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  • June 26, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Court Reduces Punitives in Exxon Spill Case

    WASHINTON - A punitive damage award in the Exxon Valdez oil spill case that once amounted to $5 billion was knocked down to $507.5 million yesterday by the U.S. Supreme Court.

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  • June 27, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    Ruling Leaves Marcos Funds Out of Reach to Survivors

    ALBANY - Survivors of former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos' "reign of terror" and heirs of people "horribly brutalized" cannot reach the $42 million in assets that

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  • January 11, 2002 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Tougher Standards Applied on Expert Testimony, Surveys Show

    AMERICAN LAWYER MEDIAIn June 1998, lawyers for 21 independent boat builders were ecstatic. They had just won a $140 million jury verdict — the largest civil verdict in Ar

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  • October 22, 2002 | Connecticut Law Tribune

    Allied-Honeywell's $17.6 Million Payout a Record

    "It's unusual for the National Labor Relations Act to be this effective in terms of getting money to people," said Hartford, Conn., plaintiffs' employment lawyer Thomas W. Meiklejohn, who b

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  • January 17, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

    3rd Circuit Overturns $13.5M Verdict, Clarifies Evidence Standard

    Overturning a $13.5 million jury verdict in a product liability case, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that although Pennsylvania law calls for judges to make an initial determinatio

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  • Jeffrey Hodge, Plaintiff v. Village of Southampton, et al., Defendants, 09-cv-2606 (JFB) (WDW)

    Publication Date: 2012-02-01
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Eastern District
    Judge: District Judge Joseph F. Bianco
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiff is represented by David Schlacter, Law Offices of David Schlachter, Uniondale, NY.
    for defendant: The attorneys for the defendants Jeltje DeJong, Joshua S. Shteierman, and Kelly E. Wright, Devitt Spellman Barrett, LLP, Smithtown, NY.
    Case Number: 09-cv-2606 (JFB) (WDW)

    Cite as: Jefferey Hodge v. Versus Village of Southampton, 09-cv-2606 (JFB) (WDW), NYLJ 1202540477160, at *1 (EDNY, Decided January 20, 2012)Distr

  • March 6, 2001 | Legal Times

    Group Working to Change Strict Drug Laws Takes On the New Congress, White House

    Pedro Riveiro waited anxiously at a federal prison in South Carolina for the news.In 1989, the college graduate had briefly peddled drugs for his boss at a Miami cell phone business. H

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  • Ligon v. NYC, 12-Civ.-2274

    Publication Date: 2013-08-14
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Ligon Plaintiffs: Christopher Dunn, Esq., Alexis Karteron, Esq., Taylor Pendergrass, Esq., Daniel Mullkoff, Esq., New York Civil Liberties Union, New York, NY. Mariana Kovel, Esq., The Bronx Defenders, Bronx, NY. Juan Cartagena, Esq., Foster Maer, Esq., Roberto Concepcion, Jr., Esq., LatinoJustice PRLDEF, New York, NY. John A. Nathanson, Esq., Tiana Peterson, Esq., Mayer Grashin, Esq., Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York, NY. For Floyd Plaintiffs: Darius Charney, Esq., Sunita Patel, Esq., Baher Azmy, Esq., Rachel Lopez, Esq., Ghita Schwarz, Esq., Chauniqua Young, Esq., Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, NY. Philip I. Irwin, Esq., Eric Hellerman, Esq., Gretchen Hoff Varner, Esq., Kasey Martini, Esq., Bruce Corey, Jr., Esq., Covington & Burling LLP, New York, NY. Jonathan Moore, Esq., Jenn Rolnick Borchetta, Esq., Beldock Levine & Hoffman LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Ligon and Floyd Defendants: Brenda Cooke, Linda Donahue, Heidi Grossman, Morgan Kunz, Joseph Marutollo, Suzanna Publicker, Lisa Richardson, Cecilia Silver, Judson Vickers, Richard Weingarten, Mark Zuckerman, Assistant Corporation Counsel, New York City Law Department, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 12-Civ.-2274 (SAS)

    Cite as: Ligon v. NYC, 12-Civ.-2274 (SAS), NYLJ 1202615273078, at *1 (SDNY, Decided August 12, 2013) 12-Civ.-2274 (SAS) District Judge Shira A. Sc

  • February 3, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Lawyers called as Pentagon cuts budget

    When Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced plans earlier this month to cut $78 billion in military spending on top of $100 billion in efficiency savings announced last summer, nervous g

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  • April 27, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Court Finds Insufficient Basis For Legal Malpractice Claim

    ALBANY - Davis Polk & Wardwell did not commit legal malpractice in its handling - ultimately successfully - of a long-standing federal tax case for the AmBase Corporation and is entitled t

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