• July 18, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Tabloids aside, what does ruling in 'Stern v. Marshall' mean?

    The U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling in Stern v. Marshall was the capstone in the epic battle involving the late tabloid siren Anna Nicole Smith over oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II's

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  • May 3, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Tuckers' Defamation Suit Dismissed

    The Pennsylvania Supreme Court last week dismissed libel claims against the Philadelphia Daily News and The Legal Intelligencer brought by a crusader against "gangst

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  • January 20, 2010 | The Recorder

    Wood v. Allen

    U.S. Sup. Ct. 08-9156 Under 28 U. S. C. §2254(d)(2), a federal court may grant a state prisoner habeas relief if his claim was adjudicated on the merits in state court and &

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  • May 23, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Rajaratnam Prosecutor Joins Gibson Dunn

    Another member of the team that prosecuted Raj Rajaratnam in the largest-ever insider trading case is heading to private practice. Avi Weitzman is joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher a

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  • June 13, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Proskauer, Former CFO Settle Bias Suit

    Proskauer Rose and its onetime chief financial officer, Elly Rosenthal, have agreed to settle a suit in which Rosenthal claimed the firm discriminated against her ahead of her March 2011 fir

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  • Rinehart v. Akers, 11-4232-cv

    Publication Date: 2013-07-16
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    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Sack, Wesley, C.JJ., Nathan, D.J.**
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Daniel W. Krasner, Gregory M. Nespole, Matthew M. Guiney, Beth A. Landes, Maja Lukic, Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP, New York, NY; Thomas J. McKenna, Gainey & McKenna, New York, NY, on the brief, Mark C. Rifkin, Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP, Interim Co-Lead Counsel.
    for defendant: For the Benefit Committee Defendants-Appellees: Janet Gochman, Hiral D. Mehta, on the brief, Jonathan K. Youngwood, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY. For all of the Director Defendants-Appellees: Other than Richard S. Fuld, Jr., Andrew J. Levander, Kathleen N. Massey, Dechert LLP, New York, NY; Thomas K. Johnson II, J. Ian Downes, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA, on the brief, Adam J. Wasserman. For Defendant-Appellee: Richard S. Fuld, Jr., Patricia M. Hynes, Todd S. Fishman, Allen & Overy LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Hilda L. Solis, Secretary of the United States Department of Labor., M. Patricia Smith, Solicitor of Labor, Timothy D. Hauser, Associate Solicitor for Plan Benefits Security, Elizabeth Hopkins, Counsel for Appellate and Special Litigation, on the brief, Benjamin R. Botts, Attorney, United States Department of Labor, Washington, DC.

    Case Number: 11-4232-cv

    Cite as: Rinehart v. Akers, 11-4232-cv, NYLJ 1202611058774, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided July 15, 2013) 11-4232-cv Before: Sack, Wesley, C.JJ., Nathan

  • January 4, 2007 | Daily Report Online

    Deal Watch: Icelandic firm acquires online game company

    LAWYERS FROM Morris, Manning & Martin figured a bunch of fantasy role-playing game enthusiasts might be the perfect guinea pigs for using computer software to help close a deal. Mo

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  • March 16, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Questions and Hearsay

    Federal Rule of Evidence (FRE) 802 provides that hearsay "is not admissible except as provided by these rules or by other rules prescribed by the Supreme Court pursuant to statutory authority

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  • April 28, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Public Interest Calendar of Events for April and May 2008

    On April 30, HIAS and Council Migration Service of Philadelphia will hold "Children of the American Dream," a tribute to Judge Harold Berger, from 5:30-8 p.m., at the Unio

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  • July 11, 2006 | The American Lawyer

    Law Librarians Look Beyond Books

    Thomas Fleming is an old-school librarian who has learned a few new tricks. The director of information resources management at Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, Fleming is just as likely to b

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