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April 10, 2006 | Law.com

$20M Workplace Injury Verdict Slashed by 81 Percent

A Philadelphia judge has remitted to $3.75 million the largest verdict handed up by a city jury last year -- $20 million to a woman injured in an industrial accident. Guillermina Leyva filed suit against the manufacturer of the machine her arm was crushed against when a co-worker accidentally ran into her with a forklift. The judge found the award "excessive and exorbitant," and wrote that Leyva "has the ability to continue employment" and that "no claim was asserted for future loss of earning capacity."
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April 15, 2013 | Daily Report Online

Final defendant in LA 'Bling Ring' sentenced

A man who pleaded no contest to stealing from Lindsay Lohan and reality star Audrina Patridge has been sentenced to time already served in jail.
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November 07, 2011 | Law.com

Allen & Overy in Tie-Up Talks With Singapore's Allen & Gledhill

British legal giant Allen & Overy is exploring a possible tie-up with leading Singapore firm Allen & Gledhill, although the latter has long been a joint venture partner of Linklaters. Allen & Gledhill is one of the island nation's largest firms, and it is the market leader when it comes to major corporate transactions under Singapore law.
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December 20, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

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August 20, 2013 | The American Lawyer

The Careerist: Four Ways to Close the Gender Gap

Women still aren't getting a fair shake at the firm—here's what can be done about it.
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November 08, 2010 | Law.com

Attorney Work Product Doctrine Upheld in Diaper Patent Dispute

In a high-stakes patent lawsuit over diaper designs, a federal magistrate judge has ruled that paper products giant Kimberly-Clark is entitled to invoke the attorney work product doctrine to protect its testing data -- as long as it promises that it won't rely on the data to prove its infringement claims.
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April 08, 2002 | New York Law Journal

BOOK REVIEW: Inside Rikers: Stories From the World's Largest Penal Colony

S ome readers work in the criminal justice system. Some live in one of the seven New York City neighborhoods that are home to 75-80 percent of New York State prison and jail inmates. For these, Inside Rikers: Stories from the World`s Largest Penal Colony, probably is not necessary reading. Many readers, however, couldn`t find Rikers Island, unlabeled, on a map. Many, too, are generally unaware that 18,000 inmates 91percent of whom are African American or Hispanic are confined in the world`s largest penal co
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May 11, 2007 | Law.com

Eastern District Roundup

Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan, partners at Schlam Stone & Dolan, write a complaint seeking damages and an injunction relating to uncorrected errors in presentence and criminal-history reports was upheld. Also, deficiencies were in a debt-collection letter because it could suggest that the right to request validation is outweighed by the demand for payment, and more.
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August 20, 2007 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Norwalk Settles Brutality Claim

A convicted burglar has been paid $44,000 to settle his claims of police brutality filed against the Norwalk police department. As part of the settlement, the city agreed that police supervisors will read a memo from the chief at the daily lineup, reminding officers they must comply with department policies on the use of force.
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January 19, 2010 | Law.com

Plaintiffs Sanctioned for Failure to Produce Electronic Files in Hedge Fund Suit

A federal judge has sanctioned 13 plaintiffs suing two collapsed hedge funds for negligence and gross negligence for their failure to preserve electronic files in discovery. Saying "most plaintiffs conducted discovery in an ignorant and indifferent fashion," New York Judge Shira A. Scheindlin will assess monetary sanctions against all 13 plaintiffs and give an adverse jury instruction for the six worst offenders. Scheindlin has written extensively on e-discovery, especially in Zubulake v. UBS Warburg.
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