• Gonzales v. O'Brien

    Publication Date: 2009-10-29
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    Date Filed: 2009-10-28
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 4
    Judge: Steven C. Hilbig, Justice
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    Case Number: 04-08-00790-CV

    OPINIONSitting: Rebecca Simmons, Justice, Steven C. Hilbig, Justice, Marialyn Barnard, Justice.AFFIRMEDMaria del Refugio Gonzalez, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of

  • December 2, 2009 | The Recorder

    Sidley Austin Pushes Into Silicon Valley With Lateral Hires

    Sidley Austin is opening an office in Palo Alto,, Calif., with 12 attorneys, including longtime Wilson Sonsini partner

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  • October 1, 2003 | The American Lawyer

    The Secrets to Their Success

    Here was a big-league challenge for an associate, or any lawyer: Beat the legal team of All-Star professional basketball player Kobe Bryant. A consortium of news organizations wanted access to

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  • Khodara Environmental, Inc. v. Beckman

    Publication Date: 2001-01-18
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    Date Filed: 2001-01-17
    Court: 3rd Cir.
    Judge: Alito, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 99-3458,, 99-346

    Argued: February 28, 2000OPINION OF THE COURTEagle Environmental, L.P. ("Eagle"), a landfill developer, brought both facial and as-applied challenges against a federal statute regulating the pla

  • October 8, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Justices Rule Courts Retain Foreclosure Jurisdiction

    Inadequate notice of foreclosure under Act 91 does not deprive courts of subject-matter jurisdiction, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled. The high court unanimously rejected the

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  • January 6, 2003 | Legal Times

    The Lobbying Blitz Over Tobacco Fees

    It was the fourth day of the tobacco fee arbitration hearing, and the distinguished Harvard Law School professor and television personality Arthur Miller was testifying. With his usual authori

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  • September 22, 2004 | Daily Report Online

    Ga. Rep.'s Med-Mal Win Doesn't Soften Reform Stance

    Now that U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey has won a suit in which he was the medical malpractice defendant, one might argue that the Marietta, Ga., Republican's views on tort reform should soften.

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  • October 6, 2009 | National Law Journal

    High Court Debates Value of Attorney-Client Privilege

    A Georgia company's efforts to resist disclosure of communications with its lawyer provoked a rare discussion at the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday over the importance of attorney-client privilege.

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  • February 27, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Closed Club

    When Joseph Ryan arrived at Marriott International Inc. in December 1994 as its new general counsel, he inherited an Augean stable of well over 200 law firms. At the time, the bloated legal Ro

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  • March 17, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

    Enron Probe Examines Firms' Roles

    The Enron examiner is back. And a few law firms can't be too happy about it. R. Neal Batson, the court-appointed examiner investigating the exotic financing schemes that contributed to Enron Corp.'s b

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