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December 3, 2012 | The Recorder

In 4-3 Ruling, Justices Lay out What to Do When Expert Recants

SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court set down new rules Monday for expert testimony whose scientific basis is later called into question by new technology. The new rules r

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Native Village of Kivalina IRA Council v. Environmental Protection Agency

Publication Date: 2012-08-09
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Date Filed: 2012-08-09
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: Before: Alfred T. Goodwin, William A. Fletcher, and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Victoria Clark, Brook Brisson, Trustees for Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska, for petitioners Native Village of Point Hope IRA Council, Alaska Community Action on Toxics, and Northern Alaska Environmental Center. Brent Newell (argued), Sofia Parino, Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment, San Francisco, California, for petitioner Native Village of Kivalina IRA Council.
for defendant: Ignacia S. Moreno, Paul Cirino (argued), Kimberly A. Owens, Pooja S. Parikh, United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C., for the respondents. Jeffrey W. Leppo (argued), Jason T. Morgan, Stoel Rives LLP, Seattle, Washington, for intervenor NANA Regional Corporation, Inc. Eric B. Fjelstad, James N. Leik (argued), Perkins Coie LLP, Anchorage, Alaska, for intervenor Teck Alaska Incorporated.
Case Number: No. 11-70776

Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 9054 NATIVE VILLAGE OF KIVALINA IRA COUNCIL; NATIVE VILLAGE OF POINT HOPE IRA COUNCIL; ALASKA COMMUNITY ACTION ON TOXICS; NORTHERN ALA

April 27, 2007 | The Minority Law Journal

Mixing It Up

When Solomon Watson IV joined Boston's Bingham Dana & Gould in 1971, he was the firm's first African-American lawyer. "It was not much of an issue," Watson says. "My style is to get along with

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March 11, 2010 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Don't Break the Seal! GM Battles to Withhold Safety Secrets

It's a potentially explosive lawsuit focusing on the safety record of a major automaker. And it has nothing to do with Toy

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November 1, 2010 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Parents sue school districts over bullying

Few bullying cases have received more attention nationally than that of Phoebe Prince, an Irish teenager who attended school in South Hadley, Mass.-until she committed suicide earlier this ye

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April 3, 2013 | The Associated Press

Thousands of shareholders sue RBS for $6 billion

Royal Bank of Scotland shareholders have filed a $6 billion lawsuit against the company, claiming they were misled into thinking the bank was healthy just before its collapse.A group r

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June 4, 2007 | New York Law Journal

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Three King & Spalding IP Partners Join Heller Ehrman Heller Ehrman has recruited three intellectual property partners from the New York office of King & Spalding, which

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Stephanie anderson v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

Publication Date: 2012-05-18
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Date Filed: 2012-05-17
Court: Tex. App. Dist. 3
Judge: Per curiam.
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Case Number: NO. 03-12-00229-CV

ORDERAppellant Stephanie Anderson filed her notice of appeal on April 9, 2012. The appellate record was complete April 19, 2012, making appellant=s brief due May 9, 2012. On May 15, 2012, cou

November 8, 2006 | Connecticut Law Tribune

High-End Plaintiffs Cases an Uneasy Fit at Defense Firms

In the end, multimillion-dollar contingency fee recoveries couldn't keep Hartford, Conn.-based Robinson & Cole and the chairman and founder of its nationally prominent mass tort group together

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May 15, 2008 | The Associated Press

Ga. law allows guns in restaurants, public transit

ATLANTA AP - Permitted gun owners in Georgia will soon be allowed to carry concealed weapons in restaurants that serve alcohol, aboard public transportation and in parks under a new law obser

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