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  • January 16, 2013 | New York Law Journal

    Court Slices Punitive Damages for Victim of Racial Harassment

    While Western District Judge William Skretny (See

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  • December 1, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Gray Matters

    Getting old has never been so good. If you're healthy and productive and eager to keep working, there's a law firm out there that wants you. Need work/life balance? No problem. Fancy setting y

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  • December 24, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

    Texas Lawyer's 2007 Impact Players

    Prayer for Relief � Kelly ShackelfordWhile still a high school student in Nashville, Tenn., Kelly Shackelford began trying to decide what he wanted to

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  • Brown v. Philip Morris, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-05-18
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    Date Filed: 2001-05-17
    Court: 3rd Cir.
    Judge: Roth, Circuit Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 99-1931

    Argued January 19, 2001OPINION OF THE COURTMentholated tobacco products apparently pose greater health risks than non-mentholated ones. Plaintif fs, a group of African-Americans, brought a civil

  • May 30, 2006 | The Insurance Coverage Law Bulletin

    Recovering Attorney Fees in Coverage Litigation May Depend on the State

    As insurance coverage disputes, like all disputes, become increasingly expensive, cost continues to be an important factor in deciding whether to commence a lawsuit or arbitration in order to pursu

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  • November 13, 2006 | National Law Journal

    10 Law Firms Rejoin or Debut on the NLJ 250 This Year

    The annual on-off shuffle of law firms that win a place or lose a spot among the nation's largest 250 involved 20 firms this year.Filling the 10 slots created by the law firms that slid off

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  • August 20, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Big Deals

    Nortel Patent Auction The fight for smartphone supremacy led to a furious bidding war for the patents and patent applications of

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  • People v. Maurice Greenberg, 401720/05

    Publication Date: 2012-05-10
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    Court: Appellate Division, First Department
    Judge: Before: Gonzalez, P.J., Tom, Saxe, Catterson, Richter, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Respondent: Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, New York (Richard Dearing of counsel). For Amicus Curiae: Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC (Andrew J. Pincus of counsel).
    for defendant: For Maurice R. Greenberg, Appellant: Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Cambridge, MA (Charles Fried of the bar of the State of Massachusetts, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel), Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Armonk (David Boies of counsel), and Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, P.C., New York (Robert G. Morvillo of counsel). For Howard I. Smith, Appellant: Kaye Scholer LLP, New York (Vincent A. Sama of counsel).
    Case Number: 401720/05

    Cite as: People v. Maurice Greenberg, 401720/05, NYLJ 1202552961392, at *1 (App. Div., 1st, Decided May 8, 2012)Before: Gonzalez, P.J., Tom, Saxe, Catters

  • May 31, 2010 | National Law Journal

    MOVERS

    LATERALS ALSTON & BIRD (Atlanta): Kate Moseley joins the firm's global finance practice as partner in the Dallas office and will focus on r

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  • March 20, 2013 | National Law Journal

    Justices Douse Class Action Plaintiffs in Standard Fire Case

    Plaintiffs' lawyers in proposed class actions cannot avoid federal courts by promising to seek less than $5 million in damages, according to a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court on Tues

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