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Legal Services Lawyer Makes Contributions Outside the Courtroom
When Connecticut Legal Services was faced with a funding crisis that threatened jobs and client services, CLS attorney Astrid Lebron kicked things into high gear -- by writing 40-plus grant applications in an astounding 75-day period earlier this year, and raising $775,000 for the agency so far. As the director of development, Lebron is the only person of color currently in a CLS management position, and feels the responsibility of her role: "I shouldn't be afraid ... to trail blaze and open up some doors."Texas Supreme Court Decertifies Nationwide Class
The Texas Supreme Court has decertified a nationwide class of some 20,000 dentists who sued a software supplier, saying that an appellate court failed to hold the trial court's certification order to the standard set in Southwest Refining Co. v. Bernal. The court of appeals correctly stated the law established by the Texas Supreme Court's Bernal ruling but misapplied it, the majority said.View more book results for the query "*"
Three-Year Filing Limitation on Description of Injury Further Defined
Last year, the Commonwealth Court decided the matter of Fitzgibbons v. WCAB (City of Philadelphia), which held that an injured worker has three years from the last date of payment of compensation to file a petition to review the description of injury.Buchanan Firm Decides to Shut Silicon Valley Office
Pittsburgh-based Am Law 100 firm Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney came into Silicon Valley three years ago, and now it's getting out. The firm will close its small Redwood Shores, Calif., office on June 30. Firm CEO Thomas VanKirk said the office's lack of profitability made the firm question its future, and the recent loss of a few attorneys sealed its fate. "That office has been losing money -- not a fortune, but not insubstantial amounts," said VanKirk.Alleging Foot Tapping Coaching Tactic, Plaintiffs Want Attorney Off Case
Two plaintiffs in an insurance coverage suit pending in a Florida federal court allege Houston litigator Kenneth G. Engerrand coached a witness when he touched her foot with his during a deposition, and they've submitted photo evidence with a disqualification motion. The motion alleges that a paralegal heard a "clicking sound" and "noted that Mr. Engerrand was tapping the foot" of a witness "at different points after questions were asked." In a response, Engerrand's client called the motion "meritless."Longtime IRS Lawyer Joins Nixon Peabody
Susan P. Reaman, a 30-year veteran of the Internal Revenue Service, has joined Nixon Peabody's syndication practice as counsel in the Washington office. Reaman authored �1.42-2, which involves the waiver of the requirement that an existing building eligible for the low-income housing credit was last placed in service more than 10 years prior to acquisition by the taxpayer. A recipient of numerous awards during her tenure at the IRS, she has also testified before Congress on low-income housing tax credits.Trending Stories
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