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April 02, 2012 |

Working on the Clock: The Advantages of Timed Trials

More and more courts are imposing time limits for trial. In fact, courts impose time limits in some of the largest trials ever, write David Bissinger and Erica Harris. As The National Law Journal reported on Feb. 20 in "Judge Keeps Tight Leash in BP Litigation," U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier in New Orleans "tighten[ed] the scope" of the first of three trial phases in the litigation over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill, ensuring, as one observer noted, "a compact trial."
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April 26, 2010 |

Foodie

Profile of Michael C. Nichols, senior vice president and general counsel for Sysco Corp.
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April 01, 2009 |

Newsbriefs

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January 04, 2011 |

Estate Planning Issues for Same-Sex Spouses

In their Wills, Estates and Surrogate's Practice column, Blank Rome's Peter C. Valente and Susan P. Witkin write: Although New York affords broad recognition of same-sex marriages and grants expansive rights to same-sex spouses, a recent Advisory Opinion issued by the State of New York Commissioner of Taxation and Finance makes it clear that, for New Yorkers, unless and until legislative or judicial command directs otherwise, taxes are the exception to the rule of equal treatment.
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Docket 2013: Decisions to Watch
Publication Date: 2012-12-24
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The courts have largely ground to a halt for the holidays, though there's still time for few more decisions in 2012 that could ensure a happy or gloomy New Year for the litigators involved. In the meantime, here are some of the biggest rulings we're looking forward to in 2013.

May 10, 2011 |

Daily Decision Service Alert: Vol. 20, No. 89 - May 10, 2011

Daily decision alert.
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October 16, 2009 |

Just Call Her Lady Feeney

Susan Feeney has earned many accolades in her career. She is a partner at McCarter and English and first vice president of the New Jersey State Bar Association. Now, she is a member of an organization that traces its roots to the first crusade.
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February 27, 2002 |

Antitrust

T he Third and Fourth Circuits reversed substantial antitrust judgments, one relating to transparent tapes and the other relating to oversize carry-ons at Dulles Airport. Other interesting antitrust decisions reported recently included a charge of boycotting made against the New York Stock Exchange, a Ninth Circuit ruling on determination of relevant market and two appellate opinions concerning price discrimination.
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July 06, 1999 |

Did Amoco's Efforts Backfire?

It appears that BP Amoco's widely acclaimed but risky efforts to find out why a number of employees have been stricken with deadly brain cancer since 1986 is coming back to haunt the company. BP Amoco began its investigation before any employees brought suit against the company, but now some workers who have contracted benign brain tumors or extra-cranial cancers have become so angry with how the company has handled the matter that they have taken matters into their own hands.
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Gibson Dunn's Olson Takes On Feds over Fannie/Freddie Bailout
Publication Date: 2013-07-08
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After helping to secure last month's historic gay marriage rulings at the U.S. Supreme Court, and while juggling several other high-profile cases, Ted Olson is now leading a challenge to the terms of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's $188 billion government bailout.

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