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  • August 24, 2007 | Legal Times

    Considering Arbitration's Costs and Dangers

    When they are negotiating the terms of commercial contracts, companies frequently assume that inclusion of an arbitration clause is a no-brainer. After all, what business wants to invite costly, ti

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  • April 19, 2010 |

    Revenue per lawyer Falls Again

    The downward trend continued for Am Law 100 firms in 2009 as more than half (56) posted drops in revenue per lawyer, our best measure of a firm's financial health. Four firms had double-digit decre

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  • Sartin v. Macik

    Publication Date: 2008-07-30
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    Date Filed: 2008-07-28
    Court: 4th Cir.
    Judge: Diana Gribbon Motz, Circuit Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For appellant: Bradley Pearce, Katten, Muchin & Rosenman, Charlotte, N.C.
    for defendant: For appellees: Benjamin Overby, Vernon, Vernon, Wooten, Brown, Andrews & Garrett, Burlington, N.C.
    Case Number: 07-1464

    PUBLISHEDArgued: May 15, 2008Before WILLIAMS, Chief Judge, and MICHAEL and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge Motz wrote the opinion, in which Judge Michae

  • Kathleen Patchen and Barbara Dickens-Sumner, individually and on behalf of all others similar situated, Plaintiffs v. Government Employers Insurance Company, Defendants, 10-cv-2056 (ADS) (AKT)

    Publication Date: 2011-01-14
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Eastern District
    Judge: District Judge Arthur D. Spatt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for the plaintiffs: By: Andrew Bell, Esq., of Counsel, Locks Law Firm PLLC, New York, NY Attorneys for the plaintiffs: By: Brian Wayne Tilker, Esq., Vincent L. Gonzalez, Esq., of Counsel, Brecher Fishman Pasternack Walsh Tilker & Ziegler, P.C., New York, NY
    for defendant: Attorneys for the defendants: By: Evan H. Krinick, Esq., Michael P. Versichelli, Esq., Michael P. Welch, Esq., of Counsel, Rivkin, Radler & Kremer, Uniondale, NY
    Case Number: 10-cv-2056 (ADS) (AKT)

    Cite as: Patchen v. Government Employers Ins. Co., 10-cv-2056 (ADS) (AKT), NYLJ 1202477815949, at *1 (EDNY, Decided January 7, 2011)District Judge Arthur D. Spa

  • Barbour v. Browner

    Publication Date: 1999-07-13
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    Date Filed: 1999-07-13
    Court: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
    Judge: Silberman, Ginsburg, and Tatel, Circuit Judges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Janet Cooper
    for defendant: Michael J. Ryan, Assistant U.S. Attorney
    Case Number: No. 98-5408

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. Ginsburg, Circuit Judge: Joyce Barbour sued the Envi

  • Axis Reinsurance Co. v. Bennett, 07 Civ. 7924

    Publication Date: 2008-07-14
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    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District
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    Case Number: 07 Civ. 7924

    District Judge Gerard E. Lynch U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Wayne E. Borgeest, Joan M. Gilbride, Robert A. Benjamin, Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LL

  • September 3, 2002 | The Recorder

    Second City Players

    Chicago law firms have been ambling into the San Francisco Bay Area in greater numbers in recent years, capitalizing on solid, recession-proof practice areas that are allowing them to boost th

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  • November 13, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    News In Brief

    Barket Joins Garden City Litigation Boutique Bruce A. Barket, a high-profile Long Island defense attorney, has joined litigation boutique Quadrino Schwartz and will lead

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  • March 28, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Marketplace

    Murray Hill Properties has purchased One Park Avenue for $550 million. The sellers were a joint venture of SL Green Realty Corp., SITQ Group, a subsidiary of the Canadian public pension manage

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  • August 25, 2006 | The Recorder

    The Backdating Blues

    Securities class action lawyers are preparing for the next wave of shareholder lawsuits as more companies and their top executives face federal probes and accounting restatements linked to the

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