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August 14, 2008 |

Workers' Comp Award in Asbestos Case Reduced to Account for Cigarette Usage

The Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that a laborer's lung damage from smoking can be segregated from respiratory problems caused by asbestos work, and his workers' compensation award reduced by the portion of his ailment caused by cigarettes. Workers' comp plaintiffs lawyers say that before the decision in George Deschenes v. Transco, such blended injuries had consistently resulted in full compensation.
5 minute read
July 30, 2012 |

Risks in Big Data Attract Big Law Firms

Is it just me, or has Big Data suddenly gone viral? Holland & Knight just announced it is launching a new data privacy and security unit, led by partners Christopher Cwalina and Steven Roosa, who left Reed Smith to take on the new task. Its unit will be part of the firm's public policy and regulation group.
4 minute read
August 15, 2008 |

Conn. High Court: Smoking Can Reduce Workers' Comp Award

The Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that a laborer's lung damage from smoking can be segregated from respiratory problems caused by asbestos work, and his workers' compensation award reduced by the portion of his ailment caused by cigarettes.
5 minute read
November 17, 2003 |

Legal-Work Outsourcing Cuts Costs

Any formula that slices legal budgets is likely to seduce in-house counsel - particularly when the higher-ups at a company are looking to trim the bottom line. And outsourcing - diverting legal work to companies other than law firms - is exploding in popularity among corporate counsel.
6 minute read
December 06, 2001 |

3rd Circuit Takes Away Attorney Fee Award in '93 WTC Bombing Case

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Wednesday an attorney fee award to a Palestinian man who avoided deportation after the U.S. accused him of involvement in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. The decision says the efforts to deport the man were "substantially justified" and strongly endorses the government's right to defend the constitutionality of the 1996 law allowing the use of so-called "secret evidence."
7 minute read
April 08, 2009 |

Conference Focuses on Changing Big Firms

Top law students gathered at Stanford University last weekend for Building a Better Legal Profession's National Conference of Student Leaders.
4 minute read
July 26, 2010 |

Questions Persist in Standard CGL Policies

Although the standard commercial general liability (CGL) insurance policy has remained relatively unchanged for more than 20 years, courts continue to grapple with some of its basic provisions and underlying concepts. Often, Texas Supreme Court guidance on one facet of policy construction raises a host of questions that keep lower courts and practitioners guessing about a landmark decision's scope and meaning. Here are a few basic CGL concepts that remain in flux.
5 minute read
April 25, 2005 |

Ending the Confusion Over Trademark Confusion

It is recited like a mantra in trademark infringement actions: the best evidence of likelihood of confusion is actual confusion. But what does it mean? What is evidence of actual confusion that a court will credit? How much evidence is enough? How do you find it? And, what do you do if its your opponent who found it?
10 minute read
July 14, 2009 |

Can Congress Cure Corporate Governance?

The desperate condition of the U.S. economy and financial system is the impetus for the Shareholder Bill of Rights Act of 2009. However, in answering the public outcry to address the causes of the financial crisis, Congress should closely consider any potentially severe detrimental effects that may result from the imposition of a rigid corporate governance structure upon all publicly held U.S. corporations, says commentator Arden T. Phillips.
5 minute read
March 26, 2013 |

Settling a Complex Medical Negligence Case Pre-Suit

In medical malpractice cases - or any type of legal case for that matter - the divide between plaintiff and defense is as wide as a football field. You're taught from day one in law school that the opposing counsel is the enemy and in order to win the case for your client, you must treat the other side as such.
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