• April 25, 2006 | The Recorder

    Judicial Profile: Ronald George

    It's been 10 years since Ronald George became chief justice of the California Supreme Court. Cal Law reflects on his legacy with a series profiling five of the seven justices who

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  • December 17, 2007 |

    Ruling For the Future

    An Allegheny Common Pleas judge has rejected an insurance company's arguments for declaratory relief based on an exception Vale doctrine that allows relief without joining parties to the und

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  • November 26, 2007 |

    Panel Affirms Dismissal of Attorney General's Investigator

    The latest court decision in the imbroglio surrounding a Scranton newspaper's coverage of alleged corruption at the Lackawanna County prison affirms an arbitrator's decision ending the career of a

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  • San Francisco Unified School District ex. rel. Contreras v. First Student, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2013-02-19
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2013-02-19
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Baron & Budd, Thomas M. Sims, Laura J. Baughman; Law Office of April Strauss, April M. Strauss, Environmental Law Foundation, James R. Wheaton and Lynne R. Saxton for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Reed Smith, Jesse L. Miller, Dennis P. Maio, James M. Neudecker, and Matthew T. Peters for Defendants and Respondents.

    Case Number: No. A134405

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 1893SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ex. rel. MANUEL CONTRERAS et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants,v.p

  • June 8, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Pa. High Court Sides With Lenders In Loan Agreement Case

    A majority of the state Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the sub-prime lending industry's right to set up loan agreements that force consumers to arbitrate any disputes but allow lenders to

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  • May 31, 2004 |

    Geographical Inconvenience Is Not Enough For Venue Change

    Allegations of geographical inconvenience are not enough to merit a change in venue under the doctrine of forum non-conveniens, a Cambria County judge has ruled in a case involving the dis

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  • March 4, 2010 | The Recorder

    Lawyer Gets Win in Speech Fight With Ex-Client

    SAN FRANCISCO — Thanks to Kenneth Goldman, California's lawyers have a better understanding of their free speech rights, but it might not sit well with clients. A state appellate c

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  • November 22, 2004 | National Law Journal

    Movers

    New Partners Epstein Becker & Green (New York): Kenneth G. Standard joins the national labor and employment practice as partner. Previously special counsel to Morga

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  • December 11, 2007 | The Recorder

    Bonnie Sabraw

    COURT: Alameda County Superior APPOINTED: July 30, 1993, by Gov. Pete Wilson BORN: March 11, 1947 LAW SCHOOL:

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  • June 9, 2004 | The Recorder

    Open Sesame

    "Say what you mean and mean what you say" has always been sage advice. If the California Supreme Court upholds a February decision by the Second District Court of Appeal, Division Three,

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