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April 05, 2000 |

Sua Sponte Remand Can Be Reversed on Appeal

Federal trial judges cannot on their own motions send a case back to a state court on the basis of procedural defects in the way the case was removed, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled. The ruling aligns the 3rd Circuit with four other circuits that have ruled the same way -- the 5th, 6th, 7th and 11th -- and effectively puts an end to a practice that had become common for U.S. District Judge Alfred J. Lechner of the District of New Jersey.
5 minute read
March 21, 2005 |

Tefft Smith

Leading Lawyers: Tefft Smith of Kirkland & Ellis.
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February 24, 2004 |

New Territory

For an attorney who has never tried a class action case before, Joseph O. Giaimo picked a whopper to make his debut.
6 minute read
September 22, 2003 |

Woman's Conviction In Stillbirth Appealed to U.S. Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court next week will likely consider whether to take up the controversial case of a South Carolina woman who was convicted of murder after her stillborn baby tested positive for cocaine.
6 minute read
February 07, 2008 |

First N.J. Lawyer Convicted Under Anti-Runners Law Heads for Prison

When Irwin Seligsohn surrenders to law enforcement authorities on March 1, he will be the first New Jersey lawyer to be jailed for using runners to drum up personal injury cases. Seligsohn was sentenced to three years for violating a statute criminalizing the practice, along with other crimes. He admitted conspiring with others to pay $70,000 to runners to solicit people to claim injuries from staged or nonexistent automobile accidents.
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March 06, 2003 |

Is Mold Still Gold?

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January 11, 2013 |

Circuit Rebuffs Claim That State Lawsuit Over Painkillers Really Was a Class Action

Yet another appeals court has rejected the idea that so-called parens patriae lawsuits - in which a state government sues on behalf of its citizens - are just class actions in disguise.
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October 19, 2012 |

Four Federal Judges Debate Four Ethical Issues at E-Discovery Summit

The second annual E-Discovery Institute Leadership Summit Program kicked off with a panel featuring four federal judges debating four hot dilemmas in e-discovery, reports LTN Editor-in-Chief Monica Bay.
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