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October 09, 2001 |

Past Haunts Brobeck in Smoker's Suit

A San Francisco judge Friday disqualified Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison from representing a smoker in a suit against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Philip Morris Inc. The reason? Brobeck had served as RJR's chief counsel for smoking cases in Northern California for 27 years. Brobeck called RJR's motion a "cynical effort" to derail trial, but others are viewing Brobeck's entry into plaintiffs' tobacco litigation with a critical eye.
4 minute read
November 28, 2005 |

Accounting Fraud

It was a strikingly long sentence-24 years and four months-imposed on a lawyer/accountant who was a first offender and a mid-level participant in a cooking the books securities fraud.
7 minute read
February 25, 2003 |

Where Did Our Money Go?

4 minute read
March 28, 2011 |

Where 'Wal-Mart' and ERISA Class Actions Meet

Myron D. Rumeld, Brian S. Neulander, and Gregory J. Couillou of Proskauer Rose write: In both employment discrimination and ERISA lawsuits there are common issues that make class certification seem appealing at first glance, but there are also individual issues of liability and relief that call into question the appropriateness of class treatment. Not surprisingly, therefore, in both contexts, courts have divided on the standards for adjudicating class certification motions. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. v. Dukes presents the Supreme Court with the opportunity to formulate uniform class certification standards to govern these types of claims.
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August 23, 2007 |

Replacement Named, Political Parties Planning For Judge Joyce's Seat

As the state Supreme Court on Tuesday assigned a senior judge from Erie County to temporarily fill in for embattled Superior Court Judge Michael T. Joyce, both major political parties were planning to nominate candidates to run in November to fill his seat when it officially becomes vacant next year.
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August 23, 2007 |

Replacement Named, Political Parties Planning for Judge Joyce�s Seat

As the state Supreme Court on Tuesday assigned a senior judge from Erie County to temporarily fill in for embattled Superior Court Judge Michael T. Joyce, both major political parties were planning to nominate candidates to run in November to fill his seat when it officially becomes vacant next year.
6 minute read
July 15, 2011 |

Crowds confront banks, thwart foreclosures

Luis Dominguez got up at dawn to take a 5 a.m. bus to join a human chain around a Madrid home threatened with foreclosure. Three weeks earlier, the crowd had come to him after he telephoned for help."I was facing eviction and they saved me from losing my home," said Dominguez, 74, a pensioner with a walking stick in one hand and a 5-foot placard saying "Stop Evictions" in the other.
7 minute read
October 01, 2005 |

A Dish Best Served Cold

In the boardrooms of America, there's surely been a lot of chortling lately about the misfortunes of plaintiffs lawyer William Lerach. For the last four years, federal investigators have been probing the business practices of his old firm, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach. He recently prepared to answer potential criminal charges by hiring his own defense counsel.
6 minute read
February 05, 2004 |

Dramatic Testimony Given by Stewart Broker's Aide

The U.S. government's chief witness in the obstruction trial of Martha Stewart and her stock broker Peter Bacanovic displayed a flair for the dramatic Wednesday. Douglas Faneuil raised his voice as he imitated Stewart and his boss Bacanovic during critical phone calls when Bacanovic allegedly told him to warn Stewart that ImClone Chairman Samuel Waksal was dumping his shares, and Stewart told Faneuil to do the same.
5 minute read
October 16, 2003 |

Not Far From Heaven

Not many big-firm partners would ditch their lucrative practice to devote themselves to a spiritual calling -- much less one that's headed by a self-described reformed Nixon "hatchet man." But that's exactly what Mike Snyder did last spring. A former corporate finance partner at Pittsburgh's Reed Smith, Snyder is now the senior vice president of Prison Fellowship Ministries in Reston, Va.
5 minute read

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