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OSHA Case May Break New Legal Ground

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The business community is watching a potentially precedent-setting case that could sharply curtail the period of time that companies can be cited for OSHA reporting violations. View full legal post on Law.com - Newswire Tags: case, Ground, Break, Legal, OSHA

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9th Circuit Orders Mediation in Rio Tinto Alien Tort Case

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Nearly a decade into a court battle involving a foreign company and its alleged role in spurring civil war in a South Pacific country, the 9th Circuit is suggesting mediation. The court issued the surprising en banc order in a case that stood to test the scope and reach of the 1789 Alien Tort Act. [...]

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Court Allows Chevron to Depose Lead Plaintiffs Lawyer in Ecuador Case

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A federal judge has taken the extraordinary step of granting Chevron's motion to depose a counsel for its adversaries in the massive toxic tort litigation over oil contamination in Lago Agrio, Ecuador. If the ruling stands, Chevron's counsel and counsel for two former Chevron lawyers facing criminal charges in Ecuador will be able to ask [...]

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High Court Superstars Take Shots in Vaccine Case

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David Frederick of Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel has made a habit of arguing successfully against federal pre-emption before the Supreme Court, which casts him in frequent opposition to big business and pits him against formidable adversaries. On Tuesday, Frederick faced former Stanford Law dean Kathleen Sullivan of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, [...]

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2nd Circuit Upsets Order Requiring Wiretap Turnover in SEC Case Against Galleon

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A unanimous federal appeals panel has overturned an order requiring defendants in the sprawling Galleon securities fraud case to hand over to the SEC roughly 18,000 wiretapped conversations they had been given by prosecutors in a parallel criminal prosecution. The 2nd Circuit panel found a lower court judge had "clearly exceeded" his jurisdiction by ordering [...]

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Q&A With Lawyer Who Upended 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

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In this Q&A with The Am Law Daily, Dan Woods, the White & Case commercial litigator who won the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" case last week, reflects on a court ruling that was six years in the making, how the law firm took up the case, the highly charged testimony of servicemembers, the government's strategy [...]

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In 'Doo-Wop' Case, 3rd Circuit to Consider 'Prevailing Party' Fees Issue

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A court battle over rights to the names of two 1950s doo-wop groups has sparked an appeal that could have far-reaching effects in civil rights litigation. The 3rd Circuit has granted en banc rehearing to decide the proper test to determine a plaintiff's entitlement to attorney fees as the "prevailing party." The underlying battle started [...]

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Crowell & Moring Hit With Second Malpractice Suit From Hijack Case

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Crowell & Moring has been smacked with a second malpractice lawsuit related to the law firm's representation of victims of the Pan Am Flight 73 hijacking in Pakistan in 1986. The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, alleges that Crowell & Moring unlawfully withheld millions of dollars in settlement money from family members [...]

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Could Proposition 8 Case Fizzle Before Reaching Supreme Court?

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The high-profile battle over California's Proposition 8 has been touted as the case that could force the Supreme Court to face the issue of same-sex marriage. But now that Judge Vaughn Walker has ruled that Prop 8, which banned same-sex marriage in California, is unconstitutional, the possibility is real that the case might never make [...]

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General Electric Settles Iraq Bribery Case With SEC

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The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday reached a $23.4 million settlement with General Electric over charges the company violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. GE, along with two subsidiaries and two other companies that have since been acquired by GE, allegedly made illegal kickbacks totaling $3.6 million in the form of cash, computer equipment, [...]

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Michael Scharf on Star Trek and Judgement at Nuemberg (2006)

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Vignettes form an Aug. 5, 2006 interview of Prof. Michael Scharf of the Case Western School of Law at the Robert H. Jackson Center. Highlights include his reflections on the Academy Award winning movie Judgement at Nuremberg and his passion, Star Trek. Tags: judgement at nuremberg, robert h jackson, nuremberg, movie judgement, Zachary Quinto, trek, [...]

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Former Gitmo Detainee's Speedy Trial Rights Not Violated in Bombing Case, Says Judge

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The speedy trial rights of accused terrorist Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani were not violated despite a delay of more than five years in bringing him to New York for trial, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. Judge Lewis Kaplan said that Ghailani could not escape criminal charges for the al-Qaida conspiracy that included the 1998 bombings of [...]

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Ky. Jury Favors Defense in Asbestos Case

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Turning aside claims for millions of dollars in damages sought by a man who said he was sickened by asbestos brought home on the clothing of his father, a Louisville, Ky., jury voted 9-3 for the defense after a six-day trial against Dow Chemical subsidiary Union Carbide, the only remaining defendant in a case that [...]

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Novel Fee Fight Lands at Calif. Appeals Court

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One side calls a case going before a California appeals court this week an "ordinary fee dispute," while the other insists it raises issues about contingency agreements and arbitration no court has ever addressed. At the very least, the case involves millions of dollars in attorney fees and a novel agreement based not on the [...]

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5th Circuit Judges in Drilling Moratorium Case Have Oil Ties, Report Says

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The Obama administration's appeal of a decision blocking a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico comes before the 5th Circuit today. Just in time for the hearing, the Alliance for Justice has issued a report highlighting the past work and present investments of 5th Circuit judges. Among its findings: Two judges [...]

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Student's Privacy Rights Violated in Pa. 'Sexting' Case, ACLU Suit Says

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The hot-button issue of "sexting" is coming back to court and this time the ACLU is setting out to establish that high school students have a right to privacy that includes the contents of their cell phones. A team of lawyers from Cozen O'Connor has partnered with the ACLU of Pennsylvania to sue on behalf [...]

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Novartis Hit With $250 Million in Punitives in Gender Bias Case

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Novartis Pharmaceuticals was slammed with $250 million in punitive damages on Wednesday in the largest-ever award in a gender bias case. A New York federal jury took slightly more than one day of deliberations to deliver the blow after finding the company liable for discrimination against women employees in pay, promotion and pregnancy policies. One [...]

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Plaintiffs From $1 Billion Case Take Another Shot at BofA

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Nearly a year after the California Supreme Court sided with Bank of America by reversing a more than $1 billion judgment against it, the plaintiffs are trying to revive their class action. They want to start over with an amended complaint, and a judge has given them the OK. Now the bank wants an appeals [...]

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How to Find a Good Attorney

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The question of how to find a good attorney is on everyone's mind when in need of a lawyer. And it's difficult for an ordinary person to know how to find a good attorney. The legal profession is just like any other profession where you have good, disciplined and honest members as well as bad, [...]

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Choosing and Working With a Mesothelioma Attorney

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Mesothelioma is a rare but fatal form of cancer that almost always develops as a result of asbestos exposure. This disease typically affects the lining that encases the lungs, but can also occur in the chest or abdominal cavity. Most people with mesothelioma will die within one to five years of diagnosis, depending on how [...]

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