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July 19, 2002 |

Job Bias Case Tests Religious Privacy Rights

A case percolating in a federal court in Washington, D.C., poses an unusual question: Can a worker's claim of job discrimination trump the First Amendment's guarantee of religious freedom? The issue arises in a case against The Washington Times, which is owned by the Unification Church. Pamela Johnson claims she received a lower raise than a co-worker who was a church member -- and then was fired when she complained to the EEOC.
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February 17, 2009 |

Bring back meaningful dividends

After saying what I'm going to say, I may not provide legal services to another public company again. But the odds of that happening anyway are remote. So I'll say it: Investing in publicly traded stocks is unsuitable for all but those investors who can actually induce management to distribute the company's cash to shareholders.
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The American Lawyer's Litigation Department of the Year
Publication Date: 2010-01-04
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After studying dozens of entries, the magazine selects the fifth firm to receive this honor for its litigation achievements. Five other firms were named as finalists.

January 08, 2001 |

GOP's Swindle or Leary Likely to Lead FTC

One is a consummate antitrust lawyer, with 40 years of law practice experience. The other is a former fighter pilot and POW who went on to direct financial assistance programs during the Reagan administration. Thomas Leary and Orson Swindle are very different men. But the two share something big -- both are Republicans on the FTC, and in all likelihood, one will emerge as the next chairman of the agency.
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November 15, 2012 |

South Florida firms receive record payday in overdraft case

Law firms Podhurst Orseck, The Alters Law Firm and Grossman Roth have already deposited their part of $123 million in attorney fees from a $410 million class action settlement against Bank of America.
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June 28, 2012 |

Guilty verdict survives jurors' home study of indictment

A man sentenced to a year in prison for his role in a mortgage fraud was not deprived of a fair jury trial because the jurors were allowed to take copies of the indictment home during deliberations.
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September 27, 2007 |

Business to keep justices busy

THE NATION'S BUSINESS community experienced a banner year in the Roberts Court last term. Was it a one-term stand or the start of a long-term relationship The U.S. Supreme Court's October 2006 term was notable not only for business-related victories but for the sheer number and variety of business-related cases decided.
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July 18, 2011 |

Premerger notification requirements complicate bankruptcy sales

Sales of distressed assets or equity interests must still comply with Hart-Scott-Rodino's requirements regarding anti-competitive transactions.
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May 15, 2013 |

Drinker Biddle & Reath v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

The unfiled discovery that plaintiff seeks is exempt from public disclosure under N.J.S.A. 47:1A-9b, and its common-law right-of-access claim is denied because the state's interests in confidentiality outweigh plaintiff's interest in disclosure.
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September 04, 2013 |

Court Topples $1.8M Verdict vs. Foster Wheeler in Asbestos Case

New Jersey's statute of repose has led an appeals court to throw out a nearly $1.8 million verdict against Foster Wheeler in a wrongful death suit stemming from an asbestos-clad boiler it installed at Exxon's Bayway refinery.
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