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September 28, 2010 |

Two Years Later, Witness Intimidation Case Against Attorney Dropped

The two-year legal odyssey of Arienne Irving, the New York defense attorney who faced life in prison for her alleged role in a violent plot to intimidate witnesses on behalf of a Guyanese drug kingpin, is officially over. Without giving an explanation, the Eastern District U.S. Attorney's Office withdrew its appeal Monday of Judge John Gleeson's decision to throw out a jury verdict convicting Irving of six felonies. Irving's co-defendant and former boss, Robert Simels, is serving a 14-year sentence in a federal prison.
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September 03, 2009 |

Broken-Nosed Fan Assumed Injury Risk During Pregame Warm-Up, N.Y. Judge Finds

Every baseball fan -- or at least every attorney who follows baseball -- knows that under the doctrine of assumption of the risk a team is not liable for fans injured by, say, foul balls or broken bats. Now, in a suit filed by a New York fan whose nose was fractured by a bat during a Brooklyn Cyclones pregame, a New York judge has ruled that the doctrine also extends to a bat "propelled" by a player either "warming up" or "horsing around."
4 minute read
July 15, 1999 |

Telecom Merger Conditions Cause Stir

Telecommunications attorneys are buzzing about the conditions that the Federal Communications Commission's staff proposed June 29 regarding the merger of regional phone companies SBC Communications and Ameritech. The merger conditions, which must be approved by the full Commission, are the most far-reaching and potentially expensive of any imposed on merging phone companies. If the conditions are approved, some telecom attorneys worry that it will be even more difficult to get mergers through the FCC.
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March 18, 2005 |

Take It Outside

N the mid-1990s Ronald Lauder, an heir to the Est�e Lauder cosmetics fortune, launched Central European Media Enterprises Ltd., a regional broadcasting company. In the Czech Republic, CME developed a successful television station, Nova TV. But in 1999 CME discovered that its local partner in the country, Vladimir Zelezny, had allegedly diverted some ad revenue to a private account. So Lauder fired him, according to lawyers from both sides.
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April 06, 2000 |

Pro Bono Work Must Survive Salary Wars

5 minute read
March 22, 2006 |

Three Keys to Immigration Law Compliance: Verify, Reverify, Retain

Recent events demonstrate that the government is increasing its policing of employment violations under immigration laws. What's more, the federal government's policy appears to be shifting away from imposing merely administrative penalties toward more onerous criminal prosecutions. Whether in the civil or criminal context, the renewed enforcement focus requires that employers and their attorneys remain mindful of compliance procedures, such as those discussed here.
6 minute read
October 03, 2006 |

High Court Patent Case May Have Profound Business Impact

The U.S. Supreme Court opens its term this week with a challenge that could have profound business implications for patent holders and those who pay them for licenses. Though the other patent case on the Court's docket, KSR International v. Teleflex -- the challenge to the Federal Circuit's obviousness standard -- is receiving great attention, MedImmune v. Genentech also has high stakes. Says one patent scholar, "in the economic scheme of things, this case is more important than KSR."
5 minute read
May 11, 2001 |

Family Law Expert Leaves Penn for Sunshine State

Barbara Bennett Woodhouse, a leading authority on family law, is leaving the University of Pennsylvania Law School to teach at the University of Florida's law school. Woodhouse said she plans to establish a new children's law center and cited Florida's superiority in family law. As a public university, she said, Florida has lower tuition than private schools, allowing more students to enter lower-paying fields.
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February 09, 2011 |

Doctor Alleges Pfizer Violated Medical, Ethical Standards — Drug Giant Says Nothing New Here

A doctor alleges Pfizer violated standards, appeared to have paid off officials, and oversaw acts 'which may have led to criminally negligent homicide' during drug trials on kids in Nigeria — but Pfizer says the claims aren't 'supported by the facts.' • ALSO SEE: WikiLeaks Sparks Interest in Court Battle • Pfizer's General Counsel Takes On Enlarged Business Roll • Pfizer's Kindler Gets Paltry $9.6M in Severance, Bonus
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