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June 15, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

Lawyers' Fees Slashed in Suit Over Blue Cross Claims Practices

A class action settlement requiring Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey to make billing reforms is fair and reasonable, a judge rules, though he cuts $1.8 million from the fee award to the plaintiffs' lawyers.
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October 18, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Stern makes rare appearance in court on judge's orders

Attorney David Stern attended a show cause hearing before Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Maxine Cohen Lando. The proceeding potentially could have led to serious sanctions against Stern and a long list of others. But Judge Lando acknowledged that her ruling that called the hearing in the first place, contained a legal error. She now plans to revisit her order.
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August 24, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Monitor Those Claims of 'Green'

Suzanne M. Avena, a partner at Garfunkel, Wild & Travis, and Colleen M. Tarpey, an associate at the firm, write: The FTC is currently fast-tracking a long overdue update to its "Green Guides," the Commission's cornerstone tool for preventing consumer deception in the ever-expanding arena of environmental claims. This update is expected to include new guidance to industry regarding so-called "green building" claims, an area in which the Green Guides had previously provided little instruction. If it does, there will be a brighter line over which those who market "green" or "sustainable" buildings and building products will need to watch their step not to cross to avoid the risk of an enforcement action based on false advertising.
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July 24, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Can Your Pleading Be Used Against You?

In Barcola v. Hourigan, Kluger & Quinn, 2006 WL 4757478 (Pa. Com. Pl. 2006), Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas Judge Terrence R. Nealon dispositively answered this question.
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November 19, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Circuit Upholds Restrictions on New Parades Along Fifth Avenue

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October 08, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

Wilmington Law Firm Hit With 'Hostile Environment' Complaint

A recently filed sexual harassment suit against a Wilmington law firm is garnering attention not only because it's chock full of salacious details, but also because both the plaintiff and the alleged harasser are female lawyers.
4 minute read
August 23, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Judge Nullifies Rules for Testing Harness Race Horses for Drugs

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May 31, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

Patterson High Court Nomination Wins Senate Judiciary Panel's Approval

The Senate Judiciary Committee approves of the nomination of Republican Anne Patterson, of Morristown?s Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti, to be a justice of the state Supreme Court.
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December 18, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Glut is history: Another multifamily wave coming

Multifamily developers, in both the condo and apartment markets, are spearheading the next construction cycle in South Florida.
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May 20, 2010 | New York Law Journal

'Padilla': Why Criminal Attorneys Do Not Have a Right to Remain Silent

In his Immigration Law column, Michael D. Patrick, a partner and general counsel at Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, writes that this term, the U.S. Supreme Court has recognized that current immigration laws impose harsh immigration consequences on non-citizens facing certain criminal convictions, while providing almost no opportunity for relief.
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