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January 24, 2005 |

Decision summaries from The NLJ

Federal law pre-empts state securities claims�and other decisions from The National Law Journal.
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February 15, 2011 |

9th Circuit finds pharmaceutical sales reps exempt from overtime laws

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on Monday ruled that pharmaceutical sales representatives are exempt from federal overtime laws, creating what some see as an appellate court split that could find its way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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December 10, 2007 |

Stakes higher than ever for attorney missteps

Attorneys may be surprised to learn that inattention to e-discovery may not only work to the detriment of clients � it may lead to professional malpractice or the imposition of sanctions on counsel. If any doubt remained, the ongoing discovery dispute in the Qualcomm v. Broadcom case should eliminate it.
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October 28, 2002 |

Good Faith in Pennsylvania

The scenario is a familiar one. A prospective buyer of real estate or corporate assets reaches agreement in principle with the seller on the general terms of the transaction. The parties memorialize their understanding in a letter of intent. Before the pa
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March 28, 2011 |

Where 'Wal-Mart' and ERISA Class Actions Meet

Myron D. Rumeld, Brian S. Neulander, and Gregory J. Couillou of Proskauer Rose write: In both employment discrimination and ERISA lawsuits there are common issues that make class certification seem appealing at first glance, but there are also individual issues of liability and relief that call into question the appropriateness of class treatment. Not surprisingly, therefore, in both contexts, courts have divided on the standards for adjudicating class certification motions. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. v. Dukes presents the Supreme Court with the opportunity to formulate uniform class certification standards to govern these types of claims.
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August 23, 2007 |

Replacement Named, Political Parties Planning For Judge Joyce's Seat

As the state Supreme Court on Tuesday assigned a senior judge from Erie County to temporarily fill in for embattled Superior Court Judge Michael T. Joyce, both major political parties were planning to nominate candidates to run in November to fill his seat when it officially becomes vacant next year.
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August 23, 2007 |

Replacement Named, Political Parties Planning for Judge Joyce�s Seat

As the state Supreme Court on Tuesday assigned a senior judge from Erie County to temporarily fill in for embattled Superior Court Judge Michael T. Joyce, both major political parties were planning to nominate candidates to run in November to fill his seat when it officially becomes vacant next year.
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June 24, 2009 |

Bucking Victim 'Fury,' Madoff Seeks 12 Years

With his client, Bernard L. Madoff, facing a 150-year statutory maximum sentence, defense attorney Ira Lee Sorkin asked a federal judge yesterday to set aside the "emotion and hysteria" surrounding the largest Ponzi scheme in history markets and to sentence Mr. Madoff to only 12 years in prison. In a letter to Southern District Judge Denny Chin, Mr. Sorkin said, "We seek neither mercy nor sympathy," promising that Mr. Madoff, whose name has become synonymous with greed, "will speak to the shame he has felt and to the pain he has caused" when he appears for sentencing on Monday.
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July 15, 2011 |

Crowds confront banks, thwart foreclosures

Luis Dominguez got up at dawn to take a 5 a.m. bus to join a human chain around a Madrid home threatened with foreclosure. Three weeks earlier, the crowd had come to him after he telephoned for help."I was facing eviction and they saved me from losing my home," said Dominguez, 74, a pensioner with a walking stick in one hand and a 5-foot placard saying "Stop Evictions" in the other.
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October 01, 2005 |

A Dish Best Served Cold

In the boardrooms of America, there's surely been a lot of chortling lately about the misfortunes of plaintiffs lawyer William Lerach. For the last four years, federal investigators have been probing the business practices of his old firm, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach. He recently prepared to answer potential criminal charges by hiring his own defense counsel.
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