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  • May 17, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    The Winners Circle: Judge Appoints 22 Plaintiffs Lawyers in Toyota MDL

    They're going to have to rent a mighty big room for meetings of the plaintiffs' steering committees in the Toyota multidistrict litigation. On Friday, Santa Ana federal district court jud

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  • July 13, 2006 | Daily Business Review

    Suppliers of Raw Asbestos Must Also Warn of Dangers, Fla. Court Rules

    Rejecting a Union Carbide defense for the second time, a 4th District Court of Appeal panel ruled that bulk suppliers of asbestos are required to give the public adequate safety warnings -- even if

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  • Village Northridge Homeowners Association v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company

    Publication Date: 2010-08-30
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    Date Filed: 2010-08-30
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Appellant: Engstrom, Lipscomb & Lack, Jerry A. Ramsey, Brian J. Heffernan and Alexandra J. Thompson for Plaintiff and Appellant. Sharon J. Arkin for United Policyholders as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Respondent: Robie & Matthai, James R. Robie, Kyle Kveton, Steven S. Fleischman; LHB Pacific Law Partners, Clarke B. Holland, Sandra E. Stone; Crandall, Wade & Lowe and Michael J. McGuire for Defendant and Respondent. Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Robert A. Olson and Alana H. Rotter for Association of Southern California Defense Counsel as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent. Fred J. Hiestand for The Civil Justice Association of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent. Chapman, Popik & White, Susan M. Popik and Carol D. Quackenbos for Personal Insurance Federation of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.
    Case Number: No. S161008

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 11321VILLAGE NORTHRIDGE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. STATE FARM FIRE

  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District Bankruptcy Judge Stuart M. Bernstein In re: Dreier LLP, 08-15051, In re: Marc S. Dreier, 09-10371, Decided: April 28, 2010 Bankruptcy Judge Stuart M. Bernstein

    Publication Date: 2010-05-03
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    U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District Bankruptcy Judge Stuart M. Bernstein In re: Dreier LLP, 08-15051, In re: Marc S. Dreier, 09-10371, Decided: April 28, 2010 Bankruptc

  • July 28, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

    Travel Daze

    What do you do when a partner says to hit the road, Jack? In today's economy, a lawyer might fear being laid off, but let's think positive and assume that when a partner or general counsel say

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  • Loftin v. Lee

    Publication Date: 2011-04-30
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    Date Filed: 2011-04-29
    Court: Tx. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Nathan L. Hecht Justice
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    Case Number: NO. 09-0313

    Argued January 21, 2010JUSTICE HECHT delivered the opinion of the Court.The Texas Equine Activity Limitation of Liability Act*fn1 limits liability for

  • November 16, 2006 |

    Who Protects IP America: 2006

    Each year, we ask in-house counsel at the Fortune 250 to name their go-to firms, specifically their primary IP litigation and patent firms. And each year, we see the same Am Law 100 firms at

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  • August 1, 2005 |

    Improperly Attempting to Circumvent the Learned Intermediary Doctrine

    The learned intermediary doctrine is one of the most important doctrines for medical device and pharmaceutical drug defendants in product liability cases because under the doctrine, they are often

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  • November 5, 2007 | Daily Business Review

    Colson Hicks Case Breaks Ground in Area of Franchisee Relations

    The firm: Colson Hicks Eidson. The lawyers: Ervin A. Gonzalez and Deborah Gander.The case: Szentpaly v. Chicken Kitchen USA.In what Go

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  • Abercrombie & Fitch, Inc. v. American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-02-22
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    Date Filed: 2002-02-15
    Court: 6th Cir.
    Judge: JONES, BOGGS, and SILER, Circuit Judges
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    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. BOGGS, Circuit Judge. This case pits an old hand at trademark law against the new kid on the block: Abercrombie &