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March 27, 2007 | National Law Journal

9th Circuit: Suit-happy past doesn't hobble plaintiff's ADA case

By filing hundreds of suits against businesses that fail to accommodate the disabled, some say Jarek Molski went too far. But the 9th Circuit disagreed, holding that a federal jury's defense verdict should not stand in Molski's suit against a restaurant, where the defense presented evidence of Molski's past filing of at least 374 similar Americans With Disabilities Act suits. Finding the district court's denial of a new trial "unreasonable and legally flawed," the 9th Circuit ordered a new trial.
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October 21, 2013 | National Law Journal

MOVERS

Leisa Lundy joins the Holland & Knight's intellectual property practice group as partner in the New York office. Plus more law firm movers in this week's column.
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March 12, 2012 | National Law Journal

TOP VERDICTS & WINNING

Our special report on litigation includes our annual look at the top 100 verdicts of the year and "Winning," which explores successful trial strategies by top litigators.
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November 07, 2011 | National Law Journal

Educators debate: Are law schools in crisis?

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May 17, 2006 | National Law Journal

States taking up medical criteria

A growing number of states across the country are approving or considering medical- criteria laws in an attempt to control large numbers of asbestos or silica claims filed by people diagnosed with related diseases who have no physical impairment.
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June 18, 2008 | National Law Journal

D.C. Circuit tosses out conviction in Abramoff scandal

The Justice Department overreached in prosecuting a former Bush administration official in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, a federal appeals court said Tuesday as it dismissed some charges and ordered a new trial on others. The decision by the D.C. Circuit overturns the conviction of David Safavian, former chief of staff for the General Services Administration and the only person in the four-year scandal who opted to go to trial rather than accept a government plea deal.
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April 25, 2011 | National Law Journal

VOIR DIRE

A consummation devoutly to be tweeted; guns don't kill floorboards...; moving the interview; and not the wisest hands-on approach to teaching in this week's column.
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February 27, 2009 | National Law Journal

ASSOCIATE MOVERS

Promotions at Bingham McCutchen, Zelle Hofmann, and Darby & Darby.
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May 15, 2007 | National Law Journal

Case tests 'common-interest doctrine'

Massachusetts co-plaintiffs' and co-defendants' lawyers who exchange information about their clients' cases without waiving attorney-client privilege are closely watching a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court case that could change the rules. The case could alter the so-called common-interest doctrine, which has never been addressed by the state's highest court, by requiring written agreements.
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July 26, 2011 | National Law Journal

Reasonable doubts in the Casey Anthony trial?

This case was ultimately about the burden of proof and whether the government carried that burden.
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