• February 7, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Movers

    New Partners Baker Botts (Houston): Former Deputy Secretary of Transportation Kirk K. Van Tine rejoins the firm's Washington office as senior partner. Before his no

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  • November 12, 2007 | Legal Times

    K Street Monitor

    Highlights of recent registrations filed by lobbyists with the secretary of the Senate and the clerk of the House. A database of registrations is available to a href="http://www.influence.bi

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  • April 7, 2006 | Alm

    N.Y. Judge Intervenes To Ensure Progress In Sept. 11 Litigation

    Frustrated by the government's approach to protecting sensitive security information, a federal judge has crafted a compromise so depositions can proceed in earnest in the litigation against a

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  • November 1, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Functional Capacity Evaluations a Crucial Skill in Personal Injury Practice

    COMMENTARY An often encountered test in the personal injury setting is a functional capacity evaluation. In order to properly conduct a cross-examination in a personal injur

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  • June 16, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Tackling the DOJ

    With their client facing a possible $250 million criminal fine for price-fixing, defense lawyers representing international shipping company Stolt-Nielsen S.A. had few options

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  • Senator Linie GMBH & Co. KG v. Sunway Line, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-05-22
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    Date Filed: 2002-05-17
    Court: 2nd Cir.
    Judge: Sotomayor, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 01-7374

    Argued: November 13, 2001Vacated and remanded.This appeal poses the question of whether, under � 4(6) of the U.S. Carriage of Goods by Sea Act ("COGSA"), 46 U.S.C. � 1304(6), a shipper may be he

  • In re: WTC Disaster Site

    Publication Date: 2005-07-21
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    U.S. COURT OF APPEALS SECOND CIRCUIT Kearse and Cabranes, C.JJ., and Korman, Ch.D.J.* * Appeals by defendants from so much of an order of the United States District Co

  • May 4, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Calendar of Events

    Monday May 4 Estate Planning: The D.C. Bar's Con­tinu­ing Legal Education program and

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  • United States v. Vasilevsky, 08 Cr. 903

    Publication Date: 2009-08-21
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    Date Filed: 2009-08-07
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District
    Judge: Shira Scheindlin
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    Case Number: 08 Cr. 903

    District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Appearances For the United States: Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr., Antonia Marie A

  • July 8, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Law Firms' London Offices Cope With Bombing Aftermath

    Unlike most of us, Reed Smith chairman Gregory Jordan was wide awake when the bombs detonated in the subways and on a double-decker bus in London Thursday."I was riding in a taxi to th

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