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May 08, 2013 |

Board Of Contributors: Tobacco Industry To Face The Music Soon

The tobacco industry, after spending years and exorbitant amounts of money, has once again been told they are guilty of negligence, strict liability, fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud, attorney Stuart Ratzan writes.
4 minute read
March 26, 2003 |

James v. Arms Technology, Inc., et al, etc.,

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October 15, 2012 |

DOJ spars with tobacco companies over 'forced public confessions'

Tobacco company lawyers are challenging the proposed language of public statements that the U.S. Department of Justice wants cigarette manufacturers to distribute to minimize the chance that the companies will make false claims in the future about the health effects of smoking.
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July 03, 2007 |

High court reveals a mind for business

FOR YEARS, IF NOT DECADES, leading U.S. Chamber of Commerce lawyer Robin Conrad has told anyone who will listen that a conservative Supreme Court is not always a pro-business Supreme Court. For example, conservative Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas have never been able to find, in their copies of the Constitution, any basis for limiting high punitive damage awards that are the bane of the business community.
7 minute read
September 20, 2004 |

Supreme Court Ponders Religion's Place

Conference Call: The Supreme Court is back in action on Sept. 27 and will decide whether to take up controversial cases on the Ten Commandments, the religious rights of prisoners, and property rights.
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December 03, 2012 |

INADMISSIBLE

Remembering Marvin Miller; final words on tobacco; recognizing local luminaries; senior Sentelle; Ward to lead lobbyists; lawyers for literacy; and no "No" repeat for Lee, maybe, in this week's column.
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July 01, 2010 |

Deals and Suits

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10 Ellicott Square Court v. Mountain Valley Indemnity, 10-0799-CV
Publication Date: 2010-12-30
Practice Area: Insurance Law
Industry:
Court: Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Sack and Raggi, C.JJ., and Koeltl, D.J.*
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Judith Treger Shelton, Kenney Shelton Liptak Nowak LLP, Buffalo, New York, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.
For defendant: Max Gershweir, Hurwitz & Fine, P.C.(Katherine A. Fijal, Esq., of counsel), Buffalo, New York, for Defendant-Appellant.
Case number: 10-0799-CV

Cite as: 10 Ellicott Square Court v. Mountain Valley Indemnity, 10-0799-CV, NYLJ 1202476744317, at *1 (2nd Cir., Decided December 23, 2010)Before: Sack and Rag

April 11, 2003 |

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June 02, 2008 |

The 50 Most Influential Minority Lawyers in America

At last count, a mere 5.4 percent of partners at U.S. law firms were members of minority groups. For women of color, the figure was fewer than 1.7 percent. But those numbers represent an amazing group of people and a payoff for the firms, law schools and corporations that invested in diversity. The National Law Journal, through readers' nominations as well as its own research, compiled the top 50 most influential minority lawyers in the United States who made an impact during the past five years.
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