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September 18, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Scheindlin Rejects City Bid for Stay in Stop and Frisk

Southern District Judge Shira Scheindlin said the city had little chance of success at the circuit, because "the only action required of the City to date is attendance at meetings with the monitor," and that hundreds of thousands of people subject to unconstitutional stops would suffer "irreparable harm" had she issued a stay.
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February 09, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Why Corporate Counsel Should Lose Sleep Over the Federal Wiretap Act

Once seen only in the shadows of the war against organized crime, the Federal Wiretap Act should now be moving steadily and rapidly toward the top of the corporate compliance checklist.
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May 16, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

Case Summaries

The following state and federal court opinions were issued from April 19 to May 6. Practice areas addressed in these cases include insurance law, criminal law, appeals, arbitration, civil practice, civil rights and contracts, among others. Subscribers have access to the full text of these opinions online and can receive Texas Lawyer's Daily Case Alert, which includes the very latest opinions issued by state and federal appellate courts in Texas. To sign up to receive the Daily Case Alert in your inbox each day, click here.
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October 12, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Capital Sources: Bank stocks take hit that could derail recovery

Stocks of banks — both community lenders and their national rivals — have taken a hit and that could hurt the recapitalization and consolidation of the industry.
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October 03, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

Case Summaries

The following state and federal court opinions were issued from Sept. 13 to Sept 22. Practice areas addressed in these cases include business law, civil practice, health law, intellectual property, torts, criminal law and employment law, among others. Subscribers have access to the full text of these opinions online and can receive Texas Lawyer's Daily Case Alert, which includes the very latest opinions issued by state and federal appellate courts in Texas. To sign up to receive the Daily Case Alert in your inbox each day, click here.
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August 04, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Circuit Sets Tough Fee Standard Based on Rates Paid in District

A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit yesterday lowered a Manhattan-based attorney's fee by 21 percent, saying that Southern District rates did not apply to the case heard in the Eastern District. To overcome a presumption in favor of using the customary rates in the district where a case is litigated, the court held, an attorney must show a likelihood that use of a lawyer from within the district would have produced a "substantially inferior result."
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August 27, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Legal Center Puts a Face on Voter ID Litigation

When the ACLU of Pennsylvania, the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia (PILCOP) and other legal advocates were looking for individual plaintiffs who wished to participate in their challenge to Pennsylvania's new voter identification law, they turned to law centers that work in the trenches with low-income, disabled and other disadvantaged clients. One such site is the Face to Face Legal Center, a nonprofit law clinic located in the Germantown section of Philadelphia that, under varying names, has been providing for more than 20 years free legal services to low-income clients living at or below 150 percent of the federal poverty guidelines.
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August 01, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Changes in Depraved Indifference Case Law Ruled Basis for Retrial

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February 12, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

Corporate Money, Political Speech

Contrary to the fundamental purpose of the First Amendment, the Supreme Court's sweeping decision Citizens United v. FEC will likely undermine democracy, not bolster it.
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February 24, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

Good Time for IT to Gamble on H-1B Visas

For the past few years, employers needing temporary visas to employ foreign nationals were forced to take a risk. Although they prepared textbook perfect H-1B petitions, they could not be certain of success. This year, the demand for the general purpose visa may not exceed the supply.
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