• December 23, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

    A Judicial Metamorphosis

    The year 2010 began with a new governor, one who had vowed during his campaign to remake the state Supreme Court. And remake it he did, in a way that even he could not have imagined. Most g

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  • November 5, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Associates Class of 2010

    It’s too soon to say whether the recovery cycle has kicked in for New Jersey law firms, but after two years of decline, associate hires are back on the upswing. Featured in this, o

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  • August 23, 2007 | Alm

    Duane Partner Rides Second Wave of Nuclear Power

    Nuclear power is making a comeback, and Charles W. "Chuck" Whitney is a believer.Six months ago, Whitney, the Atlanta managing partner of Duane Morris, started a nuclear power practice

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  • September 26, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

    2005 Ineligible List

    Foreign Countries ADCOCK, HENRY ALAN, 1999, ROUSE & CO, ROOM 2927 2938, SHANGHAI CENTRAL PLAZA 29TH FLOOR, 381 HUAIHAI ZHONG LU, SHANGHAI ANISE, OLABOMI T O, 1999, 6

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  • March 4, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

    PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

    EventsPhiladelphia Association of Defense Counsel will hold its monthly CLE lunche

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  • January 5, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    Powers of State Appellate Courts

    Not every appeal is disposed of on the merits. An appellate court may dismiss an appeal for a number of reasons, including that the appeal is taken from a nonappealable order (e.g., an order entere

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  • January 6, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Appellate Practice

    Your client has just suffered defeat at the hands of a jury. In the client's view, the jury clearly ignored the overwhelming evidence favoring its position; the verdict defies logic and

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  • July 6, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    Scope of Review on Appeal From Final Judgment

    CPLR 5701 permits an immediate appeal from a nonfinal order that "involves some part of the merits" or "affects a substantial right." Appellate review of certain nonfinal orders

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  • October 6, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Appellate Practice

    In a civil action, when the Appellate Division has ruled against you, and you have not garnered two dissents in your favor on a question of law1, CPLR5602[a] provides two alternate

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  • September 7, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    Appeals to the Court of Appeals Under CPLR 5601(a)

    In 1985, CPLR 5601(a) was amended to narrow considerably the then existing grounds on which appeals could be taken as of right to the Court of Appeals. The amendment eliminated as grounds for an ap

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