The National Law Journal

July 12, 2004 | National Law Journal

The recent spate of false advertising lawsuits, particularly state consumer protection class actions, may be affected by a New York appellate ruling in May in Solomon v. Bell Atlantic Corp. that decertified a class of around 200,000 New York subscribers to Bell Atlantic's (now Verizon) Digital Subscri ber Line (DSL) service.

By Hugh LatimerSpecial to The National Law Journal

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April 17, 2006 | National Law Journal

The grieving parents of a toddler strangled by the power window of a Ford pickup truck demanded $31 million for her death. Surely a jury weighted heavily with mothers would be receptive to the plaintiffs' attorney, Mikal C. Watts, and hit the auto manufacturer hard.

By June D. BellSpecial to The National Law Journal

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April 24, 2013 | Daily Business Review

A year after Greenberg Traurig revealed that it started lobbying for Netflix Inc., the law firm's work for the video subscription service ended.

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December 08, 2003 | National Law Journal

Popular legal humor writer and performer Sean Carter tells us how being a member of a Microsoft class action lawsuit in which he recovered a coupon for $6.00 led to a brilliant inspiration. For Christmas this year, he�s suing himself.

By Sean CarterSpecial to The National Law Journal

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August 04, 2008 | National Law Journal

By Anthony Joseph / Special to The National Law Journal

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August 04, 2008 | National Law Journal

By Timothy W. Bouch / Special to The National Law Journal

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September 29, 2003 | National Law Journal

In an effort to make criminal convictions more accurate, North Carolina is pursuing changes in the way the police identify suspects, including showing people in a lineup one at a time.

By Matthew EisleySpecial to The National Law Journal

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October 30, 2006 | National Law Journal

Discrimination might explain why women do not constitute a larger share of the clerks, but it is hard to imagine that those justices who used to hire women but did not this year suddenly turned against women. The dramatic change calls for some other explanation.

By David H. Kaye & Joseph L. Gastwirth/Special to The National Law Journal

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February 02, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

A discovery order in October against KPMG LLP hit the defense bar like a tire iron ? the accountancy firm said the expense might run to $100 million dollars.

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October 03, 2005 | National Law Journal

The ALTA Title Insurance Forms Committee has been engaged in a baseline review of the core ALTA title insurance policy form, the ALTA Loan Policy for more than one year. The focus has been toward a reorganization of the title insurance risks.

By James R. MaherSpecial to The National Law Journal

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