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April 19, 2005 | Law.com

Fire Fight: The Art of the Asbestos Deal

With 600,000 claimants, upward of $70 billion in legal fees and awards, and strong constituencies on both sides, a congressional solution to the asbestos litigation crisis has long been dismissed as too complex to achieve. But last week, six years after the Supreme Court called for legislation to fix the "elephantine mass of asbestos cases," a draft brokered by Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter unexpectedly surfaced. Even the bill's most ardent foes concede it has a reasonable chance of success.
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July 15, 2010 | Daily Report Online

Specter, Yes; Wicker, No, as Kagan vote draws near

WASHINGTON AP - Sen. Arlen Specter says he will support the nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court despite the "non-answers" she gave to senators during her congressional hearings.In an op-ed published in USA Today, the Pennsylvania Democrat says Kagan "did just enough to win my vote." He cited her openness to televised Supreme Court proceedings and her pick of Justice Thurgood Marshall as her role model.
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August 06, 2004 | Law.com

GCs Want More Attention From Outside Counsel

GCs are willing to pay a premium for the right outside counsel, but they want plenty of attention for their buck. Those are among the findings from a survey of 300 general counsel from 41 states conducted by Houston-based law firm Fulbright & Jaworski. The only thing that bothered companies more than getting the cold shoulder was having to guess how much it would cost. Two-thirds of respondents cited unpredictable costs among their top concerns.
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October 04, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Rivera v. Attias

In the Interests of Justice Court Granted Plaintiff Extension of Time to Serve Summons, Complaint
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January 28, 2013 | National Law Journal

Obama's enforcer

The nomination of Debevoise & Plimpton partner Mary Jo White as the next chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission means that the agency will continue with an aggressive approach to Wall Street enforcement, financial regulation attorneys say.
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August 24, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Carnahan v. Carnahan, PICS Case No. 10-2646 (C.P. Lawrence July 2010) Hodge, J. (11 pages).

The master did not err in finding that certain stock units were husband's separate property and not marital property where husband did not have the right to access the stock units prior to the parties' divorce. Exceptions ruled upon.
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August 13, 2007 | Law.com

Thelen Restructures U.K. Joint Venture

Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner and U.K. law firm Pinsent Masons are taking the wrecking ball to the global construction law joint venture they built in 2003.
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July 19, 2007 | Law.com

Mitigating Liability From Employee Use of Technology

Employee abuse of employer-provided equipment has always created a potential for liability, but the advent of the computer and the Internet has significantly altered the landscape. Attorney Sherrie Travis discusses two cases that demonstrate the unsettled nature of the issue of company liability to outsiders based on an employee's illegal or inappropriate use of company computers. Travis also notes some proactive steps that employers can take to significantly reduce the chances of employee abuse.
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July 11, 2007 | Daily Report Online

Death sentence upheld for medical workers in Libya, but could be overturned by council

TRIPOLI, Libya AP _ Libya's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the death sentences of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted of infecting more than 400 children with the AIDS virus. But the verdict may not be the final word in the case.Libya's Supreme Judicial Council, which is headed by the minister of justice, could approve or reject the convictions or set lighter sentences.
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