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  • January 23, 2001 | New York Law Journal

    Staff Exits on the Rise in Southern District U.S. Attorney's Office

    A series of recent staff changes in the office of Southern District U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White are unrelated to the change to a Republican administration in Washington, D.C., but instead are

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  • August 5, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Court Rejects Temple's Sexual Harassment Policy

    Temple University's now-abandoned sexual harassment policy was declared unconstitutional by a federal appeals court on First Amendment grounds because it could chill the speech of students even

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  • January 31, 2000 | Legal Times

    Expert Overhaul Needed

    Once again, the Federal Judicial Conference has merely tinkered with the machinery of evidence law, when what's needed is a complete overhaul of the expert witness rules. In the process, the confer

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  • August 24, 2007 | New Jersey Law Journal

    The Duty of Environmental Consultants

    Consider the following scenario: Client owns Blackacre in a heavily industrialized area and engages Consultco, an environmental consultant, to conduct a soil and groundwater investigation and

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  • Herzog Transit Services, Inc. v. United States Railroad Retirement Board

    Publication Date: 2010-10-31
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2010-10-22
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Ripple, Circuit Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 09-3945

    ARGUED MAY 26, 2010Before RIPPLE, KANNE and SYKES, Circuit Judges.Herzog Transit Services ("Herzog") operates, under contract with Dallas Area Rapid Transit ("DART") and Fort Worth Transportatio

  • April 25, 2002 | National Law Journal

    Suits Probe Acne Drug, Depression

    The first jury trial over products liability claims that the acne medication Accutane causes depression has ended in a defense verdict.But plaintiffs' attorneys in other lawsuits

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  • January 6, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Firms Balance Lateral Hires Versus 'Culture'

    For decades, the only way to become a partner at an elite law firm was to become an associate at that firm first, preferably straight out of a top law school.That is no longer the case

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  • December 9, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Computer Law

    According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. intellectual property is worth more than $5 trillion. Indeed, software and other intellectual property can be the most valuable as

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  • Bohac v. Department of Agriculture

    Publication Date: 2001-02-16
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2001-02-14
    Court: Fed. Cir.
    Judge: Dyk, Circuit Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 99-3306

    Appealed from: Merit Systems Protection BoardThis case presents the issue whether non-pecuniary damages--here recovery for alleged pain and suffering, injury to reputation, and injury to family lif

  • August 8, 2012 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Segal v. Lynch

    Segal v. Lynch, A-127 September Term 2010; Supreme Court; opinion by Hoens, J.; partial dissent by Albin, J.; decided August 2, 2012. On certification to the Appellate Division, 417 N.J. Supe

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