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April 10, 2006 |

17-Year-Old Trespassers May Use Attractive Nuisance Argument

Although the attractive nuisance theory of liability is most often applied to young children who suffer injuries while trespassing, a federal judge has ruled that it may also be used by two 17-year-old boys who suffered serious burns from catenary wires when they climbed atop a parked railroad car.
5 minute read
April 27, 2011 |

Shareholder Brings Derivative Suit Against Berhkshire Hathaway officers and directors

A shareholder derivative suit has been filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery against the board of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and its chairman and CEO, Warren E. Buffett, in the aftermath of insider trading allegations that have engulfed David L. Sokol, a former top lieutenant of Buffett's.
6 minute read
November 02, 2007 |

Intellectual Property Litigation

Lewis R. Clayton, a partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, writes that no user of the Internet can fail to notice the wide availability of thousands of audio and video clips uploaded each day by individuals. A good deal of this material derives from the public domain or was created from scratch by the individual uploader. Much of it, however, appropriates copyrighted material.
10 minute read
August 02, 2002 |

Incumbents Raising Far More Than Foes in High Court Races

Jonathan [email protected] 2 weeks to go before Georgians select their judiciary, races at the top of the ticket have been downright sleepy. Eyebrows went up in the spring when challengers stepped forward to face Chief Justice Norman S. Fletcher and Justice Robert Benham Daily Report, May 3, 2002. But at least in terms of fund raising, the races have not been competitive.
5 minute read
January 24, 2012 |

Personal Injury Firm's Referral Network Gives New Life to Old Business Model

Personal injury and workers' comp attorneys often have a thorny relationship -- but The Veen Firm in San Francisco is easing the prickliness and boosting its profits at the same time. It has been spending millions on a formal referral network with workers' comp and other specialty shops, generating more trust and better referrals for both camps.
6 minute read
March 21, 2013 |

Tibble v. Edison International

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January 29, 2002 |

Up Go the Walls

6 minute read
October 13, 2008 |

Lawyers Close Acquisition Despite Hurricane, Market Meltdown

Imagine trying to complete an acquisition without power or cell phone service in a city ravaged by a hurricane, during the midst of a financial meltdown that shot holes in the deal's once-solid financing. That's what lawyers representing ION Geophysical Corp. had to cope with to finish acquisition of Canadian company ARAM Systems Ltd. for $236 million in cash plus ION common stock.
8 minute read
June 20, 2008 |

Keeping Philadelphia Connected - the Deal to Make the City Wireless, Part II

Thomas Speranza of Kleinbard Bell & Brecker jokingly refers to his representation of Wireless Philadelphia over the past two-and-a-half years as a "near-death experience."
7 minute read
February 13, 2008 |

Energy Contracts Spark High-Stakes Supreme Court Case

In a U.S. Supreme Court case with major ramifications for the nation's volatile energy market, consumer groups and state utility regulators are waging a battle with energy suppliers and federal regulators stemming from the long-term "forward" contracts from the Western energy crisis several years ago. At stake for the Snohomish County, Wash., utility district is about $153 million, said its high court counsel, Christopher J. Wright. But that pales next to the $1.4 billion at stake in California's contracts.
6 minute read

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