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  • April 5, 2000 | Daily Report Online

    Decade-Old Suit Against Uniroyal Ends in Settlement

    After a decade of often-bitter scrapping, one of Georgia's longest-running, most-contentious product liability cases has settled quietly out of court.On the way to an agreement, the 1990 cas

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  • March 29, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    West Virginia Supreme Court Cuts $100 Million from Punitive Damages Award Against DuPont. So Why Is DuPont Disappointed?

    Short answer: because after an appeal to the West Virginia state supreme court, it's still on the hook for about $97 million in punitive damages, $55 million in property damages, and $130 million in m

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  • March 21, 2000 | Texas Lawyer

    Rosenthal, Lykos in Runoff for Harris County, Texas DA

    The Harris County district attorney's race turned out mostly as many predicted, with prosecutor Chuck Rosenthal facing former Judge Pat Lykos in a runoff, but that contest and some judicial races s

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  • Shipp v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-07-24
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    Date Filed: 2009-07-23
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 6
    Judge: Bailey C. Moseley Justice
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    Case Number: 06-08-00124-CR

    Before Morriss, C.J., Carter and Moseley, JJ.OPINIONAccording to Allen Ray Shipp's version of events, he accompanied his wife, Carol, to the Wal-Mart store in Bonham. While there, Carol turned o

  • July 7, 2011 | Legal Times

    Former DOJ Official Disbarred After Abramoff Scandal Plea

    The D.C. Court of Appeals today disbarred a former U.S. Justice Department lawyer who pleaded guilty in Washington federal district court to a conflict of interest violation stemming from the Jack

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  • October 3, 2000 | Texas Lawyer

    Lawyers Wary of Arbitration Clauses in Fee Contracts

    Plaintiffs' lawyer John O'Quinn has such a mesmerizing courtroom presence that a judge once accused him of hypnotizing jurors. He's so good that other trial lawyers hire him to take their case

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  • November 11, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

    Criminal Defendants Hobbled by Hobbs Act

    The great divide over the federalization of violent crimes grew larger at the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently with the release of an evenly split en banc opinion affirming the convi

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  • Paisner v. TIAA, et al., 03 Civ. 6265 (GWG)

    Publication Date: 2012-09-14
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    Court: U. S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein
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    Case Number: 03 Civ. 6265 (GWG)

    Cite as: Paisner v. TIAA, et al., 03 Civ. 6265 (GWG), NYLJ 1202571404269, at *1 (SDNY, Decided August 9, 2012)Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorensteinp

  • Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank v. Morgan Stanley & Co., 08 Civ. 7508

    Publication Date: 2012-08-23
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs: Patrick J. Coughlin, Esq.; Daniel S. Drosman, Esq.; Jessica T. Shinnefield, Esq.; Jarrett S. Charo, Esq.; Darryl J. Alvarado, Esq.; X. Jay Alvarez, Esq.; David C. Walton, Esq.; Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP; San Diego, CA. Samuel H. Rudman, Esq.; Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP; Melville, NY. Luke O. Brooks, Esq.; Jason C. Davis, Esq.; Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP; San Francisco, CA. Additional Attorneys for Plaintiff State Board of Administration of Florida: Marc I. Gross, Esq.; Pomertantz Haudek Grossman & Gross LLP; New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. International Limited: James P. Rouhandeh, Esq.; Antonio J. Perez-Marques, Esq.; William R. Miller, Jr., Esq.; Jessica L. Freese, Esq.; Christopher J. Roche, Esq.; Andrew D. Schlichter, Esq.; Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP; New York, NY. For Defendants Moody's Investors Service, Incorporated and Moody's Investors Service Limited: Joshua M. Rubins, Esq.; James J. Coster, Esq.; Mario Aieta, Esq.; Dai Wai Chin Feman, Esq.; Justin E. Klein, Esq.; Aaron M. Zeisler, Esq.; Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke LLP; New York, NY. For Defendants Standard & Poor's Rating Services and The McGraw-Hill Companies, Incorporated: Floyd Abrams, Esq.; Dean I. Ringel, Esq.; Tammy L. Roy, Esq.; Andrea R. Butler, Esq.; David Owen, Esq.; Adam N. Zurofsky, Esq.; Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP; New York, NY.
    Case Number: 08 Civ. 7508

    Cite as: Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank v. Morgan Stanley & Co., 08 Civ. 7508, NYLJ 1202568487857, at *1 (SDNY, Decided August 17, 2012)District Judge Shir

  • James v. Dallas Housing Authority

    Publication Date: 2013-05-24
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    Date Filed: 2013-05-15
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: Per curiam.
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    Case Number: 12-10969

    United States Court of Appeals Fifth CircuitSummary CalendarLyle W. Cayce ClerkBefore JONES, DENNIS, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.Plaintiff Terry R. James ("