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This Week in Law Journal History
Law Journal stories over the centuries.DaimlerChrysler Hit With $50M Punitive Verdict
In a move that could bring relief to the plaintiffs bar, a Los Angeles jury last week hit DaimlerChrysler with a $50 million punitive damages verdict. The verdict, which followed an earlier $5.2 million compensatory verdict, came despite a recent Supreme Court ruling that seemed to put yet another hurdle in the way of large punitive damage awards. Assuming the DaimlerChrysler verdict stands on appeal, it would be a boon for plaintiffs counsel Lieff Cabraser, which has had a rough time of it recently.Radical Changes Make the Market Hard to Decipher
This fall, the job market for law students and new lawyers is excellent. There is more movement and greater flexibility in the world of legal work than ever before. But does the salary frenzy change how new lawyers should evaluate offers?NYLJ interview with Sean Coffey, candidate for New York Attorney General, on July 8, 2010.
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The $1 billion jury verdict that Lombardi won for Monsanto on Wednesday against bitter rival DuPont was the biggest of the year--and the fourth largest ever in a patent case.
N.J. Civil Rights Act Takes Effect
New Jersey now has its own analog to 42 U.S. 1983, the Reconstruction-era federal civil rights statute that in the past 40 years has become an important vehicle for vindicating constitutional rights. The Civil Rights Act, signed by Gov James McGreevey on Sept. 10 and effective immediately, affords a remedy where someone acting under color of law deprives or interferes with rights provided under the federal or New Jersey constitution and laws.As time runs out, Delta, US Airways woo creditors
US AIRWAYS' contention that bigger airlines are better for the public got unexpected support yesterday from a senior official in the U.S. Department of Transportation testifying at a Senate hearing on airline mergers. Since Sept. 11, the declining health of network carriers has created a growing need to subsidize air service to smaller communities, Andrew B.225-Year-Old 'Revenue Rule' to the Rescue
The tobacco industry has won a big litigation victory, persuading a federal appeals court to shut down suits by three Latin American countries that claim the companies were sneaking tobacco into their countries to avoid paying taxes.Trending Stories
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