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  • April 9, 2007 | National Law Journal

    The power of puffery

    Increasingly, product advertising � rather than the actual product itself � is coming under attack in class action litigation. Often the claim is not that the advertising is false, per s

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  • June 1, 2004 |

    It was an extraordinary evening. Admittedly, it went on a bit long. But for nearly 700 lawyers and friends, our twenty-fifth anniversary dinner last month was an occasion to be reminded again

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  • Smith v. The Guardian Life Ins. Co. of America

    Publication Date: 2013-01-23
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Westchester County
    Judge: Justice Lester Adler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiffs by: Anthony J. Pirrotti, Jr., Esq., Pirrotti Law Firm LLC, Scarsdale, NY.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendant by: Thomas J. Dougherty, Esq., Peter Smishauser, Esq., And One Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 8794/10

    Cite as: Smith v. The Guardian Life Ins. Co. of America, 8794/10, NYLJ 1202585424299, at *1 (Sup., WE, Decided July 25, 2012)Justice Lester Adlerp cl

  • March 1, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Tell Us How You Really Feel, Leo

    On December 19 an impassioned argument was heard in the Court of Chancery of the state of Delaware, explaining why a group of plaintiffs lawyers deserved a fee that worked out to $35,000 an

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  • November 18, 2002 | Legal Times

    On the Move

    MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS Roger Berliner has joined the D.C. office of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips as a partner in the firm's government and policy practice. Berlin

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  • July 27, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Proposal Would Create More Diverse Court of Appeals, Observers Say

    ALBANY - A seemingly modest change in how people can express interest in becoming a judge on the Court of Appeals could encourage more candidates to come forward, advancing t

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  • October 11, 2004 | National Law Journal

    Consolidation Reversals

    As any trial lawyer knows, the number of parties to a trial affects the dynamics of a mass torts case. For example, although a jury in a single-plaintiff case might scrutinize evidence o

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  • February 8, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    S&C Clicks for Cablevision on $1.63 Billion Optimum West Sale

    UPDATE: 2/12/13, 8:20 p.m. EST. Information on the outside lawyers for Charter Communications has been added to the seventh paragraph of this story.Cablevisio

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  • June 14, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Plea Talks Collapse; Michael Garson Trial Date Set With plea negotiations at a standstill, Acting Justice William C. Donnino (a href="http://nycourts.law.com/cpnylj/judgeprofil

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  • January 19, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Rule changed, but is game different for licensing?

    In early 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in MedImmune Inc. v. Genentech Inc., 127 S. Ct. 764 (2007). The decision, which rejected the U.S. Court of Appeals for t

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