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October 02, 2013 |

Miami Attorney Traces Illness To Rare Cigarettes In Winning $4.8 Million Asbestos Award

David Jagolinzer, whose 74-year-old client has mesothelioma, persuaded the jury to make Lorillard liable for $3.52 million and a paper mill liable for $1.28 million.
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October 01, 2007 |

Dewey, LeBoeuf Name New Board Ahead of Merger

Merger partners LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae and Dewey Ballantine unveiled last week the make-up of the 22-member executive board that will oversee the running of the combined firm when their merger becomes effective today. Though the firms' European-based partners will have a significant voice, Asia notably misses out on board-level representation. The region has been earmarked by LeBoeuf's chairman for significant expansion.
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April 30, 2002 |

Pataki's Victory Ends Legislative Logjam on Ultimate Penalty

During the 18 years in which the New York Legislature routinely passed death penalty legislation and Democratic Govs. Hugh L. Carey and Mario M. Cuomo just as routinely vetoed those bills, the debate over capital punishment was academic, abstract. But when George E. Pataki upset Cuomo on a pro-death penalty platform, the dynamics shifted instantly and dramatically. And so did the politics.
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May 30, 2007 |

Diaz Leaves Blank Rome for Cozen O'Connor in Philadelphia

When former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Sandra Schultz Newman left the bench for private practice at Philadelphia's Cozen O'Connor, Nelson A. Diaz wrote her a note of congratulations and said maybe one day they'd practice together. That was back in January, and Diaz recently decided to move to Cozen O'Connor from Blank Rome. Some things are all about timing -- and a good deal. "It's the right time to go when you have a new managing partner you don't have a relationship with," Diaz said.
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May 29, 2008 |

Court Ruling Gives New Life to Thousands of Asbestos Suits

A Florida appeals court breathed new life into thousands of pending asbestos-related lawsuits Wednesday by invalidating retroactivity in a state law designed to limit the number of people eligible to sue. Plaintiffs attorneys hailed the ruling as a victory for thousands of people still awaiting their day in court, while an industry lawyer expressed disappointment and said an appeal to the Florida Supreme Court is likely.
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January 31, 2000 |

TOGETHER AT LAST

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December 07, 2009 |

Attorney fended off suit against Chrysler in hard-fought mesothelioma case

Jeff Bell, Bell & Melamed
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June 25, 2010 |

Corruption law use limited

Quid pro quo. That's what was missing from the federal honest services fraud law, the U.S. Supreme Court decided. In an unanimous decision, the high court narrowed its definition of honest services fraud in a blow to prosecutors.
4 minute read
October 14, 2005 |

Asbestos Suits Get New Life in Florida

Two recent Florida appellate court rulings have signaled new life for hundreds of asbestos liability lawsuits -- many filed by plaintiffs whose cases have only a tenuous connection to the state. That's despite a new state law pushed by business advocates making it harder to file asbestos claims in Florida. Business groups say asbestos plaintiffs like Palm Beach Circuit Court, a popular venue for more than a decade, because its judges and juries are hostile to out-of-state corporate defendants.
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October 14, 2005 |

Asbestos Suits Get New Life in Florida

Two recent Florida appellate court rulings have signaled new life for hundreds of asbestos liability lawsuits -- many filed by plaintiffs whose cases have only a tenuous connection to the state. That's despite a new state law pushed by business advocates making it harder to file asbestos claims in Florida. Business groups say asbestos plaintiffs like Palm Beach Circuit Court, a popular venue for more than a decade, because its judges and juries are hostile to out-of-state corporate defendants.
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