• August 27, 2007 | Legal Times

    Birdbrained Rules

    Alan Merrifield doesn't believe in pesticides. He thinks they're dangerous, ineffective, and bad for the environment. In any case, he doesn't deal with bugs. He helps people keep common

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  • USA v. Thomas Pitera, 10-1564-cr

    Publication Date: 2012-04-05
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Jacobs, Ch. J., Miner* and Katzmann, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Emily Berger and Stephen E. Frank, Assistant United States Attorneys (Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, of counsel), Brooklyn, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Roger Bennet Adler, Roger Bennet Adler, P.C., New York, NY.

    Case Number: 10-1564-cr

    Cite as: USA v. Thomas Pitera, 10-1564-cr, NYLJ 1202547968603, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided April 3, 2012)Before: Jacobs, Ch. J., Miner* and Katzman

  • April 28, 2009 | The Associated Press

    Swine flu spreads to Middle East, Asia-Pacific

    MEXICO CITY AP - The swine flu epidemic crossed new borders Tuesday with the first cases confirmed in the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region, as world health officials said they suspect

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  • May 1, 2006 | Connecticut Law Tribune

    Intolerance Is A Relative Term

    I had no interest in China President Hu Jintao's recent visit to Yale. But, on the morning of the visit, I burst out laughing when I read that the White House had announced the Chinese nation

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  • July 16, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    New York Practice

    On June 27, the Court of Appeals issued a decision providing important insight into benefits and risks of high-low agreements1 in multiparty cases. The holding in a href="http:/

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  • May 30, 2008 | Bloomberg

    Volkswagen threatens town's business from patent suits

    At the Blue Frog Grille in Marshall, Texas, manager Shawne Somerford says she keeps an eye on the schedule at the U.S. courthouse two blocks down. During trials, it generates as much as 40 pe

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  • March 14, 2007 | Legal Times

    Savvis GC Ready to Face New Challenges

    In November, Eugene DeFelice was appointed senior vice president, general counsel, and secretary of Savvis, based in St. Loui

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  • October 12, 2007 | The Associated Press

    Judge delays some border fence construction on Arizona-Mexico border

    WASHINGTON - A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily delayed construction of a 1.5-mile section of a border fence in a wildlife conservation area on the Arizona-Mexico line.The Defend

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  • July 16, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Law Schools Hope Morgan Lewis' Move Doesn't Start Trend

    If the ways firms decide to defer associates, lay off attorneys and cut compensation are any indication, it seems that once one firm gets the ball rolling, an avalanche is soon to follow. a class=

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  • January 9, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Maximize Impact By Making One Point at a Time

    Persuasive writing achieves maximum impact by concentrating on one point at a time. That's how people are persuaded: one point at a time. Sometimes writers lose sight of this and try to make t

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