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February 07, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

Insurance Defense Malpractice Suit May Signal a Trend

Already feeling pressure to handle more cases at lower rates, the insurance defense bar has a new reason to fear carriers as clients. In a rare case of defense lawyer malpractice, a New Jersey jury last week awarded $362,000 to an insurer that sued its former outside counsel. ABA figures show such suits on an upswing that some attribute to economic competition. One ABA chair said recently that while insurance companies have traditionally stood by their lawyers, "Today, loyalty doesn't exist like it did."
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February 04, 2000 | Law.com

Judge Boosts Motion Picture Industry's DVD Case

A federal judge in New York says the motion picture industry is likely to prevail in its copyright infringement claim against individuals distributing DVD decryption software over the Internet. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan issued a memorandum opinion that refutes each argument raised by the software distributors in defense of a complaint brought by the motion picture industry. The case may be the first to test the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998.
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October 27, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

Justices Mull What to Do Without Police Informant's History

A confidential informant's identity might be equal to that of an anonymous tipster for a suppression court judge, but their histories are what set them apart, a Philadelphia assistant district attorney told the state Supreme Court during oral arguments Wednesday.
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March 15, 2002 | New York Law Journal

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I t is the settled law of this State as part of the Child Support Standards Act (CSSA) that a court may, as part of an award of child support, require a non-custodial parent to defray his share of the cost of a college education (see, Domestic Relations Law �240 [1-b] [b] [2]; Family Court Act �413 [1] [c] [7]). In overseeing the practical administration of this rule, the various departments of the Appellate Division have provided for a mechanism by which, under certain circumstances, the non-custodial par
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February 17, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

Guaranteed Cleanup Cost Contracts: A Keystone for Contaminated Property Deals

In Guaranteed Cleanup Cost Contracts ("GCCC") the environmental consultant agrees to complete the cleanup for no more than an agreed upon guaranteed cleanup cost.
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December 22, 2005 | New York Law Journal

JSI Expert Services Inc. v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co.

Court Holds Master Arbitrator's Award Affirmation Had a Plausible Basis, Not Arbitrary or Capricious
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March 24, 2011 | Daily Business Review

AstraZeneca wins case over off-label Seroquel prescriptions

Labor unions lost their case that an alleged illegal marketing scheme by AstraZeneca led the unions to pay more in drug costs for enrollees in the unions' self-funded health plans.
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July 21, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

Alternative Fees: A Primer

More businesses are "shopping around" to retain attorneys in smaller and midsize law firms ? who are not necessarily the most expensive ? as an alternative to referring outside legal work to their traditionally larger law firms.
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July 18, 2011 | Daily Report Online

UGA student injured in 'foam party' sues frat

A University of Georgia student who was injured at a fraternity's "foam party" has filed a lawsuit seeking medical expenses.Leah Carole Mock said in the lawsuit filed this week in Athens-Clarke County Superior Court that a tooth was broken and three other teeth were driven into her gum and jawbone when a fraternity member slid onto a foam-covered floor and slammed into her.
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Lawyers in Toxic Baby Bottle MDL Lose Bid to Certify State Class
Publication Date: 2012-01-03
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Plaintiffs lawyers in a consumer mass tort over Bisphenol-A in baby bottles and toddler "sippy" cups failed to win certification of multi-state classes last summer, and now they've struck out in their attempt to certify a class of Missouri purchasers.

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