• June 26, 1999 | New York Law Journal

    Attorneys' Fees in a Nutshell

    Under the well-settled "American Rule," litigants, win or lose, generally must pay their own attorneys' fees, unless an award of attorneys' fees is authorized by contract, statute or equitable grou

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  • Styles v General Motors Corporation

    Publication Date: 2005-07-21
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    By Opinion by Buckley, P.J. All concur except Andrias and Saxe, JJ. who dissent in part in an Opinion by Andrias, J. 4070. Ann Styles, etc. Plaintiffs-res-ap, v.

  • October 9, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

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    Christina Ramundo Firm: Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard Born: Dec. 26, 1980, Livingston, N.J. Date Joined Firm: Sept.

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  • Beacon Residential Community Association v. Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP

    Publication Date: 2012-12-14
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    Date Filed: 2012-12-13
    Court: C.A. 1st
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Offices of Ann Rankin, Ann Rankin, Terry L. Wilkens; Katzoff & Riggs, Kenneth S. Katzoff, Robert R. Riggs, Sung E. Shim and Stephen G. Preonas for Plaintiff and Appellant. Berding & Weil and Matt J. Malone for Executive Council of Homeowners as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Robles, Castles & Meredith and Richard C. Young for Defendant and Respondent Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP. Schwartz & Janzen, Noel E. Macaulay and Steven H. Schwartz for Defendant and Respondent HKS, Inc.

    Case Number: No. A134542

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 13674BEACON RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff and Appellant,v.SKIDMORE, OWI

  • Wiwa v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.

    Publication Date: 2000-09-18
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    Date Filed: 2000-09-14
    Court: 2nd Cir.
    Judge: OAKES, LEVAL and POOLER
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: JUDITH BROWN CHOMSKY, Jennifer M. Green, Beth Stephens, and Richard Herz
    for defendant: RORY O. MILLSON and Sandra C. Goldstein

    Case Number: Nos. 99-7223[L],

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion.This case concerns the application of forum non conveniens doctrine to suits under the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA), 2

  • Perry v. Woodward

    Publication Date: 1999-12-20
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    Date Filed: 1999-12-20
    Court: United States Court Of Appeals Tenth Circuit
    Judge: EBEL, McWILLIAMS, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven K. Sanders
    for defendant: William D. Slease

    Case Number: Nos. 97-2343 and 98-2003

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. Plaintiff, Elizabeth Perry ("Perry"), sued her employer, the Board of County Commissioners of the County o

  • May 24, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Geologists Say Utica Shale May Be Too Deep to Drill in Pa.

    Geologists say the depth of Pennsylvania's "other" great shale formation, the Utica Shale, might make it too costly to drill. "The Utica Shale is a known source rock. No one d

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  • People v. Fleming

    Publication Date: 2004-12-07
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    By Tom, J.P., Saxe, Williams, Sweeny, Catterson, JJ. 4832 The People of the State of New York, res, v. Dale Fleming, also known as Isaiah Young, def-ap _____

  • Adelphia Business Solutions Inc. v. Abnos, 05-6622

    Publication Date: 2007-04-25
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    Date Filed: 2007-04-13
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: John Walker
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    Case Number: 05-6622

    U.S. COURT OF APPEALS SECOND CIRCUIT MICHAEL P. RICHMAN, Foley & Lardner LLP, New York, New York, for Appellant. JUDY G.Z. LIU, Weil, Gotshal & Manges

  • December 1, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    News in Brief

    Hafetz Withdraws From Marshall's Defense Team Anthony D. Marshall, who faces at least one year in prison for looting the estate of his mother, socialite Brooke Astor, wi

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