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N.Y. governor signs gay marriage into law
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2011/06/24 12:20
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed New York's gay marriage bill, starting what is expected to be a crush of gay weddings starting in 30 days.
The Democratic governor signed the measure shortly before midnight Friday, following up on a promise to put his name on the legislation as soon as he received it rather than wait the usual 10 days to sign it for it to become law.
New York lawmakers narrowly voted to legalize same-sex marriage, handing activists a breakthrough victory in the state where the gay rights movement was born.
New York will become the sixth state where gay couples can wed and the biggest by far.
“We are leaders and we join other proud states that recognize our families and the battle will now go on in other states,” said Sen. Thomas Duane, a Democrat.
Gay rights advocates are hoping the vote will galvanize the movement around the country and help it regain momentum after an almost identical bill was defeated here in 2009 and similar measures failed in 2010 in New Jersey and this year in Maryland and Rhode Island. |
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Chambers USA Guide Ranks 9 Greenberg Traurig Attorneys
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2011/06/23 22:18
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Chambers and Partners, an annual guide featuring the leading U.S. lawyers and law firms, announced that 9 attorneys from Greenberg Traurig’s Phoenix office have been selected for inclusion in its Chambers USA 2011 guide. Chambers and Partners selects attorneys based upon thousands of interviews with practicing lawyers and with clients around the world. This stringent research and review process yields an exclusive compilation of the leading attorneys in their respective fields.
The following Greenberg Traurig Phoenix attorneys have been honored by Chambers USA in its 2011 Guide:
nbsp;nbsp; Brian H. Blaney - Corporate/Mamp;A
nbsp;nbsp; Rebecca Lynne Burnham - Real Estate
nbsp;nbsp; Robert S. Kant - Corporate/Mamp;A
nbsp;nbsp; Leslie Klein - Labor amp; Employment: Employee Benefits amp; Compensation
nbsp;nbsp; Bruce E. Macdonough - Corporate/Mamp;A
nbsp;nbsp; Daniel B. Pasternak - Labor amp; Employment
nbsp;nbsp; Lawrence J. Rosenfeld - Labor amp; Employment
nbsp;nbsp; Lesa J. Storey - Real Estate
nbsp;nbsp; Quinn Williams - Corporate/Mamp;A
About Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Greenberg Traurig, LLP is an international, full-service law firm with approximately 1800 attorneys serving clients from more than 30 offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. In the U.S., the firm has more offices than any other among the Top 10 on The National Law Journal’s 2011 NLJ 250. In the U.K., the firm operates as Greenberg Traurig Maher LLP. Greenberg Traurig has a strategic alliance with the independent law firm, Studio Santa Maria in Milan and Rome. The firm was Chambers and Partners' USA Law Firm of the Year in 2007 and among the Top 3 in the International Law Firm of the Year at the 2009 The Lawyer Awards. For additional information, please visit http://www.gtlaw.com. |
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Chandler steps down as head of Del. Chancery Court
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2011/06/20 08:08
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William Chandler III never realized his young man's dream of becoming a university professor, yet he has managed to pass on plenty of lessons to students of American law and business.
Chandler, 60, is retiring this week as head of Delaware's Court of Chancery, which rules over corporate law in a state that is the legal home to more than half of all publicly traded U.S. companies, including about two-thirds of the Fortune 500.
Chandler's decision to join a Silicon Valley-based law firm, where he will focus on advising corporate clients and working behind the scenes on litigation strategy, comes after 26 years on the bench, including eight years as a vice chancellor on the five-member court and 14 as chancellor.
But Chandler, who also served as a Superior Court judge before being appointed a vice chancellor, never envisioned himself wearing a black robe.
After obtaining his law degree from the University of South Carolina and clerking for a federal judge in Wilmington, Chandler went to Yale University law school with his eye on a master's degree and a dream of becoming a professor. |
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Miss. court tosses exploitation conviction
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2011/06/20 04:10
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div class=entrydiv class=articlepfontThe Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the conviction of Vanessa Decker, who was given a 4-year suspended sentence in 2008 on a charge of exploiting her own mother./font/ppfontLast year, the state Court of Appeals upheld Decker's conviction./font/ppfontDecker was convicted in Clay County of felony exploitation of a vulnerable adult for taking $4,120 from her mother's bank account between November 2005 and April 2007. She said she had permission./font/ppfontThe Supreme Court says a jury instruction given by the trial judge conflicted with Decker's indictment. The court said the failure of the judge to correct the mistake required the conviction to be overturned./font/ppfontDecker had argued the law under which she was convicted was vague. The Supreme Court did not discuss that issue./font/p/div
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Woman pleads guilty in border cash smuggling case
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2011/06/20 03:10
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A woman has pleaded guilty to attempting to smuggle more than $930,000 in cash across the Arizona border and into her native Mexico.
Federal prosecutors say 25-year-old Judith Angelica Ayala-Partida pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Tucson to bulk cash smuggling.
She's scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 4.
Authorities say Ayala-Partida was driving a vehicle that was stopped last Nov. 16 at the port of entry in Nogales, Ariz.
She told U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers that she didn't have more than $10,000 to declare. But a currency-detecting dog alerted authorities to the driver's side quarter panel of the car and a search led to the discovery of 101 packages containing $937,188. |
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Mont. Supreme Court rules against Paws Up
Law Firm News |
2011/06/20 00:10
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div id=bg_contentdiv class=padding10div class=entrydiv class=articlepThe Montana Supreme Court has reversed a lower court and ruled that a Montana construction company can either collect a debt or foreclose on a high-end guest ranch involved in a decade-long financial fight./ppThe Independent Record reports that the high court on Tuesday ruled that the owner of Paws Up used a shell corporation to try to avoid paying Helena-based Dick Anderson Construction./ppPaws Up is owned by Monroe Property Co., which is controlled by David Lipson, the former CEO of the haircut chain Supercuts./ppIn 2001 Anderson filed a lawsuit seeking to collect the final $800,000 on the $10 million project. Arbitrators awarded Anderson about $1.4 million in 2005 in damages, interest and attorney's fees./p/div
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