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December 03, 2008 |

Katrina work dries up for firms

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November 08, 2007 |

New State Mortgage Laws and Regulations Authorize Private Lawsuits

A wave of state laws and regulations aimed at curbing unsuitable mortgage loans is opening the door to more litigation by allowing borrowers to file lawsuits instead of complaining to regulatory agencies. The laws are also creating compliance work for lawyers assisting national lenders faced with a thicket of new state requirements. The laws, which kick in between January 2007 and early 2008, allow private lawsuits, frequently under state consumer protection or unfair or deceptive acts or practices laws.
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November 16, 2009 |

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July 19, 1999 |

Thinking Out of The Jury Box

It's "twelve angry men" with a twist: A lawyer on a murder trial jury, convinced that the defendant is innocent, helps deadlock the panel and secure a mistrial. But when the case is retried, that same attorney winds up on the defense team and helps win an acquittal. That essentially is what happened this spring in New Orleans.
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February 02, 2010 |

Fla. Supreme Court to hear Everglades case

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) ? The Florida Supreme Court has agreed to hear a legal challenge to a state deal aimed at buying 73,000 acres of farmland from U.S. Sugar for Everglades restoration projects.
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February 02, 2010 |

Calif's gay marriage trial re-enacted

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? The U.S. Supreme Court may have stopped broadcasts of California's same-sex marriage trial, but that has not prevented the proceedings from being re-enacted for the Internet.
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July 14, 2003 |

Wartsila NSD North America, Inc. v. Hill International, Inc. etc.,

Where plaintiff initially sought arbitration against its subcontractor based on the reports of plaintiff's consultant but was forced to withdraw certain claims because of misrepresentations by one of the consultant's employees, and plaintiff then filed this action in New Jersey against the consultant, and the consultant filed a third-party complaint against plaintiff's attorneys, although the underlying factual basis of the third-party claims are independent of the attorneys' actions in connection with t
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Second Circuit Rules Insurers Don't Have to Pay for Shipping Company's Goodwin Procter Lawyers in Katrina Litigation
Publication Date: 2010-03-16
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Shipping terminal operator Lafarge insisted on hiring Goodwin Procter over its insurance company's objections. The appellate court, overturning a lower court judge, said that wasn't reasonable--so the insurers don't have to pay Goodwin's millions in legal fees.

November 13, 2006 |

The NLJ 250 Chart (201-250)

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