• March 27, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Plaintiffs Get a Boost from Rocket Docket Judge in Iraq War Contractor Cases

    How effective have military contractors in Iraq been at asserting immunity in civil suits against them? We wondered after we saw recent filings against Blackwater successor Xe for a href="http://amla

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  • June 7, 1999 | National Law Journal

    FTC Wins Its Court Case, But at a Price

    A U.S. Supreme Court decision endorsing Federal Trade Commission authority over some nonprofit professional groups could have another long-term consequence because of its cautious approach to the u

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  • August 29, 2013 | Litigation Daily

    Litigators of the Week: Linda Friedman, Suzanne Bish, and George Robot

    We're not taking a position on the merits of the racial discrimination lawsuit that Merrill Lynch & Co settled this week. But we'll say this much: the trio at Chicago-bas

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  • September 12, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal

    10 More Awards Worth Noting

    This year, our "10 more" personal injury awards worth noting are actually 11, due to a three-way tie at the amount of $2.5 n. These awards, from $2.5 n to $3.2

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  • October 31, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

    Pfizer Litigators Endure Beast of a Beauty Contest

    It was a cold day for a beauty contest. On a blustery morning last December, a small army of product liability lawyers tried not to slip on the ice as they made their way to the Plaza Hotel in

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  • Mental Health Association in California v. Schwarzenegger

    Publication Date: 2010-12-09
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    Date Filed: 2010-12-09
    Court: C.A. 1st
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin, Steven L. Mayer; Disability Rights California, Daniel Brzovic, Andrew Mudryk, Sean Rashkis; Western Center on Law & Poverty, Inc., Kimberly Lewis, Richard A. Rothschild, Jennifer A. Flory; Mental Health Advocacy Services, James Preis; National Center For Youth Law, Patrick Gardner for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Douglas M. Press, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Karin S. Schwartz and Julie Weng-Gutierrez, Supervising Deputy Attorneys General, Niromi W. Pfeiffer and Sarah E. Kurtz, Deputy Attorneys General for Defendants and Respondents.

    Case Number: No. A125937

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 15241MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN CALIFORNIA et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. ARNOLD S

  • Aldoro, Inc. v Gold Force Intl. Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2008-06-03
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    Court: Appellate Division, 1st Dept
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    Case Number: 3795

    Andrias, J.P., Gonzalez, Moskowitz, DeGrasse, JJ. 3795 Index 604044/06 Aldoro, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant-Respondent, v Gold Force International Ltd., now kno

  • May 9, 2006 | Legal Times

    Lawyers Urged to Prep for High Court

    WASHINGTON — One by one, different segments of the bar have gotten the message in recent years: The U.S. Supreme Court is a scary place to be — a place where novices, more often

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  • February 18, 2000 | Alm

    Supreme Court Docket Watch

    Tuesday, Feb. 22United States v. HubbellNo. 99-166Certiorari to the D.C. Circuit. Whether the 5th Amendment protects a defendant from being indicted on tax charg

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  • November 28, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Drinker Biddle Acquires Employment Boutique in Chicago

    Drinker Biddle & Reath's expansion mode didn't end with the acquisition of 170-lawyer Chicago firm Ga

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