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  • September 13, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

    The Legal Announces 2016 Top Women in Law

    Earlier this year, The Legal's editorial staff set out to select our latest group of Top Women in Law, our attempt to shine a light on the outstanding work being done by female attorneys

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  • Luv N' Care Ltd. v. Goldberg Cohen, LLP, 15 Civ. 9248

    Publication Date: 2016-09-09
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 15 Civ. 9248

    Cite as: Luv N' Care Ltd. v. Goldberg Cohen, LLP, 15 Civ. 9248, NYLJ 1202766920452, at *1 (SDNY, Decided August 18, 2016) CASENAME Luv N' Care Ltd. and

  • September 5, 2016 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Strict Ascertainability Standard Continues to Apply in Third Circuit

    Predictions from some quarters that the Third Circuit's decision in Byrd v. Aaron's, 784 F.3d 154 (3d Cir. 2015), signaled a weakening of the "ascertainability" standard for class acti

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  • September 2, 2016 | National Law Journal

    Low Dollar Value, High Stakes: Ninth Circuit Set to Address 'Ascertainability' in Class Actions

    A pair of food labeling cases set to be heard this month by the Ninth Circuit could carve out some much-needed guidance on the increasingly critical issue of how to identify members of a cla

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  • September 1, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

    The Importance of the Venue Clause in Contracts

    Venue is one of the most important drivers that will shape and determine the fate of any lawsuit. Do not confuse jurisdiction and venue. Jurisdiction ad­dresses whether a party can be

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  • Reiss v. Deutsche Bank Natl. Trust Co., 68845/15

    Publication Date: 2016-09-01
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    Court: Supreme Court, Westchester County
    Judge: Justice Lewis Lubell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiffs: Clair & Gjertsen, Esqs., White Plains, NY.
    for defendant: Attorney for Defendant: By Shan P. Massand, Esq., Greenberg Traurig LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 68845/15

    Cite as: Reiss v. Deutsche Bank Natl. Trust Co., 68845/15, NYLJ 1202766377597, at *1 (Sup., WE, Decided August 11, 2016) CASENAME Francine Reiss and Gary A. Re

  • Tetra Tech Tesoro Inc. v. JAAAT Tech. Servs. LLC

    Publication Date: 2016-08-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael King, Ernest Greer in Case No. A16A0609 only, Richard Valladares in Case No. A16A0609 only Greenberg Traurig LLP, Atlanta, David Hudson Hull Barrett PC, Augusta, and Thomas Gristina in Case No. A16A0609 only Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker Ford PC, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amer Ahmad Swift, Currie, McGhee Hiers LLP, Atlanta, Wyatt Durrette, and J. Buckley Warden DurretteCrump PLC, Richmond, VA, for appellees.
    Case Number: A16A0567; A16A0609

    Two trial courts properly granted the defendant's motion to dismiss the plaintiff's breach of contract suits for lack of venue based on Virginia choice-of-forum clauses in the cont

  • Doscher v. Meyer, 602879/2016

    Publication Date: 2016-08-25
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    Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk County, IAS Part 48
    Judge: Justice Jerry Garguilo
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiffs' Attorney: Devereaux Law Group, d/b/a Michael J. Devereaux & Assoc., PC, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Defendants' Attorney: Attorneys' for Meagher, Meyer and Smith: Attn: James Catterson, Esq., Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY. Defendant Pro Se: Michael Burrows, Esq., Greenberg Traurig, LLP, New York, NY. Defendant's Attorney: Attorneys' for Greenberg Taurig, LLP: Peter Ronald McGreevy, Greevy & Henle, LLP, Riverhead, NY. Receiver: Charles Russo, Esq., Russo Karl Widmaier & Cordano, PLLC, Hauppauge, NY. Attorney for Charles Russo, Esq.: Attn: Seth L. Berman, Nixon Peabody, LLP, Jericho, NY.
    Case Number: 602879/2016

    Cite as: Doscher v. Meyer, 602879/2016, NYLJ 1202765831687, at *1 (Sup., SUF, Decided July 19, 2016) CASENAME Drew Doscher, individually; Drew Doscher, derivat

  • August 18, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Court Weighs In on the ERA After 'Robinson Township'

    On July 26, the Commonwealth Court denied a petition seeking declaratory and mandamus relief to require the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) and a group of executive government o

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  • August 16, 2016 | Daily Report Online

    Klein Appoints 10 Atlantans to ABA Committees

    Atlanta lawyer Linda Klein, who became the new president of the American Bar Association on Aug. 9, has appointed 10 Atlanta lawyers to ABA committees. That is out of 770 ABA appoi

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