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  • January 4, 2000 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Invasion of the Lawyer Snatchers

    The invasion of the Northeast's megafirms topped the state's legal stories in 1999, a year that saw two venerable partnerships and dozens of smaller groups swept up in the tide of colonization.

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  • February 4, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

    An Unenviable Position

    Who would want James V. Derrick Jr.'s job now? The embattled general counsel at bankrupt Enron Corp. faces inquiries from congressional investigators, plaintiffs lawyers and federal prosecutors. A

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  • May 30, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    California Law Firms Want Bite of the Big Apple

    In the race to expand in the New York market, the largest California law firms all share certain advantages over firms from elsewhere. Their large and wealthy home market supports h

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  • Lefever v. K.P. Hovnanian Enters., Inc.

    Publication Date: 1999-07-29
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    Date Filed: 1999-07-29
    Court: In the Supreme Court of New Jersey
    Judge: CHIEF JUSTICE PORITZ, JUSTICES HANDLER and STEIN, JUSTICE O'HERN
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dennis S. Brotman
    for defendant: Steven I. Greene
    Case Number: No. A- 211

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion.The opinion of the Court was delivered by O'HERN, J. This appeal concerns the meaning of the product-line ex

  • February 28, 2000 | National Law Journal

    Court Decisions

    ATTORNEY FEESCalculation of Fees Denial of fees based on size of award was abuseA trial court's denial of appellant's

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  • United States v. Basham

    Publication Date: 2009-04-01
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    Date Filed: 2009-03-30
    Court: 4th Cir.
    Judge: Williams, Chief Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for appellant: Melissa Anne Meister, Jenner & Block, Washington, D.C.; Timothy Sullivan, Brennan, Sullivan & McKenna, Greenbelt, Md.
    for defendant: Attorney for appellee: Thomas Booth, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
    Case Number: 05-5

    PUBLISHEDArgued: October 31, 2008Before WILLIAMS, Chief Judge, and TRAXLER and KING, Circuit Judges.Affirmed by published opinion. Chief Judge Williams wrote the opinion, in which Judge Traxl

  • Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America v. Concannon

    Publication Date: 2001-05-18
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    Date Filed: 2001-05-16
    Court: 1st Cir.
    Judge: Bownes, Senior Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 00-2446

    APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE [Hon. D. Brock Hornby, U.S. District Judge]In this case, we consider whether a Maine statute providing for affordable prescrip

  • September 20, 2004 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Top 20 Personal Injury Awards of the Year

    Here are the largest personal injury verdicts reported by the Law Journal for the 12 months ending Aug. 30, 2004, ranked in order of their value as of date of verdict or settlement.

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  • Ridley School District v. M.R.; J.R., Parents of Minor Child E.R.

    Publication Date: 2012-05-21
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    Date Filed: 2012-05-17
    Court: 3rd Cir.
    Judge: Fisher, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 11-1447

    PRECEDENTIALArgued March 19, 2012Before: RENDELL, FISHER and CHAGARES, Circuit Judges.OPINION OF THE COURTM.R. and J.R., the parents of E.R., a minor, appeal from an order of the Dis

  • May 10, 1999 | The Recorder

    When 'Love Ya, Babe,' Becomes 'See Ya in Court, Pal'

    In Hollywood, it is said, a friend is someone who stabs you in the front. That's the theme of the latest round of celebrity-vs.-manager lawsuits in this sometimes bitter glitter town. At the

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