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  • March 20, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Redefining 'Ascertainable Loss'

    The New Jersey Supreme Court has not specifically addressed the requirements of class certification in the context of a Consumer Fraud Act case in over 10 years. Strawn v. Canuso, 140 N

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  • 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    Tort Reform in the Courts: A Defense Attorney Challenges Outdated Legal Precedents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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  • January 22, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Sovereign immunity for public universities

    The public university is sometimes the outside world's most visible representation of another state's individuality. Citizens in the university's home state expect the institution to ser

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  • 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

  • Gallagher v. Abbott Laboratories

    Publication Date: 2001-10-22
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    Date Filed: 2001-10-17
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: James B. Moran, Judge.
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    Case Number: Nos. 01-1473 & 0

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. Before Posner, Easterbrook, and Kanne,Circuit Judges. Easterbrook, Circuit Judge. Year afteryear the Food and

  • Union Carbide Corp. v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2009-10-05
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    Date Filed: 2009-10-01
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Terry Jennings Justice
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    Case Number: 01-08-00641-CV

    OPINIONAppellants, Union Carbide Corporation and Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc. ("Hexion"),*fn1 challenge the trial court's judgment entered in favor of appellee

  • Infante v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-01-03
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    Date Filed: 2012-12-28
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Harvey Brown Justice
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    Case Number: NO. 01-11-00905-CR

    OPINIONA jury convicted Theresa Garcia Infante of the felony offense of theft by a public servant of property with a value between $1,500 and $20,000 and sentenced her to two years' co

  • July 19, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Court Will Review Drunken Drivers' Right To Sue Bars That Served Them

    The state Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether drunken drivers injured in accidents they cause can sue the liquor establishments that served them. State insurance law bars them from b

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  • February 25, 2002 | Corporate Counsel

    Who Owns The Earth?

    The McFaddin-Ward House, one of the plaintiffs family's original homesteads, is now a museum.E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company went to trial in Beaumont, Texas, in a poison well case with

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  • March 15, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Drug Envy

    Hamster ovaries, mare's urine, pig intestines, blood. It's not a recipe for a witch's stew — they're all components of high-tech biologic drugs. Used to treat everything from canc

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