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June 12, 2014 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

State Farm Fire and Casualty v. Oliver

 STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Plaintiff, State Farm General Insurance Company, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William Wayne OLIVER and Patricia…
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June 06, 2014 |

Meet the New Bar Presidents: Mid-Hudson Valley

Profiles of the new leaders of the Dutchess, Orange, Westchester, Rockland and Putnam County Bar Associations.
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June 01, 2014 |

June 2014 Deals & Suits

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April 28, 2014 |

Big Deals

Albertsons / Safeway; Men's Wearhouse / Jos. A. Bank; Media General / LIN; Energy XXI / EPL Oil & Gas
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April 08, 2014 |

Court Clarifies Rules for Nonparty Subpoenas

The Court of Appeals ruled that the way the First and Fourth departments interpreted the standard for enforcing subpoenas to nonparties in litigation was the "appropriate" one, largely because it better adhered to New York's "liberal" discovery policies than the interpretation by the Second and Third departments did.
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April 07, 2014 |

Court Clarifies Rules for Nonparty Subpoenas

The Court of Appeals ruled that the way the First and Fourth departments interpreted the standard for enforcing subpoenas to nonparties in litigation was the "appropriate" one, largely because it better adhered to New York's "liberal" discovery policies than the interpretation by the Second and Third departments did.
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March 13, 2014 |

New Deals

Two competing clothiers put an end to a months-long standoff on Tuesday with Jos. A. Bank agreeing to be bought by Men's Wearhouse in a cash deal worth $1.8 billion. Also, an investor group led by Cerberus Capital Management has struck a deal to acquire grocery store chain Safeway for roughly $9 billion in the largest leveraged buyout so far this year.
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October 29, 2013 |

July 2013 Pennsylvania Bar Exam Results Announced

The Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners on Oct. 18 announced the results of the bar examination given July 30 and 31. Of the 2,117 applicants who took the examination, 1,637 passed; the overall pass rate was 77 percent. The names of the applicants follow.
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November 05, 2012 |

July 2012 Bar Pass List

The list of candidates who successfully completed the July 2012 New York State Bar Exam.
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November 13, 2007 |

Famed Plaintiffs Lawyer in Federal Judge's Crosshairs

A corporation's worst nightmare, famed plaintiffs lawyer Richard "Dickie" Scruggs has taken on asbestos companies, Big Tobacco and scads of insurance companies in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. But he may have finally met his match in the controversial and outspoken U.S. District Judge William M. Acker Jr., who has held Scruggs in criminal contempt for failing to abide by a court order to return allegedly purloined documents he received from two former employees of a State Farm contractor.
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