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May 04, 2005 | Law.com

Florida Plaintiffs Eschew Federal Claims for State Courts

Though terminated employees often threaten to sue, the legal maneuvering in a particular Florida dispute is departing from tradition. Claiming that he was terrified by a closed-door meeting with a female HR manager, the man has threatened to file a claim of false imprisonment. Attorneys say the case illustrates two trends: increased filings of employment claims in state courts rather than federal court, and the growing popularity of common law claims.
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December 22, 1999 | Law.com

Pro Bono Training For New Associates

Nearly 200 new associates learned how to handle volunteer legal work at the first annual Pro Bono Day hosted by the New York City bar association. "The idea is you have to start pro bono work fairly early on in your career before you lose track of it in all the billable work," said one associate at the event.
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September 29, 2006 | Law.com

Compensation Survey Shows Lofty Rewards for Firms

Eugene Stearns is a pricey lawyer to have on your side, billing $700 an hour, the highest fee found for a south Florida attorney in a recent lawyer billing survey. But the Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson plaintiffs attorney says his firm turns work away each day, so "the market is responding to the appropriateness of the rates that we charge." The survey also found that while senior partners at large law firms charge high rates, in some cases boutiques can command just as much.
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First Circuit Reinstates False Claims Case Against Amgen over Alleged Anemia Drug Kickbacks
Publication Date: 2011-07-25
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Lawyers from five states and Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel persuaded a First Circuit panel to revive claims that Amgen and two other defendants violated state false claims statutes by paying kickbacks to doctors for prescribing the anemia drug Aranesp.

January 16, 2009 | New York Law Journal

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August 04, 2003 | New Jersey Law Journal

Bensel et al v. Allied Pilots Association et al,

Where plaintiff-pilots' airline was in bankruptcy and was being purchased by another airline whose pilots were represented by a different union, and plaintiffs' collective-bargaining representative passed a resolution waiving the seniority integration provision of the collective-bargaining agreement, plaintiffs' claim that their collective-bargaining representative violated its duty of fair representation under the Railway Labor Act is barred by the six-month statute of limitations, which began when the res
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SEC Expands Its FCPA Reach with Control Person Liability Theory
Publication Date: 2009-08-24
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The defense bar is talking about the implications of the SEC's Nature's Sunshine settlement, in which two officials were accused of responsibility for corporate bribery because they "controlled" the business. No surprise here: Defense lawyers aren't happy about the widening net of liability.

January 03, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

Inadmissible

Short takes on lawyers, firms and judges.
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January 26, 2005 | Law.com

With Charity for All?

The nonprofit world greeted the passage of Sarbanes-Oxley two years ago largely with relief that the corporate governance law did not apply to them. But in the wake of scandals at The Nature Conservancy and elsewhere, more and more nonprofit GCs are rewriting corporate charters, redrafting conflict-of-interest policies, and performing costly examinations of their internal controls. Are they trying to do good or just hoping to fend off federal oversight?
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Judge Unseals Class Certification Order in Trading Specialist Case
Publication Date: 2009-06-16
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It's been three months since a group of investors won class certification in their suit against seven trading specialist firms. But you wouldn't have known it until now, because the order in the six-year-old case was under seal. On June 5, Manhattan federal district judge Robert Sweet agreed to unseal the order, and the plaintiffs, led by the California Public Employees Retirement System, are pleased it's seeing the light of day.

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