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January 19, 2010 |

Water dispute victory surprised advocate

A California judge recently invalidated a set of contracts allocating water rights in the southern region of the state. Lewis Brisbois' Malissa McKeith, who was lead counsel for the plaintiffs in the case, spoke to the NLJ about the importance of the case, the judge's reasoning and why she was surprised to win.
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April 10, 2006 |

Lawyers ante up in AG race

A lengthy list of lawyers and law firms are pouring political support into a high-profile primary campaign race between two Democrats hoping to become California's next attorney general.
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July 01, 2008 |

THE A-LIST 2008: 51-200

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February 01, 2005 |

Mark Nissenbaum, 56, was Partner at Lewis, Brisbois

Mark Nissenbaum, whose legal career straddled criminal and civil law, died Jan. 24 of a heart attack at his Bernal Heights home. He was 56. After Nissenbaum left the public defender's office in 1988, he entered civil practice where he mixed plaintiff and insurance defense work, often focusing on asbestos.
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December 27, 2002 |

Metabolife Gets a Win in Diet Drug Case

A month after being slapped with a $4.1 million personal injury verdict in Alabama, diet pill manufacturer Metabolife International found some better luck in California. A jury there ruled that diet pill Metabolife 356 was defective, but did not cause a man's stroke four years ago that left him paralyzed and unable to work. As a result, no damages were awarded to the plaintiffs.
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July 01, 2010 |

The Diversity Score

For the first time, the nation's law firms backslid when it comes to minority representation.
24 minute read
May 16, 2013 |

California State University: Going 4.0

Working for the largest four-year university system in the world, Cal State's lawyers get straight A's for reducing caseload and expenses.
11 minute read
January 08, 2013 |

Judge Declines to Hold Firm Liable for Client's Financing

Although Elwyn Francis claimed his attorneys at Mirman, Markovits & Landau failed to negotiate or attempt to reduce a litigation funding lien he acquired throughout the duration of his personal injury case, Brooklyn Supreme Justice Bernadette Bayne said that Francis signed each funding agreement on "his own free will and accord."
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September 15, 2009 |

Discovery woes trip up plaintiffs again

A Fulton County judge last week became the third jurist in 18 months to blast the way an Alpharetta businessman and his web of companies have been responding to discovery requests, and this time it cost the man his malpractice suit against a former attorney.In dismissing claims that Alpharetta lawyer M. Henry Day Jr. made mistakes that caused the plaintiffs to be sued, Fulton County State Court Judge Myra H.
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March 19, 2013 |

The Churn: Lateral Moves in The Am Law 200

The Silicon Valley office of Bingham McCutchen adds three new corporate attorneys; two former Husch Blackwell partners join a labor and employment boutique; and the former U.S. ambassador to Romania returns to Mayer Brown. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to [email protected].
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