• Edwards v. United States (Summary)

    Publication Date: 2001-03-07
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    Date Filed: 2001-02-22
    Court: D.C. Ct. App.
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    Case Number: Nos. 92-CF-181

    Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Jury Instruction; Admission of PhotographsThe D.C. Court of Appeals affirmed a father's conviction for second-degree murder in the scalding death of

  • September 4, 2002 | The Recorder

    Employer Can Insist on Arbitration Agreement

    The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned one of its more controversial employment law decisions in recent years when it ruled Tuesday that employers can force workers to sign arbitrati

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  • December 8, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Federal Circuit shifts standard for declaratory judgment actions

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently ruled that a patent owner's letter that did not threaten a patent lawsuit or demand licensing talks still allowed the recipient to fil

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  • November 8, 2002 | Daily Report Online

    DuPont Back at 11th Circuit to Finish off Benlate Case

    Jonathan Ringel [email protected] The decade-long saga about Benlate-the fungicide that has cost E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. about $1 billion in settlements-return

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  • January 28, 2002 | Daily Report Online

    $44M Award Reinstated In BDO Suit

    Jonathan Ringel [email protected] The Georgia Court of Appeals has reinstated a $44 million verdict against Chicago-based BDO Seidman, which an acquisition group claims

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  • May 8, 2003 | The Recorder

    Justices Throw Protective Arm Around Adoptions

    San Diego lawyer Charles Bird was revved up Wednesday by what he thought state Supreme Court Justice Joyce Kennard was asking during arguments in a case that will settle the fate of tens of th

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  • January 11, 2011 | Daily Report Online

    Youthful Blackwell is steady and measured

    Judge Keith R. Blackwell, appointed to the Court of Appeals by Gov. Sonny Perdue in October at the age of 35, knows that he is not the youngest judge to serve on that court. The young

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  • In Re: Palomo

    Publication Date: 2012-04-30
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    Date Filed: 2012-04-27
    Court: Tx. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Per curiam.
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    Case Number: NO. 12-0208

    ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUSRebecca Ramirez Palomo and Fernando Sanchez each applied to the chair of the Webb County Democratic Party to be placed on the general primary election b

  • January 25, 2002 | Daily Report Online

    $44M Award Reinstated in Suit Against BDO

    The Georgia Court of Appeals has reinstated a $44 million verdict against Chicago-based BDO Seidman, which an acquisition group claims misled it into paying too much for a scrap metal co

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  • In re Watkins

    Publication Date: 2009-01-26
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    Date Filed: 2009-01-23
    Court: Tx. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Scott Brister Justice
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    Case Number: 06-0653

    ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUSJUSTICE BRISTER delivered the opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE JEFFERSON, JUSTICE HECHT, JUSTICE O'NEILL, JUSTICE WAINWRIGHT, JUSTICE MEDINA, and JUSTICE