• August 1, 2001 |

    Bankruptcy Boom Boosts Demand for Lawyers

    Few people are more aware of the high demand for bankruptcy lawyers than Bruce R. Zirinsky. Since the start of the year, the head of the financial restructuring practice at New York's

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  • Martin v Wagner

    Publication Date: 2006-06-08
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    Case Number: 99482

    Decided and Entered: June 8, 2006 99482 ________________________________ DOUGLAS A. MARTIN, Respondent, v WILLIAM E. WAGNER et al., Appellants. _________________

  • October 10, 2006 | Legal Times

    Net Gambling Lobbyists Lose Big

    In the high-stakes poker game of politics, online gambling lobbyists lost a monster hand late last month after Congress passed legislation prohibiting financial institutions from making payment

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  • November 28, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    New York Same-Sex Marriage and Employee Benefits

    With the passage of the New York State Marriage Equality Act, effective July 24, 2011, New York became the fifth state, along with Massachusetts, Iowa, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Vermont, as we

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  • July 15, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Hogan Lovells Leads Way On Spate Of Office Openings

    Nearly a year and a half after announcing its intentions to put down stakes in Brazil, Hogan Lovells has opened an office in Rio de Janeiro—the firm's 44th global loca

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  • October 19, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Sealed Filings Increase at High Court

    When the U.S. Supreme Court debates the constitutionality of the federal "partial-birth abortion" law next month, it will have some sensitive information in its hands that no member of the pub

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  • Escaler v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services,* 07-3769-cv

    Publication Date: 2009-09-18
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    Date Filed: 2009-09-11
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
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    Before: Winter and Sack, C.JJ, and Cogan, D.J.** U.S. COURT OF APPEALS SECOND CIRCUIT Thomas E. Moseley, Newark, New Jersey, for Plaintiff-Appellant. F. Jam

  • December 1, 2009 | Legaltech News

    E-Billing Pet Peeves

    Q: What is your pet peeve about e-billing?A. Mine relates to how companies use -- or rather do not use -- the systems. Companies spend a fair amount of money to implement and

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  • September 11, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Surrogate's Court Surrogate Webber

    Surrogate's CourtSurrogate WebberESTATE OF ALEC L. COLLETT, Deceased (2812/08) — The proposed compromise of a cause of action for deceden

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  • Hobson v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.

    Publication Date: 2009-08-07
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    Date Filed: 2009-07-29
    Court: 2nd Cir.
    Judge: John M. Walker, Jr., Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 07-0364-cv

    Argued: October 30, 2008Before: WALKER, B.D. PARKER, and RAGGI, Circuit Judges.Plaintiff-Appellant Deborah Hobson ("Hobson") is a member of an employer-provided health care plan (the "Plan") tha