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August 23, 1999 |

Court Weighs In On Evolution

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has joined the national dialogue over the extent to which public schools can disavow the theory of evolution. Earlier this month, the court struck down a Louisiana school board's resolution that requires teachers in its district to offer disclaimers that evolution lessons are "not intended to influence or dissuade the Biblical version of Creation." The court held that it violates the establishment clause of the First Amendment.
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Vioxx Plaintiffs Lawyers Lose Bid for Fees from $950 Million Government Settlement
Publication Date: 2012-01-05
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Plaintiffs lawyers were granted $315 million in common benefit funds from the $4.85 billion settlement that Merck reached in the Vioxx multidistrict litigation in 2007. But they won't get a share of the $950 million settlement that the federal government and more than 40 states reached with the drug maker last November.

March 11, 2013 |

New Partners 2013 listings

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November 12, 2012 |

Tech Circuit: 'Annie' Edition

As the revival of Annie opens on Broadway, complete with the musical's signature refrain, "the sun'll come out tomorrow," the East Coast shakes off the effects of Hurricane Sandy, and industry veterans play musical chairs across the country, writes LTN's Monica Bay. Meanwhile, to help Northeast firms still coping with outages and damage, LTN's parent company, ALM, has announced a relief program.
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May 24, 1999 |

Wingtips take wing

The casual dress trend, begun in California and once limited to Fridays, has, it seems, spread across the country, a survey of dress policy by The National Law Journal shows.
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October 30, 2012 |

Hurricane Redux

In the wake of Sandy and Katrina, legal organizations should update disaster protocols.
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March 01, 2006 |

Outsmarting Katrina

Law Technology News Awards recognize leadership during Gulf Coast hurricanes.
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February 25, 2005 |

Fate of 2004 Class Actions With New Act: A Mixed Bag

A class action against Big Tobacco that ended in a $591 million jury verdict in a Louisiana state court would never have been heard in that court had the Class Action Fairness Act been in effect when the case was filed, said counsel on both sides. "Had the new legislation been in place, we would have never been in state court," said tobacco defense attorney Dorothy Wimberly. "And we believe we would have prevailed in federal court because we don't believe the class would have been certified."
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February 20, 2012 |

Deepwater Horizon: The attorneys

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February 21, 2005 |

Fate of 2004 class actions with new act: a mixed bag

A class action against Big Tobacco that ended in a $591 million jury verdict in a Louisiana state court would never have been heard in that court had the Class Action Fairness Act—which was signed into law by President George W. Bush on Feb. 18—been in effect when the case was filed, said counsel on both sides.
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