• April 21, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    ENEMIES OF the plaintiffs' firm Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach may do well to heed the words of Friedrich Nietzsche: What does not kill me makes me stronger.Take, for instanc

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  • People ex rel. Department of Transportation v. Superior Court (Menigoz)

    Publication Date: 2012-03-01
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2012-03-01
    Court: C.A. 3rd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald W. Beals, Chief Counsel, Joann Georgallis, Assistant Chief Counsel, Claire P. LeFlore, for Petitioner.
    for defendant: No appearance for Respondent. Desmond, Nolan, Livaich & Cunningham, Gary Livaich, Brian Manning, Kristen Ditlevsen, for Real Parties in Interest.

    Case Number: No. C069391

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 2530 THE PEOPLE ex rel. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COUR

  • February 28, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Are Fast Food Lawsuits Likely to Be the Next 'Big Tobacco'?

    There has been a proliferation of articles predicting that fast food litigation will be the next Big Tobacco litigation. Even Fortune magazine jumped on the bandwagon, with the cover of

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  • August 27, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Friend or Foe: Ethical Issues for Lawyers To Consider When 'Friending' Witnesses Online

    Consider the following hypothetical scenario: An attorney searches for an adverse party in an Internet search engine and discovers that the party has a Facebook page. The attorney reviews the limit

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  • Sussman v. Crawford

    Publication Date: 2008-12-08
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2008-12-02
    Court: 2nd Cir.
    Judge: Per curiam.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 07-2171-cv

    Argued: October 29, 2008Before: WALKER, B. D. PARKER, AND RAGGI, Circuit Judges.Appellants, three individuals and the Democratic Alliance of Orange County (collectively, the "Alliance"), compris

  • October 9, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    E-Discovery Issues With Digital Voicemail

    Modern companies are presented with many options for generating, receiving, storing, retrieving and disposing of electronic business communications. Perhaps nowhere is the progression of technology

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  • April 17, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Hidden Liability When Using a Variable Workforce

    The rising cost of employees has forced many employers to run their companies with staffing as lean as possible. To cut costs while meeting production and service needs, many employers have t

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  • October 30, 2006 | National Law Journal

    For litigators, the cry is: 'Play Ball!'

    The end of the World Series marks the conclusion of yet another glorious baseball season. But for true baseball fans, the end of the post-season marks the beginning of a long winter of f

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  • June 4, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Law Firms Bound by Laterals' Fee Deals With Former Firms

    A law firm can be bound by a fee agreement a lateral partner made with his former firm, the Pennsylvania Superior Court said in a case of first impression. Young Ricchiuti Caldwell &am

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  • September 7, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    White-Collar Crime

    All of the tumult surrounding the Supreme Court's decision in Blakely v. Washington,1 which appears to have sounded the death knell for the application of the U.S. Sentencing

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