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July 13, 2009 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Emotional And Explosive

The violent drama couldn't have been more obvious. The solutions to curb it, much less so. An hour before a divorce court hearing last week, Hartford lawyer Nancy Tyler was kidnapped from her law firm's CityPlace garage and held hostage at gunpoint in her South Windsor home all day while her ex-husband, advertising executive Richard Shenkman, issued bizarre demands, threatening murder, suicide and death to the police. Miraculously, Tyler, 57, freed herself and escaped at dusk. Shenkman continued the standoff, set fire to the family home, and when the heat drove him out, police disarmed him with non-lethal rounds.
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March 02, 2009 | National Law Journal

Litigation makes like the economy

The litigation year just past was a typical one of fluctuating fortunes, but lawyers buffeted by a roiling economy that has boiled over into crisis are wondering what comes next. "Previous recessions spawned a huge amount of litigation," said Hunton & Williams partner Marty Steinberg, "but in this recession companies are being extremely cautious in every realm, including litigation. They are asking what the cost is, what is the benefit?"
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August 21, 2009 | The Recorder

Where Real Estate Is Hot

The recession may not have generated the wave of high-end litigation big firms had been expecting, but Michael Smith of Manning & Marder sees plenty of demand at the other end of the market.
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February 17, 2011 | The Recorder

Tien v. Tenet Healthcare Corporation

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May 23, 2006 | Law.com

Report Racism, Get Fired

On May 12, the 4th Circuit held that IBM could lawfully fire Robert Jordan, an African-American, for complaining that a co-worker, who had a history of making inappropriate racial comments, had called the Washington, D.C., snipers "two black monkeys." The Supreme Court, writes attorney Doug Huron, says that employees should be encouraged to report harassing conduct before it becomes severe or pervasive. How, then, Huron asks, could IBM argue it had the right to fire Jordan? More importantly, how did it win?
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April 16, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

Jones v. State

The trial court's failure to permit a proper voir dire question violated the Texas Constitution.
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January 10, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Bemis v. Workers' Comp. Appeal Bd., PICS Case No. 12-0002 (Pa. Commw. Dec. 27, 2011) McCullough, J. (8 pages).

Based on expert medical testimony, as a whole, the court concluded that the workers' compensation judge and the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board erred in concluding that such testimony was equivocal. Reversed and remanded for a calculation of claimant's benefits.
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October 24, 2005 | National Law Journal

Human mind prevails in patent win

Economist Carl Lundgren�s 1988 method of calculating pay for managers to prevent collusion in oligopolies-industry groups with few competitors-won approval last week from a five-judge Board of Patent Appeals and Interference in a rare precedential decision on a 3-2 vote.
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December 07, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

Long-Time Wolf Block Partner Jumps to White & Williams

A 19-year Wolf Block Schorr & Solis-Cohen veteran has moved his surety, fidelity and insurance practice to White & Williams.
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June 17, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Murders Offer Grim Reminders of Dangers Family Law Attorneys Face

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