• April 17, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

    News in Brief

    In a significant victory for insurers, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that occupational asbestos exposure does not meet Pennsylvania law's traditional definition of a workplace "ac

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  • December 15, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Hynes Makes High-Level Appointments Brooklyn District Attorney Charles J. Hynes yesterday announced that he has promoted Anne J. Swern, who had been his counsel, to first

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  • May 5, 2003 | Legal Times

    Civil Actions

    The following selected cases were recently filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and in Greenbelt, Md. This information was provided by the courts' off

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  • August 11, 2008 | Legal Times

    Economy, Exits Hurt Buchanan

    Barely a quarter of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney’s 500 lawyers have hit their targeted billable hours this year. Average associate hours have fallen below 1,650. And as of

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  • March 28, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Defenders rack up wins in nine high-stakes cases

    Intense discovery offsets late entry into case CASE TYPE: personal injury, products liability CASE CITE: Heber v. Walt Disney Co., No. 02-CC-11166, (Orange

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  • November 14, 2005 | Legal Times

    A New Jersey Crime Buster

    Samuel Alito Jr. was just 36 when he was plucked from his post at the Justice Department, in March 1987, and named U.S. attorney for New Jersey.Although he was an accomplished ap

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  • August 21, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Possible VP Candidates Have Lengthy Legal Resumes

    With the Democratic convention just days away and the GOP's following soon after, potential VP candidates are the fodder for round-the-clock media speculation. As pundits weigh the relative politic

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  • December 27, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    DOJ: $280 Mil. Settlement Over Inflated Drug Pricing

    The Justice Department has announced a $280 million settlement of a False Claims Act case against Dey Pharma LP and related companies for inflating published drug prices. The agreement bumps this m

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  • January 9, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Hynes to Review Cuomo's Medicaid Fraud Unit Brooklyn District Attorney Charles J. Hynes, who headed the first Medicaid fraud office in the nation, yesterday accepted Attorney Ge

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  • October 17, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Marlow Named Head of New Ethics Post Justice George D. Marlow (See Profile) will l

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