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July 08, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Judge calls lawyers greedy but panel approves fees

A federal appeals court has upheld more than $10.5 million in fees for lawyers who successfully challenged the state's foster care system-but not before the judge who wrote the main opinion suggested that the lawyers were being greedy.Judge Edward E. Carnes of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals opened his stinging 68-page opinion by quoting John D.
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March 03, 2010 | New York Law Journal

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July 08, 2008 | Law.com

Judge Calls Lawyers Greedy but Panel Approves Fees

A federal appeals court has upheld more than $10.5 million in fees for lawyers who successfully challenged Georgia's foster care system -- but not before the judge who wrote the main opinion suggested the lawyers were being greedy. "The attorneys for the plaintiff class in this case want more than just a little bit more," 11th Circuit Judge Edward Carnes wrote. "They want a lot more money than they would receive from multiplying the number of hours they worked on this case by the hourly rate they charge."
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October 22, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Realty Law Digest

Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein and an adjunct professor at St. John's University School of Law, analyzes several recent disputes, including a landlord's bid to oust a potential illegal immigrant and a labor union's clash with the management of a shopping mall.
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August 21, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

Court Adopts 'Catalyst Theory' For Fee Shifting in OPRA Cases

A New Jersey appeals court adds muscle to the state Open Public Records Act with a pro-plaintiff's ruling on the right to legal fees in contested cases.
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March 03, 2003 | New Jersey Law Journal

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September 28, 2007 | Law.com

Filing a Malpractice Suit Against a Firm? Better Be Quick About It

A Thursday ruling from the California Supreme Court gives former law firm clients less time to hit a firm with a malpractice suit. The clock for filing a malpractice suit starts ticking when a client ends its relationship with a law firm -- even if the client still retains one of the firm's former attorneys, the court ruled. The ruling gets former partners of the now-defunct Arter & Hadden off the hook for any damages in a $3.5 million malpractice suit filed in 2003 by Texas-based Beal Bank.
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March 02, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Food Poisoning Litigation: (What Got Into Me?)

Montgomery Lee Effinger, a partner with O'Connor, McGuinness, Conte, Doyle and Oleson, writes that in the typical food-illness case, the plaintiff will strive to establish that a particular identified product caused the injury. Unfortunately, because the environment assaults all of us with a myriad of potential illnesses every day, and because the allegedly defective product is often wholly consumed before any damages are realized, proving proximate causation is difficult.
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June 10, 2009 | The Recorder

Life in the Limelight

In his first months on the job, AG Eric Holder is everywhere.
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May 08, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal

Due Diligence Is More Difficult Under N.J. Site Remediation and Reform Act

Prior to the Site Remediation Reform Act (May 7, 2012), the ability to conduct OPRA reviews of NJDEP files meant that private parties had access to all environmental information pertaining to a site which was then available, thereby making the due diligence process relatively seamless and straightforward. Under the new system, this is no longer the case.
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