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March 20, 2009 | National Law Journal

Supreme Court sides with consumers in federal arbitration ruling

In a case that pitted Discover Bank against a defaulted credit card customer, a divided U.S. Supreme Court recently resolved a long-standing circuit split regarding parties' ability to seek federal court assistance to compel arbitration of litigation pending in state court. Though the majority opinion was a win for the consumer, Discover can find some solace in having split the Court nearly as well as it hoped to split the customer's state-court counterclaims, writes attorney J. Noah Hagey.
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August 27, 2007 | National Law Journal

Stalled rebates trigger litigation, legislation

Consumers fed up with waiting for mail-in rebates to arrive are triggering a wave of lawsuits and legislation aimed at making it easier for them to get their promised cash in a timely manner.
4 minute read
February 02, 2012 | Law.com

No quick trial for ex-Nixon Peabody partner in alleged Ponzi scheme

A former securities partner at Nixon Peabody who was fired while under investigation for allegedly falsifying documents as part of a Ponzi scheme will have to go to trial in October, despite the pleas by his attorney to expedite the proceedings.
4 minute read
June 15, 2009 | National Law Journal

In the swim

Profile of Anthony F. Vittone, vice president and general counsel of SwimWays Corp.
5 minute read
September 10, 2012 | Law.com

Punishment sought for prosecutor over mob case misconduct

A state disciplinary office argued before a federal appeals court to reinstate disciplinary charges against a Boston federal prosecutor who withheld exculpatory evidence, prompting a judge to release purported mobsters from prison.
5 minute read
September 22, 2003 | National Law Journal

Voir Dire

Keeping partners safe from drugs — and other offbeat items.
3 minute read
September 06, 2004 | National Law Journal

Decision summaries from the NLJ

Mailing claim day before deadline not 'excusable' � and other decisions from The National Law Journal.
13 minute read
January 05, 2009 | National Law Journal

Pending peace, refuge for Iraqis

Eric Blinderman, international legal counsel to New York's Proskauer Rose, had gone to Iraq in March 2004 as an associate general counsel for the Coalition Provisional Authority. Later, he served as chief legal counsel and associate deputy to the Regime Crimes Liaison. In 2007, Blinderman's firm officially became a part of The List: Project to Resettle Iraqi Refugees, a nonprofit organization founded that year to help resettle Iraqis in danger because of their affiliation with the United States. Holland & Knight had already been collaborating with the project, and Mayer Brown signed on this year.
5 minute read
April 13, 2009 | National Law Journal

Bad job market aside, law students seek change

A decimated job market has turned the tables on top law graduates, who not long ago were in high demand at big law firms. But a group of students from some of the best schools in the country sees power in numbers. Gathering at Stanford Law School on April 3 and 4, about 50 students from top-tier law schools were part of Building a Better Legal Profession's National Conference of Student Leaders.
5 minute read
August 01, 2008 | National Law Journal

Tainted peanut butter cases can't proceed as class action

A federal judge in Atlanta has refused to allow multidistrict litigation arising from salmonella-tainted peanut butter to proceed as a class action. Certifying hundreds of product liability cases as a class action against ConAgra -- the producer of Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter -- would make little sense because doing so in these cases would neither clear the courts of thousands of similar, individual suits nor effectively compensate plaintiffs with claims too small to litigate, said the judge.
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