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April 28, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Price, petitioners/plaintiffs-appellants v. New York City Board of Education, respondents/defendants-respondents

Ban on Cell Phones in Schools Left in Force; Policy A Rational Response to Devices� Disruptive Potential
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July 11, 2006 | New York Law Journal

United States, appellee v. Luke Jones, defendant-appellant

Drug Trafficker�s Racketeering Conviction Upheld; Sentence Remanded for Reconsideration Under �Crosby�
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July 17, 2002 | New York Law Journal

New Deals

In a stock deal valued at about billion, New York-based pharmaceuticals company Pfizer Inc., announced on Monday that it had agreed to acquire Pharmacia Corp., its Peapack, N.J.-based rival. The acquisition is expected to make Pfizer the world`s largest drug company, with an annual revenue of billion and a research-and-development budget of more than billion. Pfizer`s current products include the anti-impotence drug Viagra; Lipitor, a cholesterol regulating medication; and Zoloft, a drug to help ease dep
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October 20, 2005 | New York Law Journal

United States, appellee v. Samuel Yakobowicz, defendant-appellant

Interim Summations at Trial Leads to Reversal Of Conviction for Filing False Excise Tax Returns
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February 03, 2006 | Law.com

L�pez Torres, plaintiffs v. New York State Board of Elections, defendants

State Supreme Court Justices Should Be Nominated By Primaries Until Convention System Is Replaced
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March 17, 2003 | Law.com

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April 30, 2008 | Law.com

Mora, plaintiff-appellant v. People of the State of New York, defendants-appellees

Private Right of Action Under Alien Tort Statute Vienna Convention Ruled Limited
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June 18, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Ricci, plaintiffs-appellants v. DeStefano, defendants-appellees

Divided Circuit Denies Full Court Re-Hearing Of Firefighters' Title VII Discrimination Action
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March 11, 2010 | New York Law Journal

New Deals

In its second major deal in a week, AIG will sell its foreign life insurance unit, American Life Insurance Company, to MetLife for $15.5 billion. The transaction is part of an asset sell-off by AIG to raise funds to repay about $180 billion in government loans. Also, German chemical and pharmaceutical company Merck KGaA has agreed to take over Millipore Corporation, a life-sciences manufacturing company, in a $7.2 billion cash and debt transaction.
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