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  • February 2, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Panel: Federal Statute Doesn't Pre-empt State Products Law

    The Superior Court has ruled that the federal workplace safety statute does not pre-empt state products liability law dealing with warning devices on industrial vehicles. An en banc panel of

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  • United States v. Sweat

    Publication Date: 2009-02-06
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    Date Filed: 2009-01-30
    Court: 11th Cir.
    Judge: Per curiam.
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    Case Number: 07-15125

    [PUBLISH]Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, ANDERSON and COHILL,*fn1 Circuit Judges.This case involves an off-the-record (unrecorded and no transcript), private (no

  • December 22, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Disentitlement Doctrine

    As Woody Allen famously remarked, "Eighty percent of success in life is showing up." The same can be said for many defendants seeking relief in the criminal justice system. Rece

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  • November 16, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    High Court to Mull More Resort Waiver Issues

    The state Supreme Court has granted allocatur to determine whether a ski resort's exculpatory agreement should release it and its employee from liability for reckless or intentional conduct. p

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  • February 3, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Federal Circuit Upholds Design Patent Differing Only Slightly From Others

    Legal observers say a judgment by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upholding a patent appeals board ruling is a signal that a very minor alteration to an existing design patent

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  • Maples v. Allen

    Publication Date: 2009-11-06
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    Date Filed: 2009-10-26
    Court: 11th Cir.
    Judge: Per curiam.
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    Case Number: 07-15187

    [PUBLISH]Before EDMONDSON, BARKETT and HULL, Circuit Judges.Cory Maples appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2

  • Wolfson v. Moskowitz, 08 Civ. 8796

    Publication Date: 2009-04-10
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    Date Filed: 2009-04-06
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District
    Judge: James Francis
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    Case Number: 08 Civ. 8796

    Magistrate Judge James C. Francis U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Judge Francis REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION Allen Wolfson bring

  • Nexion Health at Terrell Manor v. Taylor

    Publication Date: 2009-08-24
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    Date Filed: 2009-08-21
    Court: Tx. App. Dist. 5
    Judge: Robert M. Fillmore Justice
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    Case Number: 05-09-00019-CV

    AFFIRMOPINIONBefore Justices FitzGerald, Lang, and Fillmore.Nexion Health at Terrell Manor d/b/a Terrell Manor, Inc. and Brenda J. Allen, R.N. bring this interlocutory appeal of the trial cou

  • December 29, 2003 | The American Lawyer

    Off to Work They Go

    In the corporate world, budget-conscious managers strive to improve their organization's pro ity, generating more product, more efficiently, with fewer resources. In government, pro

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  • Crist v. Commission on Presidential Debates

    Publication Date: 2001-08-23
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    Date Filed: 2001-08-21
    Court: 2nd Cir.
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: 01-6015

    Argued: August 8, 2001Appeal from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Brieant, J.) dismissing William Crist's action against the Commission on Pr