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  • December 17, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Prior Notice Not Required In Suit Against Municipality

    ALBANY - A woman who was seriously injured when she slipped on "black ice" in a municipal parking lot was not required to show the municipality had received prior written notice of the ha

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  • In Re: Marcal Paper Mills, Inc.,

    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
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    Date Filed: 2011-06-16
    Court: 3rd Cir.
    Judge: Sloviter, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 09-4574

    PRECEDENTIALArgued February 16, 2011Before: SLOVITER and HARDIMAN, Circuit Judges and JONES,*fn1 District JudgeOPINION OF THE COURTThis appeal, whic

  • Goldstein v. Johnson & Johnson

    Publication Date: 2001-05-30
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    Date Filed: 2001-05-25
    Court: 3rd Cir.
    Judge: Becker, Chief Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 00-5149

    Argued: September 14, 2000OPINION OF THE COURTThis is an appeal by Dr. Gideon Goldstein fr om the adverse judgment of the District Court in favor of his former employer, Johnson & Johnson (J

  • October 20, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Unlikely coalition guides Iceland's recovery

    On Oct. 6, 2008, Iceland's then-prime minister, Geir Haarde, went on television to tell his countrymen the nation's financial system was on the verge of collapse. Haarde explained

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  • December 16, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    A moment's notice for Lehman

    By the second week of September, investors had all but given up on Lehman Brothers Holings Inc. Creditors wanted the 158-year-old investment bank to put up additional collateral to cover its

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  • John G. Ryan Inc. v. Molson USA LLC

    Publication Date: 2005-11-15
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    Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District
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    U.S. DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Judge Garaufis Plaintiff, John G. Ryan, Inc. ("Ryan"), a New York beer distributor, is a party to a written distributi

  • Veeck v. Southern Building Code Congress International Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-02-06
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    Date Filed: 2001-02-02
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: WIENER and STEWART, Circuit Judges, and LITTLE, District Judge
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    Case Number: No. 99-40632

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. WIENER, Circuit Judge:Plaintiff-Appellant Peter Veeck ("Veeck") appeals from a summary judgment of the district co

  • Caronia v. Philip Morris USA, 11-0316-cv

    Publication Date: 2013-05-03
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Kearse, Lohier, and Droney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Steven J. Phillips, Stanley J. Levy, Jerome H. Block, Amber R. Long, Lisa W. Davis, Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, New York, New York, on the Brief, Victoria E. Phillips, New York, N.Y.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: John H. Beisner, Jessica D. Miller, Geoffrey M. Wyatt, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Washington, D.C.; Gary R. Long, John K. Sherk, III, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, Missouri; Tammy B. Webb, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, San Francisco, California, on the Brief, Sheila Birnbaum, New York, N.Y.
    Case Number: 11-0316-cv

    Cite as: Caronia v. Philip Morris USA, 11-0316-cv, NYLJ 1202598460698, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided May 1, 2013)Before: Kearse, Lohier, and Droney, C.JJ.p

  • State of California v. Safeway, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-08-17
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    Date Filed: 2010-08-17
    Court: 9th Cir.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edmund G. Brown Jr., Attorney General for the State of California; Kathleen E. Foote, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Barbara M. Motz, Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Cheryl L. Johnson, Deputy Attorney General, and Jonathan M. Eisenberg, Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellants-cross-appellees. Alan B. Clark, Peter K. Huston, Los Angeles, California, and Jeremy P. Sherman, Chicago, Illinois, for respondent-appellees-cross-appellants Safeway Inc. and the Vons Companies, Inc.
    for defendant: Jeffrey A. LeVee, Craig E. Stewart, and Kate Wallace, Los Angeles, California, for respondent-appellee-cross-appellant Albertson?s, Inc. Robert B. Pringle, San Francisco, California, for respondent-appellees-cross-appellants Ralphs Grocery Company and Food 4 Less Food Company. Robin S. Conrad, Shane B. Kawka, Washington, District of Columbia, for amicus curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Charles I. Cohen, Jonathan C. Fritts and David R. Broderdorf, Washington, District of Columbia, for amici curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States and Council on Labor Law Equality. Jeffrey A. Berman, Los Angeles, California, for amicus curiae Employers Group. Robert M. McKenna, Attorney General of Washington; and Mark O. Brevard, Assistant Attorney General, Seattle, Washington; and Nancy H. Rogers, Attorney General of Ohio; and Jennifer L. Pratt, Chief, Antitrust Section, Columbus, Ohio for amici curiae Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Washington and West Virginia. Nicholas W. Clark, Washington, District of Columbia, for amicus curiae United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. Michael D. Four, Los Angeles, California, for amici curiae UFCW Local Unions 135, 324, 770, 1036, 1167, 1428 and 1442. Andrew D. Roth, Washington, District of Columbia, for amici curiae United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, UFCW Local Unions 135, 324, 770, 1036, 1167, 1428 and 1442, Change to Win and AFL-CIO. Patrick J. Szymanski, Washington, District of Columbia, for amicus curiae Change to Win. Jonathan P. Hiatt, Washington, District of Columbia, for amicus curiae AFL-CIO.
    Case Number: No. 08-55671 No. 08-55708

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 10633STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ex rel. Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v.SAFEWAY, INC.

  • Robinson v. Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-10-22
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    Date Filed: 2010-10-22
    Court: Tx. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Nathan L. Hecht Justice
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    Case Number: 06-0714

    Argued February 7, 2008JUSTICE HECHT delivered the opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE JEFFERSON, JUSTICE MEDINA, JUSTICE GREEN, JUSTICE WILLETT, and JUSTICE LEHRMANN joined.JUSTICE