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  • September 15, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Pittsburgh Judge Selected for 3rd Circuit

    Two of the vacancies on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could soon be filled now that President Bush has nominated Thomas Hardiman, a 41-year-old federal judge who has been on the bench

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  • January 21, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Judge Stops Forced Representation of Spargo A federal judge has blocked the New York judiciary and the state Commission on Judicial Conduct from forcing an Albany attorne

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  • March 1, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

    Deals & Suits

    PepsiCo / Wimm-Bill-Dann An iconic American brand is looking overseas for growth. PepsiCo, Inc., agreed on December 2 to acquire 66 percent of Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods OJSC, Ru

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  • Caronia v. Philip Morris USA, 11-0316-cv

    Publication Date: 2013-05-03
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Kearse, Lohier, and Droney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Steven J. Phillips, Stanley J. Levy, Jerome H. Block, Amber R. Long, Lisa W. Davis, Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, New York, New York, on the Brief, Victoria E. Phillips, New York, N.Y.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: John H. Beisner, Jessica D. Miller, Geoffrey M. Wyatt, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Washington, D.C.; Gary R. Long, John K. Sherk, III, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, Missouri; Tammy B. Webb, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, San Francisco, California, on the Brief, Sheila Birnbaum, New York, N.Y.
    Case Number: 11-0316-cv

    Cite as: Caronia v. Philip Morris USA, 11-0316-cv, NYLJ 1202598460698, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided May 1, 2013)Before: Kearse, Lohier, and Droney, C.JJ.p

  • March 23, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Total Damages Must Be Stated For Valid Claims

    ALBANY - Actions filed in the Court of Claims must enumerate the "total sum" of monetary damages being sought or they are invalid, the Court of Appeals decided yesterday. A 5-0 ruling

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  • May 22, 2012 | National Law Journal

    Suits Allege Cell Phone Tracking Software Violates Federal Wiretap Act

    The allegation a blogger laid out in a YouTube video seemed truly alarming -- his smartphone was tracking his text messages and keystrokes, apparently recording his private thoughts. Voices i

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  • April 8, 2013 | New York Law Journal

    First Department Justice Tapped for Top Bench

    ALBANY - Governor Andrew Cuomo has nominated Sheila Abdus-Salaam, a highly regarded appellate judge, for a seat on the state's highest court.Cuomo announced April 5 that he has selecte

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  • August 30, 2010 | National Law Journal

    INADMISSIBLE

    JUDGE ORDERS GAG, THEN TALKS Just days after former baseball star Roger Clemens was indicted on perjury charges in Washington, U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton threw

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  • June 2, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Companies in Gulf Spill Tap Washington Help

    The companies at the center of the Gulf Coast oil spill are boosting their legal and lobbying firepower to help them through a growing backlash in Washington. Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale a

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  • October 1, 2009 | Daily Business Review

    Survey shows summertime blues for summer associates

    Considering the way law firms have been shedding attorneys and staffers, it's hardly a surprise that being a summer clerk this year wasn't exactly the full five-star experience the summer class of

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