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December 10, 2007 | Law.com

Repressed Memories Claimant Must Pay Almost $250K in Fees and Costs

Famous in research circles for allegedly having repressed memories of childhood abuse, Nicole Taus also might like to forget a trial court's decision earlier this week to stick her with more than $246,000 in attorney fees and costs. California's Solano County Superior Court ordered the big award for a University of Michigan psychiatry professor and four other defendants that Taus had sued for defamation for writing or printing articles debunking an earlier study about her psychiatric case.
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March 05, 2007 | Law.com

'Source Waivers' for Reporters Are Multiplying

A new type of waiver that has emerged out of the perjury trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby Jr. is gaining momentum as more reporters are subpoenaed to testify in court cases. "Source waivers" release reporters from a long-standing obligation to protect the identities of, and conversations with, their confidential sources of information. Supporters say the waivers provide protection for journalists facing jail. Opponents fear that source waivers are coerced unless a source personally approves them.
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December 01, 2009 | New York Law Journal

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March 11, 2003 | Law.com

In Camera

Michel Thomas' lost defamation suit continues in court of public opinion; the phrase "damages for pain and suffering" takes on a new meaning; footnote frenzy.
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May 04, 2000 | Law.com

Associates: Closing a Gender Generation Gap

Younger female associates are struggling to balance careers and families, but they are less likely than their male counterparts to be married or to be parents. Part of the problem, according to some of the new generation, is the example set by female partners, who are described as "barracudas" or "men in women's clothing."
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May 10, 2004 | Law.com

Lawyer Brings Lucrative Lemelson IP Streak to an End

Gerald Hosier has parlayed controversial inventor Jerome Lemelson's patents into more than $1 billion in licensing fees. Enter the Cooler -- Fish & Neave's Jesse Jenner. Representing a small group of manufacturers who couldn't afford to settle or lose, Jenner went after Lemelson's empire. In January, Lemelson's patents were ruled invalid, ending the most lucrative IP streak built on clever lawyering rather than scientific achievement.
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November 16, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

Media Cross Fingers as They Watch Indie Rockers' Smokin' Suit Against Rolling Stone

San Francisco's First District Court of Appeal considers whether Rolling Stone magazine can be sued by the subjects of an editorial feature upset by an adjacent Camel ad that, they say, could cause readers to think they endorsed smoking.
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March 22, 1999 | Law.com

Docket Watch: Reviewing the Cops' Media Relations

The long-standing symbiotic relationship between the police and the news media is under siege, and the U.S. Supreme Court is about to join in the attack. Two cases being argued Wednesday, Hanlon v. Berger and Wilson v. Layne, involve the hoary tradition of the "ride along," in which police allow the news media to accompany them on a raid or execution of a search warrant. The length of the oral argument -- hour and 20 minutes -- is only one of the procedural oddities here.
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Costello v. City of Burlington, 08-0551-CV
Publication Date: 2011-02-15
Practice Area: Civil Rights
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Jacobs, Ch.J., Calabresi and Pooler, C.JJ.
Case number: 08-0551-CV

Cite as: Costello v. City of Burlington, 08-0551-CV, NYLJ 1202482120529, at *1 (2Cir, Decided February 14, 2011)Before: Jacobs, Ch.J., Calabresi and Pooler, C.J

November 05, 2002 | New Jersey Law Journal

Daily Decision Alert: Vol. 10, No. 213 -- November 5, 2002

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