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April 11, 2011 |

Circuit Rejects Request to Cancel 9/11 Property Damages Settlement

An attempt to derail a $1.2 billion settlement of claims filed against airlines and security companies accused of negligence after the 9/11 terrorist attacks was rejected Friday by the Second Circuit. Larry Silverstein, the World Trade Center leaseholder, had claimed that the settlement was collusive and that the cap on tort recovery against the airlines imposed by Congress after 9/11 preempted New York state's "first-come, first served" settlement rule.
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March 22, 2013 |

'Act of War' Spares 9/11 Parties From Cleanup Liability, Federal Judge Rules

American Airlines and others sued in connection with the 9/11 attacks can claim the act of war defense to strict liability under a hazardous substance cleanup law, a federal judge rules.
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May 01, 2006 |

MOVERS

Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik (Westfield, N.J.): Alfred J. Lechner Jr. joins the litigation practice as partner.
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May 27, 2010 |

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September 27, 2012 |

Plane Crash Litigation Must Use Federal Standard, Judge Decides

Supreme Court Justice Frederick Marshall in Erie County said he agreed with the defendants that the federal government has carved out the regulation of air travel and safety as its own, thereby preempting all state law standards of care in negligence actions.
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October 01, 2011 |

Westward Expansion

After losing business to U.S. firms, Clyde planted its own flag in the States.
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November 28, 2012 |

Legal Blotter: Am Law 200 Lawyers on the Defensive

In recent weeks, we've come across Am Law 200 lawyers in trouble for allegedly scamming private schools, helping run Ponzi schemes, taking vacations with client funds, knocking down bicyclists, and all manner of other improprieties.
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January 21, 2011 |

Judge: Cantor's Sept. 11 Claim 'Inflated' by Deaths

Cantor Fitzgerald's bid to win more than $1 billion in damages from American Airlines for negligence in failing to prevent one of the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackings that ended in destruction of the World Trade Center has been rejected as excessive by a federal judge.
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