• November 1, 2003 | Corporate Counsel

    Something For Nothing

    If you don't mind paying for them, you can obtain copies of legal briefs via the Web from several sources. But where can you find briefs for free? Among the services that offer briefs

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  • January 9, 2013 | National Law Journal

    Practitioners praise soon-to-retire William Suter for putting lawyers at ease

    During his 22 years as clerk of the Supreme Court, William Suter has always been more than just a clerk in the bureaucratic sense. He has been the court's good-will ambassador to the legal pr

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  • June 1, 2000 | Alm

    Miami Family Files, Drops Supreme Court Appeal

    It didn't take long on Thursday for the Supreme Court to become ensnared in the long-running saga of Elian Gonzalez.But by the end of the day it looked like the High Court's involvemen

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  • March 29, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Border Battle

    The name of the latest legal nemesis that keeps lawyers for companies ranging from Toyota to Vivendi up at night is "foreign-cubed." The term refers to securities class action liti

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  • May 31, 2006 | Alm

    Supreme Court Upholds $79.5 Mil. Verdict

    The Supreme Court yesterday signaled its return to the thorny issue of high punitive damages, agreeing to review a $79.5 million verdict against Philip Morris USA for the death of a single Ore

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  • June 1, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

    Class Retraction

    In another significant blow against large class actions, the U.S. Supreme Court in March overturned an appellate ruling that had certified a class of about 2 million existing and

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  • April 21, 2003 | The Recorder

    Foreign Fallout

    On Sept. 22, 1997, 67-year-old Rudy Rosenberg sat down in front of a group of state insurance commissioners and told the following story:In March or April of 1942, a pair of insurance

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  • May 31, 2006 | Legal Times

    Supreme Court Will Hear Case on High Punitive Damages

    The Supreme Court on Tuesday signaled its return to the thorny issue of high punitive damages, agreeing to review a $79.5 million verdict against Philip Morris USA for the death of a single Oregon

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  • March 14, 2006 | The Recorder

    Hot Intellectual Properties

    Stanford Law School patent professor Mark Lemley has become one of the most sought-after lawyers in town. Companies vie for his representation, and law conference organizers flock to sign him

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  • February 24, 2003 | Legal Times

    Docket Watch: February 2003

    Below are cases before the Supreme Court in the coming weeks and the lawyers who will argue them. "Docket Watch" appears at the beginning of each two-week argument cycle when the high court

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