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November 08, 2002 |

Tobacco Industry Lawyers Argue Against $145B Award

Arguing against the largest damage award in American history, attorneys for the tobacco industry said Wednesday that a $145 billion verdict should be overturned because the trial plan was unconstitutional and the plaintiffs' attorney used unfair tactics to incite the jury. Greenberg Traurig's Elliot Scherker said the Miami trial court's strategy for handling the smokers' suit amounted to an "Alice in Wonderland" version of justice.
6 minute read
February 15, 2010 |

VERDICTS & SETTLEMENTS

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October 10, 2008 |

Associates Class of 2008

Our ninth annual magazine devoted to new associates at New Jersey law firms.
79 minute read
December 12, 2006 |

Who Killed the Mass Torts Bonanza?

The power of the plaintiffs bar is on the wane in this country, and will be for a long time to come. To be sure, plaintiffs lawyers and mass torts aren't going to disappear. There will always be people injured by the products or actions of big corporations, and there's still money to be made representing them. But the bonanza -- the Wild West era in which mass torts was an unfettered frontier and plaintiffs lawyers seemed to have all the firepower -- is over.
27 minute read
January 07, 2005 |

A Rising Tide

The Bay Area's 10 highest grossing firms continued their upward climb in 2004, as the rebound of capital markets returned corporate work to Silicon Valley. Nine of 10 firms posted revenue gains and increases in profits per partner. Though most were in the single digits, the first-place finisher saw a 10 percent gain in revenue and an 11 percent hike in profits per equity partner.
17 minute read
May 14, 2007 |

Dechert Cracks the Code for Am Law 100 Success

A hard-nosed focus on core areas has pushed Dechert from Philly-based also-ran to the top tier of profitability among The Am Law 100. In 2006, Dechert's revenues were up 27 percent, growing faster than all but a few firms that scored big contingency fees or had a merger. Profits per partner hit $1.99 million, just a tick below top Wall Street players. And the firm showed above-average growth rates in revenue per lawyer and value per lawyer. How has Dechert made the formula work where other firms have not?
16 minute read
May 14, 2007 |

Dechert Cracks the Code for Am Law 100 Success

A hard-nosed focus on core areas has pushed Dechert from Philly-based also-ran to the top tier of profitability among The Am Law 100. In 2006, Dechert's revenues were up 27 percent, growing faster than all but a few firms that scored big contingency fees or had a merger. Profits per partner hit $1.99 million, just a tick below top Wall Street players. And the firm showed above-average growth rates in revenue per lawyer and value per lawyer. How has Dechert made the formula work where other firms have not?
16 minute read
July 14, 2003 |

Unpublished Opinions

Unpublished state and federal court opinions.
25 minute read
January 10, 2007 |

The torch is dimming on tort cases

27 minute read
April 22, 2013 |

NYC Proposes Raising Age for Cigarette Purchases

No one under 21 would be able to buy cigarettes in New York City, under a new proposal announced Monday that marks the latest in a decade of moves to crack down on smoking in the nation's largest city.
4 minute read

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