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  • January 4, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Report: Law Firm Merger Boom to Continue in 2012

    A new study by law firm consultancy The Hildebrandt Institute finds that law firm merger activity increased 65 percent between 2010 and 2011, and predicts more tie-ups to come in 2012.

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  • April 4, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    K&E Advises Apax Partners on Purchase of Software Companies

    Private equity firm Apax Partners on Monday announced plans to acquire a pair of software companies in transactions with a

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  • January 16, 2002 | Daily Report Online

    Georgia Jury Awards Librarians $25M for Race Bias

    Within minutes of adjourning to deliberate a verdict in a race discrimination case against the Atlanta-Fulton County, Ga., Public Library, jurors asked for two things -- a chalkboard and

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  • January 3, 2005 | Legaltech News

    Tipping Toward Tech in Court

    Alston & Bird defines itself as tech-savvy -- its Atlanta office boasts a state-of-the art mock trial courtroom and the firm has not one, but two trial presentation specialists on the payr

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  • March 29, 2010 | Daily Report Online

    Ford settles in seat belt suit

    As their trial date neared, two Georgia firms have reached a settlement with Ford Motor Co. over a lawsuit in Cobb County State Court for a girl who was paralyzed after a 2006 crash in which

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  • May 4, 2007 | National Law Journal

    One Turf Battle at a Time, Law Firms Chase Littler

    Littler Mendelson isn't the only national labor and employment boutique in town. Several law firms that specialize in labor and employment work are aggressively adding lawyers and opening ne

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  • March 25, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

    Disability, Discrimination And Free Speech

    Editor's note: The following are summaries of Texas and federal appellate court opinions released over the past four months that are relevant to executives and their businesses.

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  • State of California v. Continental Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2012-08-09
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    Date Filed: 2012-08-09
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Darryl L. Doke and Jill Scally, Deputy Attorneys General; Cotkin & Collins, Joan Cotkin; Law Offices of Roger W. Simpson, Roger W. Simpson; Law Offices of Daniel J. Schultz, Daniel J. Schultz; Anderson Kill & Olick, Robert M. Horkovich, Edward J. Stein, Robert Chung and Cort Malone for Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Appellant. Gauntlett & Associates, David A. Gauntlet, James A. Lowe; Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Barry S. Levin and Darren S. Teshima for United Policyholders and Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Appellant. Winston & Strawn, Scott P. DeVries, Yelitza V. Dunham and Gene C. Schaerr for the League of California Cities as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Appellant. Latham & Watkins, David L. Mulliken, Kristine L. Wilkes, Johanna S. Schiavoni and Drew T. Gardiner for Montrose Chemical Corporation of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Appellant. Heller Ehrman, Proskauer Rose, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, Reynold L. Siemens and David A. Thomas for Aeorojet-General Corporation and Whittaker Corporation as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Appellant. Epstein, Turner & Song and David B. Epstein for Consumer Federation of America as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Appellant.
    for defendant: Hodius; Berman & Aiwasian, Aiwasian & Associates, Deborah A. Aiwasian, Steven M. Haskell; Woolls & Peer, John E. Peer and H. Douglas Galt for Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants Continental Insurance Company, Continental Casualty Company, Horace Mann Insurance Company and Yosemite Insurance Company. Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, Patrick M. Kelly, Carey B. Moorehead, Craig C. Hunter, Robert Cooper; Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, SNP Denton US, Paul E. B. Glad and Katherine J. Evans for Defendant, Cross-complainant and Appellant Stonebridge Life Insurance Company. Duane Morris, Philip R. Matthews, Andrew K. Gordon and William J. Baron for Certain London Market Insurers as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Scott R. Hoyt for Truck Insurance Exchange as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants. Barber Law Group, Bryan M. Barber and Steven D. Meier Defendant, Cross-complainant and Respondent. Wiley Rein, Laura A. Foggan, Gregory J. Langlois; Sinnott Dito Moura & Puebla and Randolph P. Sinnott for Complex Insurance Claims Litigation Association and American Insurance Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants and Defendant, Cross-complainant and Respondent.
    Case Number: No. S170560

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 9101 THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Plaintiff, Cross-Defendant and Appellant, v. CONTINENTA

  • September 11, 2003 | Alm

    Sept. 11-Related Airline Suits Will Proceed

    American and United Airlines, aviation security companies and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey had a duty of care to those who were injured, killed or suffered property damages as

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  • March 8, 2012 | New Jersey Law Journal

    State-of-the-Art Accident Reconstruction

    The fundamental techniques applied in accident reconstruction have not changed since Sir Isaac Newton published the laws of motion in 1687. It is those laws that govern object motion and forc

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