• January 3, 2011 | The Associated Press

    DA Could Lose Job Over Sex Charges

    Colorado lawmakers may take up impeachment proceedings against a western Colorado prosecutor facing criminal charges of sexual misconduct. Incoming state Rep. Don Coram o

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  • In re: Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, Debtor, 08-01789 (BRL)

    Publication Date: 2010-11-19
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: Judge Burton R. Lifland
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP, New York, NY, By: David J. Sheehan, Marc E. Hirschfield, Marc D. Powers, Attorneys for Irving H. Picard, Trustee for the Substantively Consolidated SIPA Liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC and Bernard L. Madoff
    for defendant: DECHERT LLP, By: Andrew J. Levander, Neil A. Steiner, New York, NY, and Steven A. Engel, Washington D.C., Attorneys for J. Ezra Merkin and Gabriel Capital Corporation REED SMITH LLP, New York, NY, By: James C. McCarroll, Lance Gotthoffer, Attorneys for Bart M. Schwartz, Receiver of Gabriel Capital, L.P. and Ariel Fund Limited

    Case Number: 08-01789 (BRL)

    Cite as: In Re Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, 08-01789 (BRL), NYLJ 1202475093438, at *1 (SDNY, Decided November 17, 2010)Judge Burton R. Lifland/

  • January 11, 2011 | The Associated Press

    Death and Taxes: Swiss Village Vows to Put the Axman in Taxman If Dog Owners Don't Pay Up

    GENEVA — A Swiss village has found a drastic way to compel dog holders to pay their pet's annual tax: cough up, or the dog gets it. Reconvilier — population 2,245 humans,

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  • April 7, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

    3rd Circuit to Hear Ten Commandments Case

    A packed courtroom is expected this afternoon when four lawyers square off before a three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to argue about whether U.S. District Judge Stewar

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  • February 15, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Game On: Video Game Bar Association Launched

    A worldwide association for lawyers specializing in video game law has been launched in Los Angeles. The Video Game Bar Association, founded on Feb. 8, is devoted to attorneys w

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  • March 28, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Will Whole Foods Case Make It Easier for FTC to Block Future Mergers?

    For Whole Foods, going to the mat with the Federal Trade Commission was an expensive exercise in fighting for principles. Whole Foods spent $28 million in legal fees in its battle with the FTC, which

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  • In re Marshall

    Publication Date: 2010-03-19
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    Date Filed: 2010-03-19
    Court: 9th Cir.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Eric Brunstad, Jr., Dechert, LLP, Hartford, Connecticut, for the appellant-cross-appellee.
    for defendant: Kent L. Richland and Alan Diamond, Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP, Los Angeles, California, for the appellee-cross-appellant.

    Case Number: Nos. 02-56002, 02-56067

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 3437In re: VICKIE LYNN MARSHALL, Debtor.ELAINE T. MARSHALL, Executrix of the Estate of E. Pierce Marshall, Plaintiff-Cou

  • April 7, 2003 | Corporate Counsel

    Gimme Shelter

    Baxter World Trade S.A. has a difficult decision to make. The subsidiary of American medical supplier Baxter International Inc. has had a big branch office in Belgium for 20 years. But tax bre

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  • December 8, 2010 | The Recorder

    Skadden Lawyers Keep Their Jobs in Office Closing, But Staff...

    SAN FRANCISCO - It's the season of uncertainty for staffers in the San Francisco office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. Firm management's announcement Frida

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  • May 31, 2011 | National Law Journal

    NY Partners Switching Firms

    Carter Ledyard & Milburn: Stephen Plotnick joins the firm's litigation department as partner and will focus on representing clients in matters inv

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