• November 4, 2013 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    New Positions . . . Marisa Y. Ybarra has joined Ray, McChristian & Jeans as an associate in El Paso. She is a trial lawyer. . . . Angela T. Pacheco has beco

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  • October 30, 2013 | New York Law Journal

    Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick

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  • October 30, 2013 | New York Law Journal

    The Experts

    1960s SIDNEY KESS Kostelanetz & Fink 1968 — TAX TI

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  • October 21, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Associates Class of 2013

    Things just keep looking up for associate hiring at New Jersey’s larger firms. Since 2010, there’s been a steady rise in staffing rates, and it continued this year. Though weR

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  • City of Atlanta v. Bennett

    Publication Date: 2013-07-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ernest Greer, Michael King, and Mark Trigg Greenberg Traurig LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry Chesin and Allan Parks Parks, Chesin & Walbert PC, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A12A2063

    In a class-action lawsuit alleging that a firefighter promotional examination was tainted by cheating, the trial court abused its discretion in excluding the testimony of the owner of the company th

  • June 30, 2013 |

    Few e-discovery costs are taxable for prevailing parties

    The 4th Circuit clarified what e-discovery costs are taxable under Title 28 of the U.S. Code Section 1920(4) in its April 29 decision in The Country Vintner of North Carolina v. E & J Gallo Winery Inc. Put bluntly, their answer was: not much.

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  • June 18, 2013 |

    <em>Comcast</em> lawyers agree to shrink class size

    If at first you dont succeed, redesign your proposed class action.

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  • June 18, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Permanent Mandatory Injunctions to Require Environmental Compliance

    My individual practice has caused me to focus on mandatory injunctions under the environmental laws for a while now, as in United States v. NCR, No. 1:10-cv-910-WCG (E.D. Wis. May 1

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  • May 29, 2013 |

    Supreme Court to rule on whether CAFA applies to state attorneys general

    The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to hear a case that will address whether the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) applies to class actions brought by state attorneys general.

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  • Holton v. Physician Oncology Servs. LP

    Publication Date: 2013-05-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter N. Hall, David W. Long-Daniels, and Michael J. King Greenberg Traurig LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: R. Daniel Beale, Spencer F. Preis McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, and Shannon R. Creasy, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: S13A0012

    The inevitable disclosure doctrine is not an independent claim under which a trial court may enjoin an employee from working for an employer or disclosing trade se