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July 25, 2007 | New Jersey Law Journal

Courts Press Expansive View of Arbitration Clauses

New Jersey courts strongly favor arbitration of commercial disputes. Where arbitration is even moderately appropriate, courts choose arbitration over potentially applicable competing state int

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May 6, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Replacement for Orie Melvin Not Likely to Emerge Anytime Soon

According to knowledgeable sources in the Pennsylvania legal community, Governor Tom Corbett has not yet made any moves to fill the vacancy on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court even though forme

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Thomas D. Arthur v. Kim Tobias Thomas, Interim Commissioner, Alabama Department of

Publication Date: 2012-03-30
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Date Filed: 2012-03-21
Court: 11th Cir.
Judge: Per curiam.
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Case Number: 11-15548

[PUBLISH]U.S. COURT OF APPEALS ELEVENTH CIRCUITJOHN LEY(March 21, 2012)Before BARKETT, HULL and WILSON, Circuit Judges.Thomas D. Arthur, an Alabama state pr

October 28, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

Justices Deny 3rd Circuit's Bystander Recovery Query

The state Supreme Court has denied the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' request that the justices address the permissible scope of bystander recovery under Pennsylvania's products liability law.

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July 7, 2011 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Ex-Linebacker Mounts Legal Blitz Against Bar Members

Bob Simms' professional football career lasted just three seasons in the early 1960s, when he played for the New York Giants and Pittsburgh Steelers. Legal proceedings linked to his divorce

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November 4, 2002 | Legal Times

Civil Actions

The following selected cases were recently filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the Eastern District of Virginia, and in Greenbelt, Md. This information was provid

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May 20, 1999 | New York Law Journal

Rude Remark to Judge Leads to Suspension

Not content with an order of public censure against a Manhattan lawyer who called a federal judge "corrupt" in a telephone conference, the Appellate Division, First Department, has suspended the la

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November 1, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

Deals & Suits

AetnaCoventryAetna Inc. agreed to pay $5.7 billion in cash and stock for health insurer Coventry Health Care Inc. on August 20. The buyer will also

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May 5, 2003 | National Law Journal

The Injudicious

You'd think they'd learn, what with all the shattered careers and yuckfests with Jay Leno presiding. For Law Day 2003, The National Law Journal offers its list of judges behavin

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Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corporation

Publication Date: 2012-09-21
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Date Filed: 2012-09-21
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corporation
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew F. Pawa (argued), Law Offices of Matthew. F. Pawa PC, Newton Centre, Massachusetts; Brent Newell, Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment, San Francisco, California; Steve W. Berman, Babara Mahoney, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, Washington; Reed R. Kathrein, Hagans Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Berkeley, California; Gary E. Mason, Khushi Desai, The Mason Law Firm, Washington, D.C.; Heather Kendall-Miller, Native American Rights Fund, Anchorage, Alaska; Dennis Reich, Reich & Binstock, Houston, Texas; Christopher A. Seeger, Stephen A. Weiss, James A. O'Brien, Seeger Weiss LLP, New York, New York; Stephen D. Susman, H. Lee Godfrey, Eric J. Mayer, Susman Godfrey LLP, Houston, Texas; Terrell W. Oxford, Susman Godfrey LLP, Dallas, Texas; Marc M. Seltzer, Susman Godfrey, LLP, Los Angeles, California; Drew D. Hansen, Susman Godfrey LLP, Seattle, Washington, for the appellants-plaintiffs.
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Case Number: No. 09-17490

Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 10915NATIVE VILLAGE OF KIVALINA; CITY OF KIVALINA, Plaintiffs-Appellants,v.EXXONMOBIL