• July 7, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

    3rd Circuit Asks Pa. High Court to Clarify Accountant Liability

    In a case that could have a broad impact on whether and when accounting firms can be held liable in the wake of corporate scandals, a federal appeals court has asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to

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  • September 17, 2007 | Connecticut Law Tribune

    2nd Circuit Upholds Denial Of Funds To Yale Law School

    Yale Law School can be denied certain federal funding for barring military recruiters from its campus, a Manhattan federal appellate court has held. Citing a 2006 U.S. Supreme Court de

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  • August 25, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Martha Graham School and Dance Foundation Inc. v. Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance Inc.

    Decided Aug. 18, 2004Before Newman, Kearse, and Pooler, C.JJ. Appeal from the November 4, 2002, judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

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  • March 14, 2002 | Law.com

    Suit Over Musicians' Digital Rights Reinstated

    The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Feb. 22 ordered the Southern District of New York to reconsider whether The Chambers Brothers and other recording artists can pursue a lawsuit over right

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  • March 25, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    The Error of Their Ways

    By Nate Raymond March 01, 2009 Judge Paul Michel and his brethren on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circui

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  • June 29, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Ex-Partner's ERISA Claim Against Law Firm Is Dismissed A Manhattan federal judge has dismissed an ERISA claim against Holland & Knight by a former partner who alleged he was

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  • October 19, 2011 | National Law Journal

    US Supreme Court will hear foreign tort and First Amendment cases

    The Supreme Court amped up its argument docket Monday by agreeing to decide two contentious legal issues: whether corporations can be sued in U.S. courts for faraway human rights violations,

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  • August 8, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    The Cartoon Network LP, LLLP, plaintiffs-counter-claimants-defendants-appellees v. CSC Holdings Inc., defendants-counterclaim-plaintiffs-third-party plaintiffs-appellants

    Decided Aug. 4, 2008 Before Walker, Sack and Livingston, C.JJ. Appeal from an entry of summary judgment in the United States District Court for the Southern District o

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  • Clayworth v. Pfizer, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-07-12
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    Date Filed: 2010-07-12
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Appellant: Alioto Law Firm, Joseph M. Alioto, Joseph M. Alioto, Jr., Theresa D. Moore, Angelina Alioto-Grace, Thomas P. Pier; Law Offices of John H. Boone, John H. Boone; Foreman & Brasso, Russell F. Brasso; Law Offices of James M. Dombroski, James M. Dombroski; Law Offices of Jeffery K. Perkins, Jeffrey K. Perkins; Gary D. McCallister & Associates, Gary D. McCallister, Thomas A. Kelliher, Eric I. Unrein and Jaime Goldstein for Plaintiffs and Appellants. Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins, Pamela M. Parker; Schubert Jonckheer Kolbe & Kralowec and Kimberly A. Kralowec for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants. Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason, Craig C. Corbitt and Henry A. Cirillo for Pharmacists Planning Services, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Respondent: Filice Brown Eassa & McLeod, Peter A. Strotz, Paul R. Johnson, William E. Steimle; Davis Polk & Wardwell, Ameila Starr, Arthur F. Golden, William J. Fenrich and Daniel J. Schwartz for Defendant and Respondent AstraZeneca LP. Winston & Strawn, Tyler M. Paetkau, Nicole P. Dogwill, James F. Hurst, Susan A. Pipal, Matthew J. Sullivan; Eimer Stahl Klevorn & Solberg, David M. Stahl, J. Cunyon Gordon and Adam Oyenbanji for Defendant and Respondent Abbott Laboratories. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Jeffrey T. Thomas and James N. Knight for Defendant and Respondent Allergan, Inc. Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Mayer Brown, Donald M. Falk, John Nadolenco, Mack Anderson; Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, Steven O. Kramer, John P. Stigi III; Hogan & Hartson and Joseph H. Young for Defendant and Respondent Amgen, Inc. Covington & Burling, Elizabeth Abigail Brown, Anita F. Stork, Theodore Voorhees, Jr., and Thomas J. Cosgrove for Defendant and Respondent Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Paul J. Riehle, Matthew A. Fischer; Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Evan R. Chesler, Elizabeth L. Grayer, Jessica Buturla and Jeffrey B. Korn for Defendant and Respondent Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. Reed Smith, Michael Diane Floyd, Kirsten J. Handelman; Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly, Gary Hansen, David Graham and Aaron Mills Scott for Defendant and Respondent Eli Lilly & Company. Irell & Manella, Alexander F. Wiles, John C. Keith; Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, George S. Cary, Sara D. Schotland and David I. Gelfand for Defendant and Respondent GlaxoSmithKline PLC. Drinker Biddle & Reath, H. Christian L?Orange, Paul H. Saint-Antoine, Mary E. Kohart, David J. Antczak and Joanne C. Lewers for Defendant and Respondent Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. Folger Levin & Kahn, Crowell & Moring, Beatrice Bich-Dao Nguyen, Samuel Ray Miller, Tracy E. Reichmuth, Cecilia C. Ogbu, Steven E. Wilson; Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, William Cavanaugh, Jr., and Cecilia B. Loving for Defendants and Respondents Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc., Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems, Inc., Ortho Biotech, Inc., and Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc. Hughes Hubbard & Reed, Rita M. Haeusler, John M. Townsend, Scott H. Christensen, James A. Graffam; Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Robert P. Reznick and David Goldstein for Defendant and Respondent Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. formerly known as Merck & Co., Inc. Kaye Scholer, Aton Arbisser, Bryant S. Delgadillo, Saul P. Morgenstern, Karin E. Garvey; Faegre & Benson, James A. O?Neal and Kim J. Walker for Defendant and Respondent Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. Nossaman, Gunther, Knox & Elliott, Nossaman, Scott DeVries, Katrina June Lee; Dickstein Shapiro, Peter J. Kadzik, Bernard Nash, Maria Colsey Heard, Milton Marquis and Andres Colin for Defendant and Respondent Pfizer Inc. Latham & Watkins, Charles H. Samel, Jennifer A. Carmassi, Margaret M. Zwisler, Steven H. Schulman and Belinda S. Lee for Defendant and Respondent Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. Arnold & Porter, Ronald C. Redcay, Douglas L. Wald, Mark R. Merley, Daniel R. Waldman, Anne P. Davis and Ryan Z. Watts for Defendant and Respondent Wyeth.

    Case Number: No. S166435

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 87895JAMES CLAYWORTH et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. PFIZER, INC., et al., Def

  • March 22, 2013 | New York Law Journal

    Most Bar Groups Ever Size Up Seven Candidates to Fill Vacancy

    ALBANY - With more bar groups than ever before weighing in on Court of Appeals candidates, one judge has emerged as the consensus favorite of the upstate, downstate and specialty bar associ

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