• June 10, 2013 | New York Law Journal

    Criminal Attorney and Client: Who Calls the Shots?

    Every professional wants to be the boss. Every doctor who recommends a particular treatment wants her patient to do what she recommends. And, of course, every lawyer wants his client to follo

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  • April 25, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Suits Probe Acne Drug, Depression

    First Jury Trial Brings a Defense WinThe first jury trial over products liability claims that the acne medication Accutane causes depression has ended in a defense verdict. But

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  • United States of America v. Leonard Kalish

    Publication Date: 2010-12-13
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    Date Filed: 2010-11-24
    Court: 2nd Cir.
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    Case Number: 08-3374-cr (Lead), 09-4978-cr (Con)

    No. 08-3374-crUSA v. KalishSUMMARY ORDERRULINGS BY SUM M ARY ORDER DO NOT HAVE PRECEDENTIAL EFFECT. CITATION TO A SUM M ARY ORDER FILED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2007, IS PERM ITTED AND IS GOVER

  • September 21, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Attorney-Expert Communications Ruled Discoverable

    Communications regarding trial strategy between a party's expert witness and that party's attorney are discoverable, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled in a case of first impression.

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  • September 7, 2012 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Verdict Search

    EMPLOYMENT $230,340 Settlement in Race-Bias Suit Richburg v. Lakewood Board of Education, 11-cv-00774-FLW; U.S. District Judge Anne Thompson, Trent

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  • Contreras v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-06-29
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    Date Filed: 2001-06-27
    Court: Tex.Crim.App.
    Judge: Hervey, J.
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    Case Number: 1682-99

    As amended August 9, 2001.A jury found Emi Gutierrez Contreras ("appellant") guilty of the misdemeanor offense of driving while intoxicated ("DWI"). Appellant was fined $250.00 and sentenced to 100

  • December 5, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Medical Malpractice

    Our last column discussed the development and parameters of a cause of action for a health care

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  • May 20, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    'Padilla': Why Criminal Attorneys Do Not Have a Right to Remain Silent

    Citizens of the United States and non-citizens alike sometimes find themselves on the wrong side of the law. Both face criminal sanctions as a result of their criminal activity, including fines, be

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  • United States v. Kieffer

    Publication Date: 2010-09-16
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    Date Filed: 2010-09-13
    Court: 8th Cir.
    Judge: Riley, Chief Judge
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    Case Number: 09-3138

    Submitted: May 14, 2010Before RILEY, Chief Judge, LOKEN and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.Howard Kieffer, an attorney-impersonator, misled federal courts across the country into admitting him to practi

  • April 17, 2006 | Legal Times

    Supreme Court to Consider the Fungibility of Lawyers

    Any self-respecting lawyer has probably said it, or at least thought it: "Nobody can represent my client better than I can."On Tuesday the Supreme Court takes up a Missouri case that could e

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