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June 24, 2010 | Law.com

Judge Sides With Plaintiffs on Deposing Executives in Toyota MDL

A California federal judge tentatively ruled on Wednesday against Toyota Motor Corp. on a key discovery request, refusing to delay depositions of company executives in the multidistrict litigation over sudden, uncontrolled acceleration, which involves more than 200 lawsuits. After grilling Toyota's lawyers at a hearing, Judge James V. Selna put off a final ruling on discovery issues, setting a July 16 deadline for both parties to submit a joint discovery plan and scheduling another hearing for July 20.
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June 29, 2009 | National Law Journal

In this economy, the old rules no longer apply

Under pressure to cut legal spending, corporate America is increasingly dumping high-priced big-city law firms and substituting smaller, lower-cost regional firms.
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A Story Foretold: Toyota Files First Motion to Dismiss in Accelerator Class Action Litigation
Publication Date: 2010-02-10
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The car maker's lawyers from Alston & Bird and Bowman & Brooke come out swinging in Toyota's first defense of claims its customers have suffered economic harm.

January 27, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Arguments heard on where to consolidate concussion suits against NFL

Former Miami Dolphins Mark Duper, Patrick Surtain, Oronde Gadsden and Lamar Thomas are among more than 650 players suing the NFL over concussions.
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March 08, 2012 | Daily Business Review

$2.45 million awarded to woman injured in crash

Attorneys helped a mother of two school-age daughters who became a paraplegic after her Toyota 4Runner flipped in a collision win a final judgment of $2.45 million.
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July 21, 2008 | National Law Journal

Stop the partisan politics

It's an election year, and the campaign's silly season has begun: big money, independent expenditures by special interests, endless TV advertising, nasty attack ads, false and misleading charges and raging partisan campaigns. Unfortunately, all this is happening in the election of state court judges. Partisan politics in judicial elections threaten the integrity of our state judiciaries. Each state should seek a balance of independence and accountability in its methods for selection and retention of judges.
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August 22, 2005 | National Law Journal

Circuit strikes ban on judicial campaigning

A recent decision by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is likely to change the climate of judicial elections in Minnesota—and to have direct implications for the six other states bound by the court's precedent.
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May 13, 2010 | Law.com

Toyota Economic Damages Could Surpass $7 Billion, Says Plaintiffs Attorney

Plaintiffs counsel could seek as much as $7.35 billion from Toyota to compensate consumers for the diminished value of their vehicles in the wake of reports of sudden unintended acceleration, a lawyer said Wednesday. "I think we're blazing a new trail," said attorney W. Daniel Miles III. The first hearing in the multidistrict litigation is scheduled for today in California federal court. The court is expected to discuss which plaintiffs lawyers will serve on the lead counsel committees in the case.
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February 02, 2012 | Legaltech News

$630M Arbitration Award Disputed as Sanction in Trade Secrets Battle

Lawyers for Western Digital argued last week that a $650 million arbitrator's award was, in effect, a sanction stemming from an alleged forged PowerPoint slide used to steal trade secrets from Seagate Technology.
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July 25, 2011 | Law.com

Judge reaffirms order for Toyota dealers to turn over documents

A judge in Los Angeles ordered dealerships to manually turn over repair records to plaintiffs' attorneys in the sudden acceleration litigation against Toyota Motor Corp. after an attempt by plaintiffs' lawyers to view such documents during a visit to a Los Angeles dealership collapsed in confusion.
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