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August 15, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal

Attorneys Reinstated From Ineligible List

The New Jersey Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection declares that the following New Jersey attorneys, having fully satisfied the requirements of the annual assessment, are hereby remo

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Disability Advocates, Inc. v. New York Coalition for Quality Assisted Living, Inc., 10-235(L)

Publication Date: 2012-04-10
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Cabranes and Parker, C.JJ., and Korman, D.J. **
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee Disability Advocates, Inc: Andrew G. Gordon (Julie E. Fink, Geoffrey Chepiga, Elizabeth Seidlin-Bernstein, Lindsey Weinstock, and Francine Murray, on the brief), Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY; Cliff Zucker (Timothy A. Clune, on the brief) Disability Advocates, Inc., Albany, NY; Ira A. Burnim, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, Washington, DC; Mara A. Kuns, Urban Justice Center, New York, NY; Roger Bearden (Aditi Koethekar, on the brief), New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, New York, NY; and Jeannette Zelhof (Jota Borgmann, on the brief), MFY Legal Services, Inc., New York, NY. For Plaintiff-Appellee United States of America: Samuel R. Bagenstos, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General (Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General, Jessica Dunsay Silver and Terese Kwon, Attorneys, on the brief), Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC. For amici curiae States of Connecticut, Arkansas, Tennessee, Utah and Wyoming, in support of New York State Appellants: Hugh Barber, Assistant Attorney General of Connecticut (on behalf of Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General of Connecticut, Dustin McDaniel, Attorney General of Arkansas, Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General of Tennessee, Mark L. Shurtleff, Attorney General of Utah, Bruce A. Salzbury, Attorney General of Wyoming), Hartford, CT. For amici curiae Americare Certified Special Services, Inc. et al., in support of Appellants: Christopher Murray (Matthew F. Didora, on the brief), Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, PC, Uniondale, NY. For Movant Empire State Association of Assisted Living, in support of Appellants: David T. Luntz (Lori A. Sievers, on the brief), Hinman Straub, PC, Albany, NY. For amicus curiae Families of Current Adult Home Residents, in support of Appellants: Jordan W. Siev (Christopher A. Lynch, Cameron G. Van Tassell and David J. De Jesus, on the brief), Reed Smith LLP, New York, NY. For amici curiae American Association of Community Psychiatrists et al., in support of Appellees: Carla Christofferson (Justine M Daniels and Christopher A. Adams, on the brief), O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA. For amici curiae Dick Thornburgh (former United States Attorney General) and 30 former state mental health commissioners, in support of Appellees: Steven J. Schwartz (Mollie Richardson, on the brief), Center for Public Representation, Northampton, MA; and Robert J. Alessi (Gregory G. Nickson and Jeffrey D. Kuhn, on the brief), Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, Albany, NY. For amici curiae C.C. et al. (current and former residents of Adult Homes), in support of Appellees: Elizabeth B. McCallum, Howrey LLP, Washington, DC. For amici curiae The National Disability Rights Network et al., in support of Appellee Disability Advocates: Antony L. Ryan (Rebecca R. Silber and Alejandro H. Cruz), Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY. For amici curiae The Coalition of Institutionalized Aged and Disabled et al., in support of Appellees: Peter K. Vigeland (Michael Bongiorno, David F. Olsky, Omar Kahn, Natalie Rastin, Leizel A. Ching, on the brief), Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, NY.
for defendant: For Movant-Appellant New York State Coalition for Quality Assisted Living: Patricia A. Millett (Steven M. Pesner, Robert H. Pees, James P. Chou, and Christopher M. Egleson, on the brief), Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington DC. For New York State Defendants-Appellants: Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General of the State of New York (Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General, Benjamin Gutman, Deputy Solicitor General, Cecilia C. Chang, Laura R. Johnson, Steven C. Wu, Assistant Solicitors General, on the brief), New York, NY.
Case Number: 10-235(L)

Cite as: Disability Advocates, Inc. v. New York Coalition for Quality Assisted Living, Inc., 10-235(L), NYLJ 1202548402238, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided April 6, 2012)p class="

DeSilva v. DeSilva, 350818/05

Publication Date: 2006-09-06
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Date Filed: 2006-08-29
Court: Supreme Court, New York County
Judge: Jacqueline Silbermann
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Case Number: 350818/05

NEW YORK COUNTY Supreme Court For Plaintiff: Michael D. Stutman Mayerson Stutman LLP For Defendnat: Pro se Justice Silbermann a href="htt

October 3, 2005 | New York Law Journal

U.S. Ordered to Release 74 Photos of Abu Ghraib

The Department of Defense must give the American Civil Liberties Union 74 photographs of mistreated detainees at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

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January 15, 2013 | National Law Journal

Bank Settlements Draw Fire From Critics

At first glance, the numbers look impressive. Bank of America Corp. last week agreed to pay $11.6 billion for selling the government toxic mortgages; 10 banks ponied up $8.5 billion to federa

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April 9, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

House Takes Up Asbestos Trust Legislation

Since the names of bankrupt companies do not appear on verdict sheets, asbestos plaintiffs can have double "recovery from two independent sources for the same harm," defense a

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June 15, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Police Gun Buyers' Names Not Public, Divided Panel Rules

The names of current and former Albany police officers who used official channels to purchase military-style assault weapons for personal use do not have to be disclosed, a divided upsta

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Kings County Second Department SUPREME COURT,

Publication Date: 2012-04-09
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Justice Jack A. BattagliaCitimortgage Inc. v. Krausz (28382/09)—Motion Deemed MootJustice Bernadette BayneAschoff v. Civil (

March 1, 2006 | The Recorder

Morgan Lewis to Open Beijing Office

When Morgan, Lewis & Bockius announced last month that it had landed the right team of lawyers to open an office in Beijing and the permission of Chinese authorities to do it, it was a double c

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February 9, 2004 | New York Law Journal

Blouin v. Spitzer

Decided Feb. 2, 2004Before Pooler, Sack, and B.D. Parker, Jr., C.JJ. Alice Blouin, the administratrix of the estate of Sheila Pouliot, appeals from a judgment of the United States

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