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November 14, 2000 |

Judicial Profile: Andrew Kleinfeld

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November 14, 2002 |

Great Expectorations

Three Florida attorneys have opened a new front in the legal wars against the tobacco industry. Adopting many of the same legal arguments used in lawsuits against cigarette makers, they filed a proposed class action lawsuit Tuesday in Miami against the makers of smokeless tobacco products. According to observers, the case is the first such proposed class action anywhere against the makers of smokeless products.
6 minute read
November 19, 2010 |

'Deanna W.': Intersection of Medicaid and Guardianship

In his Elder Law column, Daniel G. Fish advises attorneys preparing petitions in guardianship matters to take the Deanna W. decision into account in low asset cases where there may not be sufficient income to pay the ongoing costs.
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June 15, 2010 |

Resale Price Maintenance - Tale Of the Oxpecker and the Rhinoceros

In their Antitrust Trade and Practice column, Neal R. Stoll and Shepard Goldfein, partners at at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, write that in the final analysis, the degree of economic imbalance between opportunistic vertically configured enterprises, rarely exceeds the consumer benefits created from reasonable cooperation between profit-maximizing manufacturers and retailers.
10 minute read
May 01, 2005 |

In-House

The first time we ran a Litigation Department of the Year contest for the Am Law 200 firms, we invited only 19 to compete. That was a mistake, as I was advised over lunch by the litigation chairs of what seemed like the other 181 firms. Talk about acid reflux.
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August 19, 2013 |

VERDICTS & SETTLEMENTS

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May 27, 2008 |

Commonwealth Court Rules Midwifery Not Surgery or Medicine

The Commonwealth Court has ruled that practicing midwifery is not practicing surgery or medicine and that certified midwives and licensed nurse-midwives are not one and the same.
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March 02, 2012 |

Carter named CEO and president of ALM

ALM, publisher of The National Law Journal, The American Lawyer and several other legal and real estate news titles, has named Bill Carter its president and chief executive officer.Carter, 44, is a veteran of the legal information services industry. He was most recently a senior vice president at Thomson Reuters, where for two years he led the Small Law Business Unit.
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November 03, 2008 |

Justices Appear Torn Over Drug Labeling Case

The case, Wyeth v. Levine, has been billed as a major milestone in the effort by the pharmaceutical and other industries to free themselves of unpredictable state court tort litigation by embracing instead a single federal regulatory regime-in short, federal pre-emption.
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November 15, 2005 |

Friend's Ties to Victim Revive 911 Response Suit

When Richard Laratro suffered a stroke, it took 35 minutes after his co-worker Carol Edelson called 911 for an ambulance to arrive -- a delay which resulted in brain damage, according to his attorney. Whether New York City is held liable may come down to the closeness of his friendship with Edelson. An appellate panel re-examined the "special relationship" exception, holding that a friend acting on a person's behalf may satisfy the requirement of "direct contact" between the plaintiff and the municipality.
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