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Dewey, LeBoeuf Name New Board Ahead of Merger
Merger partners LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae and Dewey Ballantine unveiled last week the make-up of the 22-member executive board that will oversee the running of the combined firm when their merger becomes effective today. Though the firms' European-based partners will have a significant voice, Asia notably misses out on board-level representation. The region has been earmarked by LeBoeuf's chairman for significant expansion.Miami Attorney Traces Illness To Rare Cigarettes In Winning $4.8 Million Asbestos Award
David Jagolinzer, whose 74-year-old client has mesothelioma, persuaded the jury to make Lorillard liable for $3.52 million and a paper mill liable for $1.28 million.Diaz Leaves Blank Rome for Cozen O'Connor in Philadelphia
When former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Sandra Schultz Newman left the bench for private practice at Philadelphia's Cozen O'Connor, Nelson A. Diaz wrote her a note of congratulations and said maybe one day they'd practice together. That was back in January, and Diaz recently decided to move to Cozen O'Connor from Blank Rome. Some things are all about timing -- and a good deal. "It's the right time to go when you have a new managing partner you don't have a relationship with," Diaz said.Pataki's Victory Ends Legislative Logjam on Ultimate Penalty
During the 18 years in which the New York Legislature routinely passed death penalty legislation and Democratic Govs. Hugh L. Carey and Mario M. Cuomo just as routinely vetoed those bills, the debate over capital punishment was academic, abstract. But when George E. Pataki upset Cuomo on a pro-death penalty platform, the dynamics shifted instantly and dramatically. And so did the politics.View more book results for the query "The Ferraro Law Firm"
Case Abolishing Common Law Marriage Is Good Law
In the latest word on common law marriage in Pennsylvania, a Superior Court panel has ruled that trial courts across the state - absent a contrary ruling from the state Supreme Court - must abide by the Commonwealth Court's abolishment of the doctrine.Asbestos Suits Get New Life in Florida
Two recent Florida appellate court rulings have signaled new life for hundreds of asbestos liability lawsuits -- many filed by plaintiffs whose cases have only a tenuous connection to the state. That's despite a new state law pushed by business advocates making it harder to file asbestos claims in Florida. Business groups say asbestos plaintiffs like Palm Beach Circuit Court, a popular venue for more than a decade, because its judges and juries are hostile to out-of-state corporate defendants.Attorney fended off suit against Chrysler in hard-fought mesothelioma case
Jeff Bell, Bell & MelamedKeker Knocked Out of Genentech Retrial
A federal judge on Wednesday barred Keker & Van Nest from defending Genentech Inc. at the retrial of a $1.2 billion patent infringement case brought by the University of California, citing a conflict of interest. Keker partner Ragesh Tangri, while an associate at Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin five years ago, logged 2,000 hours on the case on behalf of the university which represents "a direct conflict," Judge Charles Legge ruled from the bench.State AI Legislation Is on the Move in 2024
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