson v. Sirmons

    Publication Date: 2008-08-15
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    Date Filed: 2008-08-08
    Court: 10th Cir.
    Judge: McCONNELL, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 06-5179

    PUBLISHBefore HARTZ, McCONNELL and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.Michael Lee Wilson, a death row inmate in the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, appeals the district court's denial of his petition for a

  • January 9, 2013 | New York Law Journal

    Justices Welcome Additional Time on the Bench

    Sixty-one Supreme Court justices may have reached the mandatory retirement age of 70, but they don't have to leave the bench just yet. Several say they are hoping that a constitutional amendm

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  • People v Dennis

    Publication Date: 2006-07-06
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    Case Number: 15628

    Decided and Entered: July 6, 2006 15628 ___________________________ THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v ALPHONSO S. DENNIS,

  • April 27, 2007 | Legal Times

    Despite Tragedy, Gun Lobby Stays on Target

    WASHINGTON � On the day of the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history, the 76-member governing board of the National Rifle Association assembled in St. Louis for its 136th annual meeting.

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  • February 11, 2005 | Daily Business Review

    Lawyer Accused in Mortgage Scam Is Suspended

    The Florida Supreme Court's emergency suspension of a Miami real estate attorney has prompted lawmakers to hastily draft a bill to protect homeowners from so-called foreclosure vultures.

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