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  • May 4, 2000 | The American Lawyer

    Succeeding As A Specialist

    Q: I am a third-year civil litigation partner in a large law firm. A number of my fellow litigation partners have decided to specialize in specific kinds of litigation, such as intellectual

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  • June 16, 2008 |

    An Unhappy Duty

    One of the things we learned as children is that it's better to tell on yourself than to have a classmate tell on you. In our practice, this translates into advising clients to self-report miscondu

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  • McKenney v. Jersey City Medical Center

    Publication Date: 2001-05-18
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    Date Filed: 2001-05-16
    Court: N.J. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Coleman, J.
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    Case Number: A-33 September T

    Argued February 26, 2001On certification to the Superior Court, Appellate Division, whose opinion is reported at 330 N.J. Super. 568 (2000).This medical malpractice case raises two narrow issues

  • July 10, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Have GM, Chrysler changed bankruptcy law

    Almost every bankruptcy expert The Am Law Daily talks to agrees that the super-fast General Motors and Chrysler bankruptcies diverted from traditional bankruptcy law because of the government

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  • August 1, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Ruling could lead to restrictions on references

    A case of first impression out of New Jersey may prompt more employers to become tight-lipped when it comes to giving out employment references. For the first time in the Garden

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  • November 13, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    FTC, Consumer Actions Shape Advertising and Marketing Landscape

    Recent legal developments in the advertising and marketing industry signal heightened regulatory and consumer concerns in various areas, most particularly, the health, environmental, and priv

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  • Skoczen v. Shinseki

    Publication Date: 2009-05-13
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    Date Filed: 2009-05-07
    Court: Fed. Cir.
    Judge: Michel, Chief Judge.
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    Case Number: 2008-7084

    Published opinionBefore MICHEL, Chief Judge, PROST, Circuit Judge, and GETTLEMAN, District Judge.*fn1In this veterans appeal, we are asked to provide the proper

  • October 24, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Employers' New Worry: Guns at Work

    Employers are grappling with an emerging liability issue that combines workplace safety and employee rights: guns in the workplace. A bill recently introduced in Florida would allow employe

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  • March 4, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

    Full of Energy

    Deal toys, those colorful statuettes that commemorate the closing of an acquisition or a financing, are commonplace in executive offices at Houston's Kinder Morgan Inc. Joseph Listengart, th

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  • January 23, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Curing America's Mass Incarceration Addiction

    It's been said that when America catches a cold, Black America catches pneumonia. Certainly with respect to America's incarceration policies, that adage holds true: "Today there

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