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  • August 8, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Design-defect theory upheld in tobacco suit

    The daughter and husband of a woman who died of lung cancer can proceed with their lawsuit against Philip Morris and other tobacco companies under a design-defect theory and can seek punitive

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  • September 1, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

    3rd Circuit Upholds Verizon Class Arbitration Waiver

    A clause in Verizon cellphone service contracts that makes arbitration of disputes mandatory but prohibits arbitration as a class is enforceable under federal law, despite New Jersey Supreme Court

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  • August 31, 2011 | The Recorder

    Does 'Practical' Mean 'Patentable' for Business Methods?

    A closely watched appellate ruling invalidating broad software patents claim because they covered "unpatentable mental processes" isn't as straightforward as it seems, Silicon Valley lawy

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  • September 15, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    NEW POSITIONS . . . William D. Davis II ha ed Baker & McKenzie in Houston as a partner in the corporate and securities practice group. . . . Randall Glenn ha

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  • April 18, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Courtside: Scalia recuses in case handled by his son

    Justice Antonin Scalia recused himself today in the Supreme Court's decision to deny review of a case in which his son John was lead counsel in the court below. The justice's unusua

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  • February 16, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Pfizer Knocks Out Alzheimer's Drug Securities Claims

    More than a half-dozen of the top class action plaintiffs firms in the country have spent years pressing securities claims related to a joint effort by Pfizer's Wyeth unit and Irish biotech c

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  • July 30, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    No Time Bar For WorldCom Bondholders

    In a case of first impression, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit last week held that individual actions brought by WorldCom bondholders were not time-barred even though they had

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  • April 16, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    NEW POSITIONS . . . The following have joined Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold in Austin practicing commercial law: partner Mike Shaunessy, associate Deborah Loomis and special c

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  • July 14, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    NEW POSITIONS . . . Eric Van Horn has joined Greenberg Traurig in Dallas as an associate focusing on bankruptcy law. .

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  • March 31, 2008 | National Law Journal

    IN-BRIEF

    Former law professor is named FTC chairman Federal Trade Commission member William E. Kovacic, formerly a professor of government contracts law, will step up as the agency

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