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December 16, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

30 Years Later, CERCLA Remains a Hot Topic in the Courts

On Dec. 11, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Cleanup and Liability Act, commonly known as the Superfund law, or CERCLA, turned 30.
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June 15, 1999 | Law.com

Sharply Divided Appeals Court Sends Kids Back to Busy Lawyer-Mom

The child custody case between Miami lawyer Alice Hector and her ex-husband, Robert Young, was resolved Wednesday, when an appeals court sided with Hector. The lawyer-mom's case gained national attention a year ago when custody of the children went to Young on grounds that Hector had failed to devote enough time to raising her daughters. Wednesday's decision is "going to set a lot of people's minds at ease that a working mother...doesn't have to worry about losing her kids," said Hector's lawyer.
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May 06, 2009 | National Law Journal

Mass. high court allows employer to modify employee's job to avoid disability payments

Employees in Massachusetts who injure themselves at work may not be entitled to disability retirement benefits if their employer accommodates them with a lighter job. A recent Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling held that employers can change an injured worker's duties to keep him on the job and prevent him from going into retirement and collecting disability.
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June 20, 2003 | Law.com

Plaintiffs Bar Ready for New Fight Over Malpractice Caps

Earlier this year, the Consumer Attorneys of California said its top priority with the Legislature was revamping the state's cap on medical malpractice damages. Now the session is well under way and bills have come and gone -- along with legislative deadlines -- but no one has introduced a measure to overturn the 1975 Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act, or MICRA -- at least not yet. Reworking MICRA remains a gleam in the eye of Consumer Attorneys President Bruce Brusavich.
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August 03, 1995 | Law.com

Daily Decision Alert: Vol. 3 No. 145 -- August3, 1995

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April 17, 2006 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Suppressing Dangerous Clients Before They Strike

When he lost a custody fight for his three children, accountant Nicholas A. Lucarella hired two hit men to get revenge — against his own lawyer, Peter Paras of Red Bank, N.J. Shortly after meeting with Paras about a phony custody case, the men ran him down with a Jeep in his office parking lot.
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August 14, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

Donvito v. Northern Valley Regional High School Board of Education et al

Home instructors are not part of the regular teaching staff for purposes of tenure eligibility under N.J.S.A. 18A:28-5.
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September 29, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

Elected and Appointed Matthew J. Siegel , a Cozen O'Connor member, was recently appointed to the board of directors for the Support Center for Child Advocates , a program dedicated exclusively to providing free legal and social services for abused and neglected children.
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August 26, 2009 | Law.com

Federal Reserve Ordered to Turn Over Data on Bailout Loans

The Federal Reserve has been ordered by a federal judge to release records about emergency loans made to investment banks and other financial institutions during the height of the economic meltdown. Rejecting a Federal Reserve claim that the material was exempt from disclosure, Southern District of New York Judge Loretta Preska granted a Freedom of Information Act request from the Bloomberg organization. Her decision contrasted with one made by fellow Southern District Judge Alvin Hellerstein in July.
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September 09, 2004 | Daily Report Online

Oral Argument Still Mystifies U.S. High Court Advocates

Tony [email protected] long ago, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg described the first oral argument she made to the Supreme Court, when she worked as an American Civil Liberties Union lawyer in the early 1970s. She recounted the anxiety, the butterflies and then the "feeling of extraordinary power" as she addressed her captive audience of the "nine top judges in the land.
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