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Specifically, the 45-year-old Sullivan (William & Mary, Yale Law), who became a judge two years ago after spending more than 10 years as a prosecutor at the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan, denied bail to Frank DiPascali, a possible key witness in future Bernard Madoff-related prosecutions. That occurred after DiPascali pleaded guilty to helping carry […]

But all five have one main gripe: Facebook violated their rights, in some fashion. The photographer and actress claim their professional photos were uploaded from Facebook without thier consent; the minors claim their pages were accessed without their knowledge; and the college student claims Facebook altered the terms of service without her consent. Reads the

In an interview, John Merrigan, a DLA Piper partner who chairs the federal affairs practice, said Armey, who had been a senior policy adviser, made the decision to leave. The nonprofit group, FreedomWorks, has been associated with disruptive protests at town hall meetings on health care reform. Armey’s association with FreedomWorks, and his ties to

The plaintiffs, represented by veteran Alien Tort Claims lawyer Terry Collingsworth of Conrad & Scherer, alleged in four lawsuits that two Coca-Cola bottlers, Panamco and Bebidas, collaborated with paramilitary forces in what the 11th Circuit called “the systematic intimidation, kidnapping, detention, torture, and murder of Colombian trade unionists.” The complaints didn’t accuse Coke or its

In a direct conflict with the Eighth Circuit Court, the Tenth Circuit on July 31 adopted a new theory on stock market activity that can have the effect of sharply reducing the amount of money an executive made on “insider” transactions, leading to a required lowering of the criminal sentence for conviction of that crime.

The debate over Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court took place against a backdrop of tension between the Democratic Congress and Sotomayor’s new colleagues. Since January, Democratic lawmakers have pushed legislation that would reverse the effects of several recent high-profile decisions, many of them driven by the Court’s five-member conservative majority. The Democrats

Reporting from Washington — Sonia Sotomayor completed an unlikely and historic journey today, one that began with her birth in a Bronx, New York, housing project 55 years ago and culminated in her confirmation as the Supreme Court’s 111th justice. When she is sworn into office, Sotomayor will take her place as the high court’s