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November 12, 2007 | Law.com

The 2007 NLJ 250

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May 11, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

Policastro v. Tenafly Board of Education

A school's content-neutral mailbox policy was a valid time, place and manner limitation and did not violate plaintiff's First Amendment rights.
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August 03, 2007 | Law.com

Property Right Denied Over Dead Body

California's 2nd District Court of Appeal has concluded that property rights don't apply to dead bodies, finding that a contrary 9th Circuit decision was at odds with over 100 years of state court precedent. The state decision turns away a family's negligence suit against the Los Angeles county coroner's office for keeping a shooting victim's remains unembalmed and unrefrigerated for a week. The court also found that the coroner had no duty to preserve the remains under the state's Health and Safety Code.
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December 07, 2004 | Law.com

Bar may Require Higher Marks on Ethics Exam

State Bar leaders, worried that law students aren't being drilled sufficiently on legal ethics, are leaning toward toughening the state's requirements for passing a nationally administered test on the subject. Meeting in San Francisco on Saturday, the State Bar Board of Governors voted 13-5 to ask the Committee of Bar Examiners to consider raising the minimum passing score.
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February 20, 2003 | Law.com

Insuring Their Future

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold's San Francisco office, with its dark wood paneling and thick carpeting, screams "old-school law firm." And its reputation as an insurance defense shop seems almost as impervious to change as its decor. But the firm contends that the image no longer reflects reality. It's in the midst of a long-term business makeover aimed at transforming it into a high-end litigation powerhouse.
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March 09, 2005 | Law.com

Calif. Bar Aims Fat Fee Hike at Inactive Lawyers

California Bar dues could be going up, with the heftiest increase being borne by lawyers who don't practice law. The organization is seeking to increase dues by $5 per year for the state's active members and a whopping $85 for inactive attorneys. Bar leaders retreated from an earlier proposal that would have forced bad lawyers to pay a substantial portion of the costs of their own disciplinary proceedings. The idea had come under heavy attack from both inside and outside the Bar.
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February 14, 2005 | Law.com

Is Your Business Well Dressed?

Business owners are familiar with the trademark protection available for words and logos that identify a company's products and services. Less well known is that it is also possible to protect the packaging and format of those products and services, as well as various features of a business, under federal trade dress law. A crucial element, says attorney Alan J. Haus, is whether the features are non-functional, and whether they distinctively identify a business so as to distinguish it from competitors.
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March 07, 2003 | Law.com

Punitive Measures

The California Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday in a legal malpractice suit against Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein about the firm's choice not to seek punitive damages in a class action over a toxic chemical accident. Plaintiffs say that "but for" Lieff Cabraser's alleged negligence, they might have gotten an enormous award. Attorneys say a plaintiffs' victory could expose lawyers to potentially ruinous liability.
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March 14, 2008 | Law.com

Elder Abuse Suits� Swelling Wave

Assisted-living cases are keeping health care practices busy, for plaintiffs and for defense lawyers like Gordon & Rees partner John Supple.
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October 23, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

No Longer a High Tech Gamble

Videoconferencing is fast becoming a critical adjunct to legal practice. The technology permits everything from meetings of lawyers from different offices to lawyer-client discussions to depositions to remote court appearances to seminars.
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