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  • October 2, 2009 | Daily Business Review

    Supreme Court Decision Gives Appeal Judges More Latitude

    A U.S. Supreme Court opinion is reverberating in two South Florida cases blaming Coca-Cola and Chiquita for brutal killings by Colombian paramilitary groups. The high court's Iqba

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  • March 24, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

    ERISA Plaintiff Awarded $240,000 in Legal Fees

    A federal judge has awarded more than $240,000 in attorney fees to a pair of lawyers whose $800,000 victory for their sole client in a pension benefits dispute with CIGNA Corp. directly led to

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  • September 29, 2003 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Supreme Court Vacates Classwide Awards

    On June 23, in Green Tree Fin. Corp. v. Bazzle, 123 S. Ct. 2402 (2003), the U.S. Supreme Court overturned two multimillion-dollar classwide awards, holding that where a mandatory arbitr

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  • December 22, 2006 | The Recorder

    Alameda Judge Named to First District

    Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday appointed Alameda County Superior Court Judge Henry Needham Jr. to the First District Court of Appeal.Needham, 63, is now set to become the only

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  • McNeil v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-11-14
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    Date Filed: 2011-11-10
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Jane Bland Justice
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: NO. 01-11-00371-CR

    OPINIONIn December 2001, Harris County firefighters and emergency medical personnel responded to an emergency call from Lemuel Anthony McNeil reporting a fire in his home. Inside, they fou

  • February 18, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    McDaniel v. County of Schenectady

    Judge Debra Ann Livingston Decided: Feb. 16, 2010; 07-5580-cv Before: Walker, Livingston, C.J., Kaplan*, D.J. ELMER ROBERT KEACH, III, Law O

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  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-11-30
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    Date Filed: 2001-11-28
    Court: Tex.Crim.App.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 1856-00

    ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS SMITH COUNTYKeasler, J., delivered the unanimous opinion of the Court.OPINIONAt Tirey Smith's trial for aggr

  • June 27, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

    Firm$ of Fortune: The 25 Highest-Grossing Texas Firms

    Gross revenue at large Texas firms continues its steady year-to-year rise, with the 25 highest-grossing Texas firms posting an overall 2.3 percent increase in total revenue in 2004, compared t

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  • Asahi Kasei Pharma Corporation v. CoTherix, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2012-03-05
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    Date Filed: 2012-03-05
    Court: C.A. 1st
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Franklin B. Gowdy, Thomas M. Peterson, Benjamin P. Smith, Christopher J. Banks and Matthew J. Poole for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, Nancy L. Fineman, Nanci E. Nishimura; Baker Botts, Aaron Streett, Michele A. Gustafson; Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley, Susan H. Handelman; Bingham McCutchen, James B. Lewis; Mayer Brown, Lee N. Abrams; and Michael D. Liberty for Defendant and Respondent.
    Case Number: No. A129146

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 2693 ASAHI KASEI PHARMA CORPORATION, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. COTHERIX, INC., Defen

  • August 10, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Directors' and Officers' Liability

    Many directors and officers would confidently state that their potential exposure arising out of intra-corporate matters is determined by the state law of the place of incorporation, not extra

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