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Lawyer Ordered to Pay $45K for Frivolous Appeals 11th Circuit Ruling May Head Off Forum Shopping Judicial Races Get Meaner Tort reform is already showing positive results Malpractice debate pours cash on race for justice Court Chops More off $3 Billion Award in Philip Morris Case Tobacco trial heads for big showdown Lawyers' Invoices Are Not Privileged Communications House Moves to Crack Down on Frivolous Lawsuits Pfizer Settlement Clears Asbestos Litigation Philip Morris, Plaintiffs Spar Over Ill. Supreme Court Justice Philip Morris seeks removal of law firm State caps on liability argued at high court Bad News for Bad Lawyers Ford, Magna Face Class Action Over Door Latches Costco Latest in Wave of Gender Bias Suits Bankruptcy Judge Puts Brakes on Asbestos Claims Women Progress, but Few Queens of Torts Builders, Insurers Brace for Hurricane Charley's Legal Impact Edwards' malpractice suits leave bitter taste ABA Is Hit With Race Bias Claim Mass. Court OKs Class Action Status in 'Light' Cigarette Suit Review OKd in Wal-Mart case 2nd Circuit: Lower Court Erred in Releasing Settlement Data Boies' Bid for Massive Class Fails Four Insurers Agree to Pay $14 Million to Settle Lawsuit Fen-Phen Trials Get Under Way in Philadelphia Bristol-Myers to Pay $300M in Settlement Retired judge to join law firm of adviser in asbestos cases Rehabilitating the L-word Removal of judge denied in Bridgestone-Firestone suit N.Y. Bill Would Cap Tobacco Suit Appeal Bonds Lawsuit Alleges Google Discriminates Against Older Workers In a Shift, Bush Moves to Block Medical Suits Huge tobacco verdict at issue again Calif. Justices Hit Rewind on 'Friends' Suit Lawyers in U.S. Microsoft Case Want Cut of Fees in Miami Suit EBay Ruling Punctures Web Liability Shield Michigan court overturns $21 million sex harassment verdict against automaker FDA's Approval of Medical Device Bars Products Suit Out-of-State Diet Drug Plaintiffs May Sue in Philadelphia N.Y. Panel Splits on Liability Under Scaffold Law Barrage of lawsuits 'huge wake-up call' for non-profit hospitals Law Professor's Web Log Is Jurists' Must-Read Fla. Office but No Fla. Bar Exam for Johnnie Cochran? New Laws Help Tobacco Makers With Big Judgments The political sport of lawyer-bashing Obesity policy will benefit trial lawyers Edwards makes Houston stop Cash 'N' Kerry $112 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict Dismissed No Middle Ground in Reaction to Edwards Study: Calif. Med-Mal Trial Awards Reduced by 30 Percent 2nd Circuit Rejects Class Status in Lawsuit Over Stock Analysis 30 groups will support tobacco verdict Crackdown on Lawyer Ads The Women of Wall Street Get Their Day in Court Behind the Breakup of the Kings of Tort McDonald's hit with french fries lawsuit Senate abandons class-action lawsuit bill Consumers Union, Suzuki settle eight-year-old lawsuit Senate Republicans, Dems battle class-action bill Trial-Lawyers Lobby Discovers Unlikely Friends: Republicans Judge rejects defense argument in tobacco case Business Groups Greet Selection With Hostility Wal-Mart challenges size of class action suit Initiative Seeks Curbs on Consumer Lawsuits Senate Republicans Seek to Limit Class-Action Suits Edwards gives ticket a Southern identity Ski Area Negligence: A Slippery Slope Plaintiffs Bar Checks Into Hospitals Microsoft to Pay Up to $241 Million in Minnesota Class Action Lloyd's Launches $30M Fight Businesses Quake Over California Case Justice Breyer Rebuffs a Complaint U.S. Supreme Court Won't Hear 3M's Appeal of $68 Million Award Microsoft Settles Arizona Antitrust Suit Privacy Claim Driven Out of Court Calabresi Apologizes for Bush Jabs Officers, store settle in handgun lawsuit Politics From the Bench Judge's 'Mussolini' Comments Violated Ethics, Critics Say Wal-Mart vs. 1.6M female workers HMOs win Supreme Court ruling Audience Gasps as Judge Likens Election of Bush to Rise of Il Duce Edwards' Army Recruited for Kerry Cash Push Judges get leeway on appeal security U.S. High Court Action Bodes Ill for French Railroad Suit Conn. Justice Attacks 'Aggressive' Lawyer Ads Courts' race standard rejected Sacramento atheist wins $1 million Web libel judgment Damage-awards law tossed Mother May Claim Emotional Damages for Harm at Birth Barbour touts tort reforms in D.C., N.Y. Court decides $79.5 million award against tobacco giant is right sum New York suit against Microsoft can continue Johnnie Cochran Is Miami-Bound Supremes Say Foreign Governments Can Face Suits in U.S. Courts Owens Corning, Some Creditors OK Agreement Spat over valedictorian spawns Maryland suit Asbestos Bankruptcies Face Setbacks on Two Fronts Appeals court panel throws out $959 million judgment for U.S. POWs alleging torture Taft signs bill curbing asbestos suits Class Action Yields $60.7 Million in Legal Fees $123 million awarded in SUV rollover 9th Circuit Won't Rehear Gun Liability Case Frist to Delay Action on Lawsuits Bill Class Certification in Mold Case Denied GOP Looks to Limit Class-Action Suits Schwarzenegger Sees Money for State in Punitive Damages Arbitration trend fuels consumer lawsuits Fen-Phen Opt-Outs Win Evidentiary Victory Tracking the Boom in Prescription Drug Litigation 2nd Circuit Vacates $36.7M Attorney Fee Award Owens Corning creditors want more Mold report tries to settle health debate Fen-Phen Plaintiffs Dealt Blow in Pa., Federal Court Louisiana Jury Awards $591 Million in Smoking Case Court Boots Nationwide Class Action Against Compaq Judge ordered to step down in 3 US asbestos cases Judge Upholds $1 Billion Fen-Phen Award State could receive share of trial awards: Potential controversy in budget proposal The Case of the Cosmetics Giveaway: Lawsuit Defies Odds, Nears Settlement Lawsuits target alcohol industry Drop Seen in Settlement Totals for Securities Class Actions Court throws out $48M award against Propulsid maker Florida Supreme Court to Review $145 Bln Altria, Reynolds Case Lawyers seeking $258M for Microsoft lawsuit Beisner, Miller Publish New Study on Civil Litigation Citigroup Settles WorldCom Litigation Governor faces tough choices on lawsuit initiative Fen-Phen Lawyers Seek Halt of Payouts Trial lawyers court GOP ATLA is looking to shed its image as a Dem partisan Arlen Specter or His Opponent? Trial Lawyers Like Both Milberg Weiss Completes Its Breakup Record-Setting $1 Billion Verdict Returned in Fen-Phen Suit Coach's Lawsuit Is Going to Trial Settlement Looms for Verizon Wireless Could be Worth $1 Billion — or Not |
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