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  • May 16, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Public Nuisance Theories

    Class action lawyers often plead public nuisance theories as alternative counts in their products liability actions, particularly when the alleged injury arises from misuse of an otherwi

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  • July 26, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Achieving a Useful Litigation Hold

    In the aftermath of the recent $1.4 billion damages judgment in a case where Morgan Stanley was sanctioned for its failure to preserve and produce certain electronic records, members of senior

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  • May 21, 2002 | The American Lawyer

    Star Chambers

    Court buffs might want to mark their calendars for October. That's when a major piece of litigation known as the Fruit Shippers' case is scheduled to go to trial in London. Facing off in

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  • December 21, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Lax Oversight Of Finances Led to Crisis

    The Legal Aid Society's announcement yesterday that it has avoided bankruptcy and is heading toward a more stable future by restructuring its finances, eliminating its debt, and overhauling it

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  • December 21, 2009 | The Recorder

    Recorder Announces Its Attorneys of the Year

    Michael Bien and Donald Specter, two lawyers whose 20-year quest to reform California's prisons generated an unprecedented ruling and national news this year, head The Recorder 's inaugura

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  • April 21, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Antitrust Trade and Practice

    In golf, when the Ryder Cup is contested, the team seeking possession of the trophy must win at least 14 1/2 of the 28 available points. In the event of a tie, the current holder of the

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  • June 2, 2003 | Legal Times

    Balancing Act

    There are no elaborate displays of fresh flowers in the lobby of Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis. The white-painted wall trim is faintly scuffed, and the floors are covered in thin, wall

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  • September 21, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Boom Town

    CHICAGO-Major U.S. law firms looking to muscle up their national networks are eyeing Chicago for expansion, attracted by the city's corporate clientele and seasoned pool of attor

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  • March 1, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Tell Us How You Really Feel, Leo

    On December 19 an impassioned argument was heard in the Court of Chancery of the state of Delaware, explaining why a group of plaintiffs lawyers deserved a fee that worked out to $35,000 an

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  • October 11, 2004 | National Law Journal

    Consolidation Reversals

    As any trial lawyer knows, the number of parties to a trial affects the dynamics of a mass torts case. For example, although a jury in a single-plaintiff case might scrutinize evidence o

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