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August 27, 2009 | Daily Business Review

Scripps Howard gets $17.7 million loan Evernia Street package deal: $2.6 million

By Review staff

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August 13, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

The American Bar Association's House of Delegates, in meetings yesterday and Monday in San Francisco, adopted amendments to two of the association's Model Rules of Professional Conduct in the hope of compelling lawyers to report the kind of corporate malfeasance that resulted in the Enron and WorldCom scandals, among others.

By Asher HawkinsOf the Legal Staff

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April 18, 2002 | Connecticut Law Tribune

When Congress passed the new welfare reform laws in 1996, requiring welfare recipients to work for certain benefits, Susan Garten knew it was only a matter of time before such changes would directly affect clients at Greater Hartford Legal Assistance.

By Kellie A. Wagner Law Tribune Staff Writer

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April 25, 2002 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The legislature never intended CUTPA to cover private acts between two non-commercial parties, contended Max F. Brunswick, arguing before the Supreme Court on behalf of a New Jersey yachtsman. If it did, Brunswick said, the unfair trade practices act would give the buyer a legal weapon so strong it could virtually decapitate the seller, which is what happened here.

By THOMAS SCHEFFEYLaw Tribune Staff Writer

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May 23, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

You might have missed Bellini Grill, stuck between Joe's Pizza and Monk's Caf�, in your lunchtime shuffle. But now it's time to stop, notice and eat.

By Danielle N. Rodier Of the Legal Staff

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June 23, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

Fox Rothschild's move up the AmLaw 200 list by almost 20 spots since 2003 is due in large part to its focus on lateral growth in profitable practice and geographic areas, according to the firm's administrative partner, Mark L. Silow.

By Gina Passarella Of the Legal Staff

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July 14, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

A home builders' association cannot challenge a settlement agreement between the Department of Environmental Protection and a group of environmental organizations because the agreement has not yet implicated any due process rights that are ripe for review, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.

By Danielle N. RodierOf the Legal Staff

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August 18, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

A car-accident victim may not add a last-minute claim for punitive damages to his lawsuit against the other driver because his original complaint alleged mere negligence and didn't allege the driver was drunk, according to an unpublished Superior Court ruling.

By Melissa Nann Of the Legal Staff

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April 05, 2002 | Connecticut Law Tribune

It`s the end of the civil litigation system as we know it if people can be fined into submission, contended Allstate Insurance Co`s lawyer, arguing before the Connecticut Supreme Court recently, that a judge improperly bullied an adjuster to avoid a trial.

By THOMAS SCHEFFEYLaw Tribune Staff Writer

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June 30, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

Policyholders who can demonstrate third-party beneficiary rights to reinsurance contracts can have direct access to reinsurance proceeds when the main insurer becomes liquidated, Commonwealth Court Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt has ruled in two companion cases of first impression in a Pennsylvania appellate court.

By Danielle N. RodierOf the Legal Staff

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