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June 29, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Orange County Rebuffs OCA Demand for Immediate Action on Space Issues

Denouncing the "strong-arm tactics" of the state court system's chief of operations, Orange County's top elected official has vowed to "vigorously" defend against any attempt to penalize it for failing to take immediate steps to replace court space lost in the wake of flooding more than nine months ago.
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November 02, 2011 | Law.com

Settlement Allows Ponzi Scheme Victims to Recoup From 'Net Winners'

In a case that marks the first time a class has ever been certified under the Pennsylvania Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, a federal judge has approved a settlement that will allow a group of investors who lost thousands of dollars in a Ponzi scheme to recoup about $740,000 from other investors who profited from the scheme
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April 03, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

Suits & Deals

Large settlements and verdicts in New Jersey.
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February 14, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Requestors: Take Advantage of the Meet and Confer

In the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California's 2011 ruling in National Association of Music Merchants Musical Instruments and Equipment Antitrust Litigation, Magistrate Judge Louisa S. Porter denied the plaintiffs' motion to order defendants (popular guitar-makers such as Fender, Gibson and Yamaha.
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June 07, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Judge allows suit seeking fee cut from Miami attorney Jeremy Alters

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Jennifer Bailey refused to dismiss a lawsuit against Miami attorney Jeremy Alters claiming he is cheating a law firm in Argentina out of fees in a $410 million Bank of America class-action settlement.
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February 05, 2013 | Legaltech News

Determining Document Control in Third-Party Legal Holds Is Complex

Paul Weiss partners H. Christopher Boehning and Daniel J. Toal write that document control is easy to establish when a party to the litigation has possession or custody; when third parties possess documents that may be relevant to an action, however, determining "control" can be more complicated.
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March 01, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

Death Row Inmate Charles Dean Hood Gets a New Punishment Trial

Allegations that the trial judge and a prosecutor in his 1990 trial were in a long-term intimate relationship did not win death row inmate Charles Dean Hood state habeas relief before the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. But on Feb. 24, Hood did prevail in a subsequent habeas petition also filed with the CCA, this time arguing that the jury that heard his case was not fully informed about the extent of his mental retardation when it considered his punishment.
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July 23, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

One-Sided Mortgage-Rescue Deal Violated N.J. Consumer Fraud Act

A Bergen County judge has made novel use of the state Consumer Fraud Act as a remedy for homeowners caught in a mortgage-rescue scam.
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August 12, 2009 | The Recorder

Lerach Costs Former Firm $45 Million in Fees

In what's been called the biggest backdating settlement ever, failure to disclose Bill Lerach's problem with the feds now costs his former firm, Coughlin Stoia, not quite half of its requested fees.
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January 20, 2012 | New Jersey Law Journal

Capitol Report

A round-up of action from Trenton.
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