• February 16, 2004 | New Jersey Law Journal

    N.J. Appeal Tests Liability of Firms When Contract Partners Are Sued

    A state appeals court has been asked to decide, in a case against ex-judge Andrew Napolitano, whether partnerships are automatically liable for malpractice by contract lawyers -- even when the

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  • Dicon Fiberoptics, Inc. v. Franchise Tax Board

    Publication Date: 2012-04-26
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2012-04-26
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks & Lincenberg, Thomas R. Freeman, Paul S. Chan; Dakessian Law Firm, Akerman Senterfitt, Reed Smith, Mardiros H. Dakessian; The California Credits Group, LaShelle T. Wilson and Mark Danscecs for Plaintiff and Appellant. Winston & Strawn, Charles J. Moll III, Krista M. Enns and Linda T. Coberly for California Taxpayers? Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant. Silverstein & Pomerantz, Amy L. Silverstein and Edwin P. Antolin for Deluxe Corp. as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Edmund G. Brown, Jr., and Kamala D. Harris, Attorneys General, David S. Chaney and Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Gordon Burns, State Deputy Solicitor General, Paul D. Gifford and Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant Attorneys General, W. Dean Freeman, Felix E. Leatherwood, Mark P. Richelson and Ronald N. Ito, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. S173860

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 4569 DICON FIBEROPTICS, INC. Plaintiff and Appellant, v. FRANCHISE TAX BOARD, Defendan

  • January 3, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Penn State Abuse Scandal

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  • June 17, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Dual Fen-Phen Cases Dismissed for Lack Of Doctors' Testimony

    The coordinating judge of Philadelphia's Complex Litigation Center has dismissed two more Fen-Phen cases in which the physicians who originally prescribed the plaintiffs diet drugs were not de

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  • November 24, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Two Huge Verdicts in Hormone Replacement Therapy Litigation

    A Philadelphia jury returned a $28 million punitive damages verdict Monday against two drugmakers over the drugmakers' hormone-replacement therapy drugs that the jury found caused a plaintiff

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  • April 30, 2007 |

    Fishing For A Standard

    A new rule proposed by the Pennsylvania Civil Procedural Rules Committee that critics say would relax the standard for pre-complaint discovery has drawn the ire of litigators for ignoring the state

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  • August 14, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Enforcing Restrictive Covenants in Times of Layoffs

    In these challenging economic times, layoffs and corporate reorganizations are becoming more commonplace. Employers in the midst of such job actions are also being forced to address an a

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  • March 7, 2006 | The Recorder

    Judicial Bias Claims Reach Calif. High Court

    Attorneys arguing that Alameda County, Calif., prosecutors routinely excluded Jews from death penalty juries have been asked a tricky question: Does it matter if the court record doesn't establish

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  • March 6, 2006 | The Recorder

    Alameda County Bias Claims Hit High Court

    Attorneys arguing that Alameda County prosecutors routinely excluded Jews from death penalty juries have been asked a tricky question: Does it matter if the court record doesn't establish that

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  • February 20, 2004 | Alm

    Firms' Liability With Contract Partners Is Tested

    A New Jersey appeals court has been asked to decide, in a case against ex-judge Andrew Napolitano, whether partnerships are automatically liable for malpractice by contract lawyers -- even whe

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