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April 28, 2009 | Daily Report Online

Swine flu spreads to Middle East, Asia-Pacific

MEXICO CITY AP - The swine flu epidemic crossed new borders Tuesday with the first cases confirmed in the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region, as world health officials said they suspect American patients may have transmitted the virus to others in the U.S.Most people confirmed with the new swine flu were infected in Mexico, where the number of deaths blamed on the virus has surpassed 150.
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May 01, 2006 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Intolerance Is A Relative Term

I had no interest in China President Hu Jintao's recent visit to Yale. But, on the morning of the visit, I burst out laughing when I read that the White House had announced the Chinese national anthem as the anthem of the Republic of China. The Republic of China is Taiwan and, to the Chinese, this was about as funny as if the Chinese had announced the Star Spangled Banner as the national anthem of Iran.
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July 16, 2007 | New York Law Journal

New York Practice

Thomas F. Gleason, a member of Gleason, Dunn, Walsh & O'Shea and an adjunct professor at Albany Law School, writes that the Court of Appeals, in In the Matter of Eighth Judicial District Asbestos Litigation, provided a new disclosure obligation for high-low agreements between the plaintiff and less than all the defendants. The Court does not state the sanction in all cases for failing to abide by the new requirement, but the disposition in this case indicates that it is reversal of the judgment.
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May 30, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Volkswagen threatens town's business from patent suits

At the Blue Frog Grille in Marshall, Texas, manager Shawne Somerford says she keeps an eye on the schedule at the U.S. courthouse two blocks down. During trials, it generates as much as 40 percent of her business. Her restaurant caters to $600-an-hour lawyers who flock from New York and Los Angeles to Marshall, 150 miles east of Dallas, to argue patent suits.
6 minute read
March 14, 2007 | Law.com

Savvis GC Ready to Face New Challenges

One of the challenges of being GC of Savvis, a provider of hosting and IT infrastructure services, stems from the highly dynamic industry's rapid growth. In Eugene DeFelice's experience, as companies reach certain inflection points, it creates the need for the introduction of new, broader and more sophisticated systems and that need includes legal approaches. Now that Savvis is almost at a billion dollars in sales, DeFelice thinks it may be at such an inflection point.
10 minute read
October 12, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

Judge delays some border fence construction on Arizona-Mexico border

A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily delayed construction of a 1.5-mile section of a border fence in a wildlife conservation area on the Arizona-Mexico line.
3 minute read
July 16, 2009 | Law.com

Law Schools Hope Morgan Lewis' Move Doesn't Start Trend

If the ways firms decide to defer associates, lay off attorneys and cut compensation are any indication, it seems that once one firm gets the ball rolling, an avalanche is soon to follow. Morgan Lewis & Bockius' decision Tuesday to withdraw from 2009 on-campus interviews and forgo a 2010 summer associates program may be the next snowball rolling down the mountain. Law schools are hoping that's not the case.
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January 09, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

Maximize Impact By Making One Point at a Time

Persuasive writing achieves maximum impact by concentrating on one point at a time. That's how people are persuaded: one point at a time.
7 minute read
August 21, 2006 | National Law Journal

The 'Unqualified' Myth

Why do top firms have so few minority partners? A new study pointing to 'unqualified' minority associates got it all wrong, says Veta Richardson. The reality is very qualified lawyers being hired and then brushed aside.
14 minute read
February 16, 2004 | New Jersey Law Journal

Commercial Landowners Can Be Liable for Conditions Beyond Their Control

Commercial property owners are obliged to tell invitees of potentially hazardous conditions, even if the owners lack authority to correct the dangers, the state Supreme Court ruled. That responsibility includes inspecting the property and taking steps "to correct or give warnings of hazardous conditions or defects," Justice Virginia Long wrote for the unanimous court.
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