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February 19, 2007 |

Ready for his close-up

Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, general counsel, Screen Actors Guild.
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October 24, 2002 |

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February 02, 2012 |

Pa. Justices Reject Bayer's Petition on Forum

The state Supreme Court has rejected the request of a pharmaceutical manufacturer to exercise its jurisdiction over whether Pennsylvania is the most convenient forum for several drug products liability cases brought by out-of-state plaintiffs in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court.
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September 15, 2003 |

Civil Actions

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July 26, 2007 |

Laywers Keep Giving to 2008 Campaigns

The legal industry donated $13 million to the 2008 presidential campaigns in the second quarter, with John Edwards leading the pack.
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March 01, 2004 |

Evelyn FinkelsteinSecretary and General Counsel Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.

Velyn Finkelstein spends every day at Lincoln Center, but she's not toting around a giant string instrument, pirouetting across a stage, or worrying about hitting a high C. That's because Finkelstein is the secretary and general counsel of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc., the corporation that presents nearly 400 events annually. It also manages the Lincoln Center complex on New York's Upper West Side. Lincoln Center is home to organizations such as The Metropolitan Opera, the New York City Ball
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November 17, 2010 |

Manage risk with cell phone policy

Employees who multitask while driving on company time pose a big risk to their employers. Employers can be held liable for an accident caused by an employee's distracted driving, if the employee is acting within the course and scope of his employment. Now there is a new risk on the road: employees who text while driving.
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July 22, 2013 |

IN BRIEF: WTC Claim Rejected

Developer Larry Silverstein has lost his attempt to win as much as $3.5 billion from airlines to pay for extra losses he endured as a result of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center complex. Plus more from our weekly roundup of Web-only stories from NLJ.com and other ALM publications.
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July 09, 2007 |

A new use for consumer class actions

Plaintiffs' lawyers are filing an increasing number of class actions under state consumer-protection laws in conjunction with, or in place of, traditional personal injury class actions. In recent years, judges have refused to certify class actions of personal injury claims, in most cases because the facts and circumstances surrounding injured plaintiffs are too dissimilar to allow their claims to be decided together.
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Heavy-Hitters Hit Pfizer with New Securities Suit, Highlighting Opt-Out Trend
Publication Date: 2012-11-15
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Two months after opting out of a class action against Pfizer, a group of major public and private institutional investors are taking matters into their own hands. On Thursday the breakaway investors and their lawyers at Bernstein Litowitz filed their own securities fraud suit, accusing Pfizer of duping shareholders about risks associated with two once-blockbuster drugs.

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