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March 03, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Reflex Hammer Falls

On Feb. 21, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a resounding 8-1 decision that has essentially almost entirely wiped out an injured patient's ability to sue a manufacturer of a medical device for damages arising out of the use of an allegedly defective dev
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March 02, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

Calif. Attorney Taking on Gorilla Harassment Case

Since going solo in August, San Francisco attorney Stephen Sommers has toiled in anonymity on a heavy load of employment, personal injury and bankruptcy work, hoping to get his new practice off the ground.
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June 05, 2012 | Daily Report Online

Police evacuate Ga. courthouse over bomb threat

The Cherokee County courthouse has been evacuated after a bomb threat was called into police.
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January 19, 2010 | The Recorder

Chaffer v. Prosper

In a commentary on the $134 billion budget proposal he submitted to the Legislature, Governor David A. Paterson suggested yesterday that the court system was guilty of conducting "business as usual" by advancing a 7.4 percent spending increase that ignores the "reality" of the state's rough fiscal circumstances. In an equally blunt public response, Chief Judge Lippman shot back that courts in New York are as overworked as they have ever been, and that virtually all of the $183.5 million increase requested by the courts is needed to meet salary and benefit payments for which the system is contractually obligated.
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March 02, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

GCs Share the Pain With Outside Counsel

The worst economic crisis in years is forcing everyone to look for ways to save money, and general counsel are no exception. Some are cutting their internal expenses — not filling an open position, for example, or reducing the travel budget. But the main place that many GCs hope to save money is in their outside counsel spending. So they're dropping law firms, and demanding lower bills and fixed fees from the ones they keep.
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June 09, 2006 | Daily Report Online

Internet makes-and breaks-trademarks

THE INTERNET WAS once hailed as the fastest way for a company to market its brand. Now it turns out to be the fastest way to kill one, too.Tech magazine publisher CMP Media found this out when it coined, publicized and then lost control over the term "Web 2.0," a description of the Internet in the post-dot-com era.
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February 26, 2007 | National Law Journal

Billing and Wooing: Firms Offer Payment Options

Economic pressures on businesses have led to greater scrutiny of legal bills as well as requests for alternatives to the billable hour. Firms of every size are being asked for flexible billing options, but midsize and small firms may be in a better position to accommodate them. While alternative billing is nothing new -- one consultant pointed to the Dupont Legal Model introduced in 1992, which focuses on strategic partnerships, early case assessment and alternative billing -- it's becoming more prevalent.
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March 08, 2005 | Law.com

Federal Judge: School Attack Fits State-Made Danger Test

In a significant expansion of the state-created danger theory, a federal judge has refused to dismiss a suit by a Philadelphia high school student who suffered brain damage when he was assaulted by 15 fellow students and alleges the attack could have been prevented if school officials had not covered up and ignored a two-year pattern of escalating violence in his school. The judge found that the complaint alleged "sufficient information to meet the standard for foreseeability."
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