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October 10, 2013 | National Law Journal

Maine Challenged Over Termination of State Medical Assistance

As the federal health care reform law continues to be a flashpoint during the government shutdown, a federal appeals court in Boston is grappling with whether a state can push legal non-citizen residents out of its low-income medical assistance program.
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December 17, 2007 | National Law Journal

Inspiration in a troubled land

Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry is not exactly a household name to the legal profession in the United States. We think he should be. Chaudhry, the chief justice of Pakistan who was dismissed from office by President Pervez Musharraf after the imposition of emergency rule, has been a strong voice for the preservation of the rule of law in Pakistan � one of the United States' key allies in the war on terror.
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January 24, 2011 | National Law Journal

VERDICTS & SETTLEMENTS

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September 03, 2012 | National Law Journal

Lessons from overturned class action settlements

Rulings from the past year can help lawyers draft settlements involving differing subclasses, unclaimed funds and more.
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May 30, 2006 | National Law Journal

Senate confirms Kavanaugh for D.C. Circuit seat

White House aide Brett Kavanaugh won Senate confirmation as an appeals judge Friday after a wait of nearly three years, yet another victory in President Bush's drive to place a more conservative stamp on the nation's courts.
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January 19, 2009 | National Law Journal

COURT DECISIONS

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January 05, 2010 | National Law Journal

Boston pharmaceutical company sues PTO seeking additional patent extension

Paratek Pharmaceuticals Inc. is suing the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to get the life of one of its patents extended by nearly a year to compensate for the PTO's administrative delays in processing the patent application.
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July 12, 2006 | National Law Journal

Indicted ex-KPMG employees sue company for legal fees

Sixteen former employees of accounting firm KPMG have sued to compel the company to advance their legal fees and expenses in connection with a federal probe of an illegal tax shelter scheme.
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September 16, 2013 | National Law Journal

Firm Objects to Criticisms of its Handling of BP Claims

A Virginia law firm plans to object to a special master's criticism of its role in the distribution of claims on the $9.6 billion settlement with BP PLC over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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June 23, 2008 | National Law Journal

Damages Cases in Europe

On April 3, the European Commission (E.C.) published a white paper on damages actions for breach of the European antitrust rules. The white paper is the last in a series of E.C. examinations of the knotty problem of how to make antitrust litigation a reality across Europe. The E.C.'s white paper is conservative by American standards. The proposed model deliberately avoids treble damages and class actions because the E.C. and member states are concerned about creating a U.S.-style litigation culture.
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