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April 13, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Flagler Station sells for $340 million

Flagler Station has been sold for $340 million to Boston-based AEW Capital Management, according to sources familiar with the transaction.
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April 23, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Court considers case that could help workers claim benefits

WASHINGTON AP - The Supreme Court struggled Wednesday with how much weight to give an insurance company's potential conflict of interest when it denies an employee's health or disability benefits claim.The lawyer representing the woman who sued MetLife Inc. over a disability claim argued that insurance companies have a financial incentive to deny claims.
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February 16, 2004 | National Law Journal

The 'Trinko' Decision

On Jan. 13, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the 2d U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Verizon Communications v. Law Office of Curtis V. Trinko LLP, a case that has narrowed some of the boundaries of antitrust liability�especially for regulated monopolists. The unanimous ruling raised the bar for plaintiffs seeking redress for aggressive competitive behavior by monopolists. The court's reasoning also signaled a reluctance to apply � 2 of the Sherman Act in certain circumstances.
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April 10, 2006 | National Law Journal

Nonprosecution Issues

The 3d U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that a nonprosecution agreement does not bar the Department of Justice from obtaining an indictment before there has been a judicial determination that the private party breached the agreement.
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May 12, 2008 | National Law Journal

Illinois debates convening for constitutional review

Illinois lawyers and politicians are picking sides outside political party lines over whether the state should hold a convention that might lead to a rewriting of the state's constitution. The question will be put to a statewide vote this November because the current constitution ? the product of an overhaul in 1970 ? gives residents a say on a convention every 20 years if legislators don't call for one in that period.
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April 06, 2009 | National Law Journal

High court delivers third strike against Philip Morris in wrongful death suit

The U.S. Supreme Court on March 31 dismissed the writ of certiorari in Philip Morris USA v. Williams, saying it had been "improvidently granted" last June. That's good news for Robert S. Peck, president of the Center for Constitutional Litigation and high court counsel to Mayola Williams, widow of a smoker who died of lung cancer. The justices' dismissal leaves intact a $150 million punitive damages verdict for Peck's client.
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December 10, 2004 | Legaltech News

Make the Most of Trial Consultants

Increasingly, law firms turn to litigation consultants to help them develop sophisticated courtroom presentations. San Francisco-based consultant Ted Brooks offers 12 tips -- from getting accurate estimates to keeping tabs on a consultant's team -- to make sure the relationship is a true "win win."
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November 10, 2008 | National Law Journal

Mortgage Rescission

In what may be the precursor of a tsunami of consumer litigation over bad subprime mortgages, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently dealt a significant blow to the possibility of pursuing rescission relief through class action litigation.
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December 01, 2008 | National Law Journal

Rivals may become allies in patent litigation

It has become almost the rule, rather than the exception, that patent-holding companies bring a single lawsuit against an entire industry. This means that many companies, often competitors with one another in the business world, and sometimes even adversaries with one another in other patent disputes in the legal world, must join hands in battling the patent owner in the case at hand.
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The Global Lawyer: Latest Twists in Chevron's Amazon Case Run Through Latin America
Publication Date: 2012-11-12
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The case of Chevron in Ecuador has already remade the U.S. law of discovery in aid of foreign suits. As the tribespeople who won a multibillion dollar verdict against Chevron open ever more enforcement fronts, the world's most intensely-litigated case promises also to revamp the law on collecting foreign judgments around the world.

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