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June 03, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

News in Brief

The U.S. Supreme Court this week refused to hear an appeal by Lisa Michelle Lambert, the Lancaster woman who claimed she was framed by police and prosecutors in her 1991 trial for the brutal throat-slashing of a teenage rival.
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June 25, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

Liability and Independent Contractors

Many companies with manufacturing or processing facilities outsource their day-to-day maintenance and repair work to independent contractors. In this type of integrated, on-site workforce, it's important for company lawyers to educate management and workers about the legal implications of day-to-day interactions between employees and independent contractors, writes Norman W. Peters.
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October 23, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Changing Face of Review Petitions

In the May 22 issue of the Legal Intelligencer, I reported that the Commonwealth Court held in Jeanes Hospital v. WCAB (Hess) that a claimant's petition to review the scope of his compensable injury arising from a compensation agreement would fail if the claimant could not produce substantial competent evidence that there was a material error in the agreement on the date of issue, or that the additional condition was not a natural consequence of the acknowledged work injury.
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September 25, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Second Circuit Review

With the U.S. Supreme Court beginning its 2009 term next month, Martin Flumenbaum and Brad S. Karp, partners at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, conduct their 25th annual review of the performance of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit over the past term, and briefly discuss the Second Circuit decisions scheduled for review during the new term. During the 2008 term, they report, the Court issued 61 decisions reviewing opinions by the federal courts of appeals, reversing or vacating judgments in 48.
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February 19, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

In re Diet Drugs Prod. Liab. Litig., PICS Case No. 13-0252 (3rd Cir. Jan. 28, 2013) Jordan, C.J. (20 pages).

Appellants failed to meet the definition of PPH under the settlement agreement; appellants' argument that the settlement agreement's definition should be reformed because of advances in medical diagnostic technology failed because the Third Circuit and district court lacked the opportunity to develop and properly evaluate that claim. Order of district court granting Wyeth's motion to enjoin appellants from bringing suit in state court affirmed.
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September 26, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Justice Watch: Appeals court narrows discretion of judges

A three-judge panel jettisoned a 17-year sentence for terrorist supporter Jose Padilla and ordered U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke to get harsher. Another panel overturned sanctions against three Miami federal prosecutors for unauthorized wiretaps of the defense team.
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October 04, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

Memon v. Allied Domecq QSR

The district judge never admonished the corporation that it was required to hire an attorney (or ordered it to do so) before he dismissed the case with prejudice. That dismissal was in error.
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February 22, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Wrongly Admitted Evidence Not Enough to Overturn Jury Verdict

Evidence of a defendant's drug and alcohol use prior to a two-vehicle accident in which she died should not have been admitted when the defendant's estate conceded liability and the trial was only over damages owed the plaintiffs she struck in the accident, the Superior Court ruled.
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January 23, 2003 | Law.com

Bad Year for N.Y. Law Firms Handling M&As

How bad a year was it for New York mergers and acquisitions lawyers? Just ask any lawyer not aboard for Pfizer's $61.3 billion acquisition of Sweden's Pharmacia, which accounted for almost 15 percent of the total value of announced U.S. merger activity in 2002. The dearth of U.S. deals even knocked New York firms off of the summit of the worldwide rankings.
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July 08, 2005 | Law.com

Balance Costs and Payoffs Before Deciding to Upgrade

Perhaps more feared by lawyers handling their own IT needs than a statute-of-limitations deadline are the endless upgrades for hardware and software being pushed by the computer industry. But by following a few guidelines -- instead of just blindly following the industry's constant forward march -- you can decide if an upgrade is actually beneficial.
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