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April 18, 2011 |

The 2012 APPELLATE HOT LIST

We asked our readers to nominate firms with at least one significant appellate win between May 2011 and May 2012 and that had an impressive track record overall. We supplemented the results with our own research to arrive at the list of 16 firms you'll find here.
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January 10, 2007 |

The torch is dimming on tort cases

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August 31, 2006 |

New demands buried in tobacco ruling

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May 08, 2013 |

Board Of Contributors: Tobacco Industry To Face The Music Soon

The tobacco industry, after spending years and exorbitant amounts of money, has once again been told they are guilty of negligence, strict liability, fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud, attorney Stuart Ratzan writes.
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December 18, 2006 |

A big year for a gifted lawyer

Theodore V. Wells Jr. would only need to consider the past 12 months to come up with a list of accomplishments longer than what most attorneys would hope to achieve in a lifetime.
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December 26, 2007 |

States Don't Go After Taxes Owed on Internet Cigarette Sales

Wisconsin and other states either don't know who is buying cigarettes over the Internet and not paying state taxes, or they know and don't go after the culprits. Tracking down who bought what, and determining how much they owe, is a loophole that anti-smoking advocates and others want to see closed. The issue becomes even more important as states like Wisconsin continue to ratchet up their cigarette taxes, often earmarking the money to pay for rising health care costs.
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February 28, 2007 |

Delaware Court Upholds Dismissal of Foreign Governments' Tobacco Suit

The Delaware Supreme Court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed against the tobacco industry by the governments of Panama and the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo. The plaintiff governments sought to recover expenses for the medical care of sick smokers. Affirming on a different ground than the appellate court, the state high court concluded that medical expenses could not be recovered because tobacco companies do not owe a direct duty to insurers or health care providers of smokers.
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January 22, 2002 |

Ex-AT&T Lawyer-Lobbyist Joins Womble Office Here

Julia D. [email protected] Carlyle Sandridge Rice's Atlanta office has made a lobbying connection by hiring Loretta A. Cecil, a former ATT lawyer and government relations specialist.Cecil, 44, joined Womble Jan. 14 after 17 years with ATT. Most recently she was the company's vice president of law and government affairs.
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Everything's Up to Date
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John Murphy, managing partner at Shook Hardy & Bacon, addresses the future of product liability litigation.

April 24, 2000 |

Pay to Play: Conventions' Sideshow

When the GOP convention kicks off in Philadelphia and Democrats gather in Los Angeles this summer, corporations and lobbyists will pay tens of thousands of dollars to throw lavish private parties in honor of individual lawmakers. The money goes neither to the candidates nor to the parties' national committees. Instead, corporations are paying for the pleasure of gaining unfettered access to lawmakers.
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