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  • Simila v. Astrue

    Publication Date: 2009-07-27
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    Date Filed: 2009-07-22
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Tinder, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 07-3682

    ARGUED MAY 29, 2008Before CUDAHY, POSNER, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.Once a strapping construction laborer, Kevin Simila claims that a mysterious pain disorder has withered his physical prowess

  • September 22, 2006 |

    Tort Reform in the Courts: A Defense Attorney Challenges Outdated Legal Precedents

    In 1789 and afterwards, when colonies became states, most state legislatures passed "reception statutes." These often-forgotten parts of state law history "received" the common law of England as of

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  • May 31, 2004 |

    Court Lacks Power To 'Freeze' Comp Benefits To Ensure Alimony

    No more than half of a lump sum payment made to a workers' compensation recipient may be placed in escrow for future alimony payments to his former wife, the state Supreme Court has ruled.

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  • Betts v. Costco Wholesale Corp.

    Publication Date: 2009-03-10
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    Date Filed: 2009-03-05
    Court: 6th Cir.
    Judge: Ronald Lee Gilman, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: Nos. 07-2103/2217

    RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206Argued: January 15, 2009Before: KENNEDY, COLE, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.GILMAN, J., delivered the opinion of the cour

  • Adams v. Georgia Gulf Corp.

    Publication Date: 2001-01-15
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    Date Filed: 2000-01-11
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: EMILIO M. GARZA, STEWART, and PARKER, Circuit Judges
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    Case Number: No. 00-30015

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. PER CURIAM:Jerry Oldham, plaintiff-appellant appeals the denial of a motion to stay proceedings pending arbitratio

  • September 22, 2008 | The Recorder

    If Merger Fails, Gems Remain in Thelen's Ranks

    Thelen is said to still be in merger discussions with Nixon Peabody. But if a merger hunt comes to naught — or if lawyers don't stick around to find out — there would appear to

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  • December 9, 2011 | Daily Report Online

    'Vegas' legal malpractice assignments should be banned

    For more than 30 years my firm has concentrated on suing and defending lawyers charged with legal malpractice and in defending State Bar grievances against lawyers. Recently, the Georgia Cour

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  • Choctaw Properties, L.L.C. v. Aledo ISD

    Publication Date: 2003-12-29
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    Date Filed: 2003-12-29
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 10
    Judge: Bill Vance, Justice
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    Case Number: 10-01-229-CV

    IN THE TENTH COURT OF APPEALS No. 10-01-229-CV Choctaw Properties, L.L.C., Everett B. Frazier and Jerry W. Campbell,

  • UNITED STATES v. Glen Benussi

    Publication Date: 2004-01-06
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    Appeal from a final judgment of conviction entered on July 29, 2002, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Lewis A. Kaplan, Judge). AFFIRMED. RAGGI, C

  • Republic of Venezuela v. Phillip Morris Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-05-01
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    Date Filed: 2002-04-26
    Court: D.C.Cir.
    Judge: Ginsburg, Chief Judge
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    Case Number: 00-7213, Consoli

    Argued October 16, 2001Separate concurring opinion filed by Senior Circuit Judge Williams.The district court issued orders remanding to a Florida state court four lawsuits filed by foreign state