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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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  • American Nurses Association v. Torlakson

    Publication Date: 2013-08-12
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    Date Filed: 2013-08-12
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Pamela Allen, Brendan White; Alice L. Bodley, Jocelyn Winston, Maureen E. Cones; Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, John S. Poulos, Carrie L. Bonnington and Kevin M. Fong for Plaintiffs and Respondents. Lisa C. Demidovich for United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals NUHHCE, AFSCME, AFL-CIO as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.
    for defendant: Remcho, Johansen & Purcell, Robin B. Johansen and Kari Krogseng for Defendants and Appellants. Reed Smith, James M. Wood, Paul D. Fogel, Dennis Peter Maio; Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Inc., Arlene Mayerson and Larisa Cummings for Intervener and Appellant. Remcho, Johansen & Purcell, Robin B. Johansen and Kari Krogseng for State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson and California Department of Education as Amici Curiae on behalf of Intervener and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. S184583

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 8794 AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents,

  • August 11, 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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  • November 19, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

    On The Move

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  • May 31, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Judge Explains Success Of Fen-Phen Defense

    The case of a diet-drug plaintiff in Philadelphia was recently bumped out of court at a preliminary stage after the drug's manufacturer, Wyeth Corp., made a successful argument based on the le

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  • September 22, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Confidentiality Provisions: One Size Does Not Fit All

    Obligations of confidentiality, non-disclosure and non-use are integral to virtually every relationship in the life science industry. These provisions are found in clinical trial and research agree

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  • May 21, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Suits & Deals

    A golfer whose hopes for a professional career ended in a car crash was awarded $3.7 million in binding arbitration of his suit, Frasher v. Torres, against a drunken driver. On O

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  • February 26, 2007 | Daily Report Online

    Public defense overhaul goes to Senate floor

    THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE on Friday gave the nod to five pieces of legislation aimed at revising the makeup of the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council-including moving it from the

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  • June 1, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

    Moves: Going Private

    The march of government lawyers, federal and otherwise, to law firms continues apace. Andrew Vollmer, former general counsel at the Securities and Exchange Commission, r

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  • Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. v. Progressive Northern Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2001-06-08
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    Date Filed: 2001-06-06
    Court: Ind. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: BOEHM, Justice
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    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. In Progressive Insurance Co. v. Ford Motor Co., ___ N.E.2d ___, ___ Ind. 2001, we held that the Products Liability Ac