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  • March 1, 2005 |

    Recent Trends in Punitive Damages Awards

    The Supreme Court's decision in State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Campbell, 538 U.S. 408 (2003), addressing punitive damage awards was a culminating moment in a decade of high court jur

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  • November 18, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

    Enron Defendant Worked Alongside Attorneys to Win Acquittal

    When Houston lawyer Dan L. Cogdell defends a client from criminal charges, the client usually is nowhere to be found when Cogdell studies discovery and develops a defense. But that wasn't an o

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  • Muskat v. United States

    Publication Date: 2009-02-03
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    Date Filed: 2009-01-29
    Court: 1st Cir.
    Judge: Selya, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 08-1513

    Before Lynch, Chief Judge, Selya and Boudin, Circuit Judges.This case turns on the appropriate tax treatment of a contractual payment initially reported as ordinary income but later recharacterized

  • April 8, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Nicolaou v. Horizon Media, Inc.

    Decided March 28, 2005Before Pooler, Sack, and Raggi, C.JJ. Appeal from a decision and order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Barbara S. J

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  • March 22, 2004 | Daily Report Online

    11th Circuit Judge Urges High Court Review in Exxon Case

    U.S. Supreme Court experts say that justices allow legal questions to "percolate" in the lower courts before settling the matter with a high court ruling.But to Judge Gerald B. Tjoflat

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  • Water Replenishment District of Southern California v. City of Cerritos

    Publication Date: 2012-01-19
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    Date Filed: 2012-01-18
    Court: C.A. 2nd
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alston & Bird, Edward J. Casey and Tammy L. Jones for Plaintiff and Appellant Water Replenishment District of Southern California.
    for defendant: Lagerlof, Senecal, Gosney & Kruse and William F. Kruse for Defendants and Appellants City of Lakewood and City of Long Beach.
    Case Number: No. B226743

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 776 WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Plaintiff and Appellant; v. C

  • Freightliner Corp. v. Motor Vehicle Board of the Texas Department of Transportation

    Publication Date: 2008-05-02
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    Date Filed: 2008-05-01
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 3
    Judge: G. Alan Waldrop, Justice
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    Case Number: 03-05-00289-CV

    OPINIONIn this direct appeal, we consider whether an agency can, on remand after courts have considered and affirmed the agency's decision in part, revisit an issue affirmed by the courts and rever

  • July 20, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

    Jackson's death thrusts three-man firm into spotlight

    What does a criminal-defense lawyer do when the whole world points a finger at his client If you're Houston lawyer Ed Chernoff and your client was the King of Pop's personal physician,

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  • Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch v. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Sierra Pacific Industries)

    Publication Date: 2008-05-22
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    Date Filed: 2008-05-22
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: MacKenzie & Albritton and James A. Heard for Sierra Club and Sierra Nevada Forest Protection Campaign as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Michele Dias for California Forestry Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest and Respondent.
    Case Number: S143689

    Cite as 08 C.D.O.S. 6184EBBETTS PASS FOREST WATCH et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants,v.CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION, Defendant and Respondent;SIE

  • Hilton v. Hallmark Cards

    Publication Date: 2010-03-23
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    Date Filed: 2009-08-31
    Court: 9th Cir.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brent H. Blakely, Blakely Law Group, Hollywood, California, argued the cause for the appellee and filed the brief.
    for defendant: Lincoln D. Bandlow, Spillane Shaeffer Aronoff Bandlow LLP, Los Angeles, California, argued the cause for the appellant and filed briefs.
    Case Number: No. 08-55443

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 3565PARIS HILTON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v.HALLMARK CARDS, a Missouri corporation, Defen