• August 30, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    The Ritz Hotel Limited v. Shen Manufacturing Co. Inc.

    Judge CedarbaumRead the Full-Text Opinion FOR OVER 100 years defendant

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  • August 16, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Ruling against BRCA gene patent now on appeal

    In a case that has generated significant media attention, a U.S. district judge recently held that isolated DNA constitutes unpatentable subject matter. Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP

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  • January 2, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Technology, Attorney Liability Drove Major 3rd Circuit Rulings

    Changes in technology, from social media to DNA testing to the changing role of media companies, fueled some of the most significant decisions from the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in 2011./p

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  • June 21, 2010 | National Law Journal

    K Street Monitor

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  • Hanus v. Texas Utilities Co.

    Publication Date: 2002-03-15
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2002-03-14
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 2
    Judge: Terrie Livingston Justice
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2-00-448-CV

    FROM THE 393RD DISTRICT COURT OF DENTON COUNTYOPINIONIntroductionBrigid Hanus ("Hanus"), individually and on behalf of the estate of her late husband David Lee Hanus ("Decedent"), appeals the

  • Clayworth v. Pfizer, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-07-12
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2010-07-12
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Appellant: Alioto Law Firm, Joseph M. Alioto, Joseph M. Alioto, Jr., Theresa D. Moore, Angelina Alioto-Grace, Thomas P. Pier; Law Offices of John H. Boone, John H. Boone; Foreman & Brasso, Russell F. Brasso; Law Offices of James M. Dombroski, James M. Dombroski; Law Offices of Jeffery K. Perkins, Jeffrey K. Perkins; Gary D. McCallister & Associates, Gary D. McCallister, Thomas A. Kelliher, Eric I. Unrein and Jaime Goldstein for Plaintiffs and Appellants. Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins, Pamela M. Parker; Schubert Jonckheer Kolbe & Kralowec and Kimberly A. Kralowec for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants. Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason, Craig C. Corbitt and Henry A. Cirillo for Pharmacists Planning Services, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Respondent: Filice Brown Eassa & McLeod, Peter A. Strotz, Paul R. Johnson, William E. Steimle; Davis Polk & Wardwell, Ameila Starr, Arthur F. Golden, William J. Fenrich and Daniel J. Schwartz for Defendant and Respondent AstraZeneca LP. Winston & Strawn, Tyler M. Paetkau, Nicole P. Dogwill, James F. Hurst, Susan A. Pipal, Matthew J. Sullivan; Eimer Stahl Klevorn & Solberg, David M. Stahl, J. Cunyon Gordon and Adam Oyenbanji for Defendant and Respondent Abbott Laboratories. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Jeffrey T. Thomas and James N. Knight for Defendant and Respondent Allergan, Inc. Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Mayer Brown, Donald M. Falk, John Nadolenco, Mack Anderson; Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, Steven O. Kramer, John P. Stigi III; Hogan & Hartson and Joseph H. Young for Defendant and Respondent Amgen, Inc. Covington & Burling, Elizabeth Abigail Brown, Anita F. Stork, Theodore Voorhees, Jr., and Thomas J. Cosgrove for Defendant and Respondent Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Paul J. Riehle, Matthew A. Fischer; Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Evan R. Chesler, Elizabeth L. Grayer, Jessica Buturla and Jeffrey B. Korn for Defendant and Respondent Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. Reed Smith, Michael Diane Floyd, Kirsten J. Handelman; Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly, Gary Hansen, David Graham and Aaron Mills Scott for Defendant and Respondent Eli Lilly & Company. Irell & Manella, Alexander F. Wiles, John C. Keith; Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, George S. Cary, Sara D. Schotland and David I. Gelfand for Defendant and Respondent GlaxoSmithKline PLC. Drinker Biddle & Reath, H. Christian L?Orange, Paul H. Saint-Antoine, Mary E. Kohart, David J. Antczak and Joanne C. Lewers for Defendant and Respondent Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. Folger Levin & Kahn, Crowell & Moring, Beatrice Bich-Dao Nguyen, Samuel Ray Miller, Tracy E. Reichmuth, Cecilia C. Ogbu, Steven E. Wilson; Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, William Cavanaugh, Jr., and Cecilia B. Loving for Defendants and Respondents Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc., Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems, Inc., Ortho Biotech, Inc., and Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc. Hughes Hubbard & Reed, Rita M. Haeusler, John M. Townsend, Scott H. Christensen, James A. Graffam; Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Robert P. Reznick and David Goldstein for Defendant and Respondent Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. formerly known as Merck & Co., Inc. Kaye Scholer, Aton Arbisser, Bryant S. Delgadillo, Saul P. Morgenstern, Karin E. Garvey; Faegre & Benson, James A. O?Neal and Kim J. Walker for Defendant and Respondent Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. Nossaman, Gunther, Knox & Elliott, Nossaman, Scott DeVries, Katrina June Lee; Dickstein Shapiro, Peter J. Kadzik, Bernard Nash, Maria Colsey Heard, Milton Marquis and Andres Colin for Defendant and Respondent Pfizer Inc. Latham & Watkins, Charles H. Samel, Jennifer A. Carmassi, Margaret M. Zwisler, Steven H. Schulman and Belinda S. Lee for Defendant and Respondent Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. Arnold & Porter, Ronald C. Redcay, Douglas L. Wald, Mark R. Merley, Daniel R. Waldman, Anne P. Davis and Ryan Z. Watts for Defendant and Respondent Wyeth.

    Case Number: No. S166435

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 87895JAMES CLAYWORTH et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. PFIZER, INC., et al., Def

  • January 1, 2013 | Focus Europe

    East Meets West

    Germany has long enjoyed a lucrative trading relationship with China. The enduring success of the European country's export-driven economy owes much to the fast-developing Asian powerhouse, w

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  • October 21, 2002 |

    Justices Exercise King's Bench Power In Asbestos Case

    Torts Justices Exercise King's Bench Power In Asbestos CaseCourt to decide whether Crown Cork & Seal will be dismissed from cases The

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  • Stengel v. Medtronic Incorporated

    Publication Date: 2012-04-16
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2012-04-16
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Raner C. Collins, District Judge, Presiding Before: J. Clifford Wallace, John T. Noonan, and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas G. Cotter, Stanley G. Feldman, and Stephen T. Portell; Haralson Miller, Pitt, Feldman & McAnally, P.L.C., Tucson, Arizona, for the plaintiffs-appellants
    for defendant: Michael K. Brown, Ginger F.H. Pigott, and Lisa M. Baird, Reed Smith LLP, Los Angeles, California, for the defendant-appellee.

    Case Number: No. 10-17755

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 4069 RICHARD STENGEL; MARY LOU STENGEL, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MEDTRONIC INCORPORA

  • January 25, 2007 | Daily Report Online

    Deal Watch: Atlantan part of top NYC real estate deal

    IT'S NOT THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING, but the 666 Fifth Ave. office tower in New York still is prime real estate in Manhattan, and Schiff Hardin partner Alexander W. Suto provided legal advice

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