• 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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  • March 12, 2004 | The Recorder

    High Court Warily Enters Fray Over Gay Marriages

    Experts on the state Supreme Court and gay issues said Thursday's orders on San Francisco's same-sex marriages signal the court's intent to proceed cautiously in an area fraught with political

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  • April 15, 2002 |

    Consultant Doctor May Later Become Expert Witness

    A doctor who consulted without pay in the plaintiff's medical case may serve as an expert witness for the defendant drug manufacturer in an ensuing products liability cause of action, Al

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  • September 25, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Coudert Files for Bankruptcy Protection Defunct law firm Coudert Brothers has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In a petition filed Friday in Southern District

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  • January 18, 2002 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Public Advocate`s Office Returns: What It Will Be Is Anyone`s Guess

    Fulfilling a campaign promise, Gov. James McGreevey is restoring the Department of the Public Advocate, the post-Watergate icon for accountability and good government that drew national attention w

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  • October 2, 2006 | National Law Journal

    IN BRIEF

    Kirkpatrick talks merger with Preston Gates Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham and Seattle's Preston Gates & Ellis are in merger talks that could be completed by year

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