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27 Jan 5:25 am
Kevin Ashby was injured in a rear-end collision and claimed the incident aggravated a herniated disc
condition. After listening to expert testimony, and Ashby's inconsistent statements as to whether he had sought treatment ... upheld if it's
based on a fair interpretation of the evidence. Since the jury's conclusion -- the accident didn't cause Ashby's injury -- was reasonable under
the circumstances, the AD2 affirmed the outcome. Take that ... To download a copy of the Appellate Division's decision ...
23 Aug, 2008 8:52 pm
... compilation for easy and free research. See the extended entry for the list and links provided. The list includes the following cities and towns: Abington Acton Adams Agawam
Amesbury (Zoning) Amherst Andover Arlington Ashburnham Ashby Ashby (Zoning) Ashland Attleboro
(Zoning) Auburn Barnstable Barnstable (Zoning) Barre Becket Becket (Zoning) Bedford Bedford (Zoning) Belchertown Bellingham Bellingham (Zoning) Belmont Belmont (Zoning) Billerica
Billerica (Zoning) Blackstone (Zoning) Bolton Boston ...
10 Feb, 2007 6:02 pm
Seems obvious to me they are, but Ashby Jones at the Wall Street Journal asks "Are law firm websites attorney advertising?" Ashby picked up on a post from Eric Turkewitz that despite New York's new attorney disciplinary rules on advertising, 11 of the 15 largest law firms in the
country have failed to comply. What are the new New York rules relevant to law firm websites? "Advertisement" means any public or private communication made by or on behalf of a lawyer
or law firm about that lawyer or ...
30 Aug, 2007 8:31 pm
... me to unearth a brief article (paid subscription required) from last fall by Wall Street Journal reporter Ashby Jones, who writes on issues
related to the practice of law, particularly those related to the problems encountered by lawyers in trying to balance being a lawyer with being a human being, one who must live in a
world of non-lawyers. The impetus for Ashby's article, entitled "Tough Times for In-House Lawyers" was the resignation of another general
counsel of a publicly-traded ...
12 Apr, 2007 5:49 pm
... from the NYT. The U.S. Attorneys identified for removal are four who were ultimately dismissed: Margaret Chiara (Grand Rapids), Kevin Ryan
(San Francisco), Carol Lam (San Diego) and H.E. Cummins II (Little Rock). Sampson suggested that ... Mobile, Ala. Taylor was appointed by Mr. Gonzales in September 2006 as a temporary
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. To replace Kevin Ryan, Sampson proposed Daniel Levin, a former counselor to Gonzales's predecessor,
John Ashcroft and now a lawyer at ...
26 Apr, 2007 5:49 pm
... Martin Armstrong jailed for more than seven years, so he can begin serving his prison sentence in his criminal case. Here's the story, from Dow Jones Newswires. At a hearing in
federal court in Manhattan, U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel found that further incarceration wouldn't compel Armstrong to turn over the
disputed property in a civil matter related to Princeton Economics International. But the judge kept in place the finding that Armstrong was in contempt and indicated prosecutors ...
3 Jun, 2007 5:48 pm
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin (pictured) apparently felt really really strongly about a Second Circuit ruling today, which held that the FCC had
acted in an "arbitrary and capricious manner" in attempting to enforce new indecency rules against Fox Broadcasting. How strongly? Check out the first line of his statement: "Today, the
Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said the use of the words "f-" and "s-" by Cher and Nicole Richie was not indecent." [Martin spelled out the words in his ...
12 Jun, 2007 2:16 pm
... is echoed by many on both sides of the aisle. Judges' inquiries on demand futility turn on the facts in each case. "Now that a handful of cases have come down, you can start to try
to identify where your case falls within the range," says Kevin Muck, the co-chair of the securities-litigation department at Fenwick &
West in San Francisco. "But it's still a little early to draw conclusions I'd have a lot of confidence in." Settlements: Check Back Later On: Lots of filed derivative cases have ...
8 Aug, 2007 2:01 pm
WSJ editor Martin Peers and WSJ reporter Kevin Delaney recently put their collective talents together and graciously threw the Law Blog the
following post: His father is doing battle in a massive lawsuit with the company. But that's not enough to stop Philippe Dauman Jr. from going to work for Google. Dauman's dad, Philippe
Dauman (pictured, left), is none other the CEO of Viacom, which earlier this year lodged a $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against the Internet titan. Dauman, a ...
16 Apr, 2008 5:41 am
... team is heading into its final game of the season bringing up the rear of the NBA's Western Conference with a 19-62 record. And beyond this week, little is certain about the future
of the team. The team's new owners have expressed a desire to move Kevin Durant and Co. to Oklahoma City. And now, word from the Emerald City
is that former owner, Howard Schultz (of Starbucks fame), is looking to sue the new owners to keep the team put. Click here for background from our friends at the Daily Fix. ...
23 Apr, 2008 5:02 pm
... , two recent rulings out of San Francisco have both plaintiff and defense lawyers thinking that settlements in the derivative suits may be harder to come by than perhaps originally
thought. Click here for a nice blog post from the D&O Diary's Kevin LaCroix. Here's the deal: Several derivative suits have settled
already, for, as LaCroix puts it, "some combination of an agreement to pay the plaintiffs attorneys fees, some adjustment to the company officials options grants, and the companys
...
31 Jul, 2008 5:33 pm
... those wondering why the company is getting money, well, click here and here for earlier posts on backdating derivative suits. Here's the press release on the deal from plaintiffs'
firm Labaton Sucharow. Of course, $47.5 million is a good chunk of change, but the settlement doesn't approach the $895 million deal reached between plaintiffs and UnitedHealth earlier
this month. Click here for a handy list of all the backdating dismissals, settlements and the like, from D&O Diary's Kevin LaCroix.
2 Sep, 2008 5:43 pm
Indulge us for a moment, Law Blog readers. Let's say you're a career minor-league baseball player not unlike Crash Davis, Kevin Costner's
character in Bull Durham (pictured). Let's say that year after year, you've put up good numbers (as they say) at the AAA level, one stop away from the majors, but you've never really
gotten your shot at the big time (or the big money). Let's also assume that you've never dabbled in performance-enhancing drugs but feel pretty strongly that some guys who've ...
4 Sep, 2008 4:34 pm
... Wilmer. Before you take out your knives, Law Blog readers, take a look at some of the dispatches. They ain't half bad. In fact, we're going to surprise ourselves here and say that
some are pretty darn good. D.C. associate Kevin Chambers, who comes across as an entirely likable sort, gives a pretty frank assessment of why
lawyers don't do much working from home. And we like Boston litigation associate Anne McLaughlin's post on flying to New York for a witness preparation. To be sure, they're ...
4 Mar 5:56 am
... , a former SEC and Justice Department prosecutor who now teaches criminal law at Wayne State University Law School, told AmLaw. "Always. At some point, the individual's interest and
the company's interest are going to diverge." The SEC, for its part, is not under any obligation to stop questioning someone who doesn't have his or her own lawyer, experts say. "Ms.
Pendergest-Holt was fully appraised of her rights," said SEC lawyer Kevin Edmundson says. "We don't play hide the football here."
30 Apr 6:38 am
... the first time in our lives, we felt a modicum of sympathy for law-firm partners, after reading this excerpt: For the partners forced to leave, the shock has been profound.
Recruiters report a surge in demand from former partners who, as Kevin Cooper of Palm Legal International Consulting, puts it, "have found
themselves in a situation they never thought they would be in". He describes the shock of a securitisation specialist who has been asked to leave only five years after becoming a
partner. ...
7 May 7:28 am
... s board concluded that the companys mortgage practice violated certain origination requirements and that the companys disclosures during the class period had misled investors
about these practices and financial condition. Click here for the company's press release; here for Kevin LaCroix's take at the D&O diary
(Hat tip: AmLaw Litigation Daily). The plaintiffs were repped by Milberg and Bernstein Liebhard; Beazer was repped by Cravath and Troutman Sanders. Wal-k, Don't Run: Wal-Mart has ...
8 May 8:48 am
... indicates - faring okay in the courtroom as well. A federal jury in Chicago on Thursday found securities-fraud liability on behalf of Household International, now part of HSBC, and
four of its executives. Click here for a writeup from AmLaw's Andrew Longstreth; here for Kevin Lacroix's take at the D&O Diary; and here
for more from Adam Savett's Securities Litigation Watch blog; here for a story from the Chicago Trib. The case had been kicking around the courts for nearly seven years. On ...
1 Jun 7:08 am
... lifetime tenure and complete independence of a Supreme Court seat." Akin Gump's Tom Goldstein, said last week that he had reviewed 50 appeals involving race in which Sotomayor
participated. In 45 of those cases, a three-judge panel rejected the discrimination claim - and Sotomayor never once dissented, he said. "This is a judge who does not see it as her job
to fix all the social ills in the world," added Kevin Russell, a Washington appellate lawyer who also has analyzed Sotomayor's opinions.
12 Aug 11:11 am
... injunction within 60 days. "We are very pleased with the terms of the Final Judgment," said Vulpe in a statement. "The financial award due to i4i is now over $290 million and a
Permanent Injunction has also been issued against Microsoft." "We are disappointed by the court's ruling," Microsoft spokesman Kevin Kutz said
in a statement, according to the Seattle PI. "We believe the evidence clearly demonstrated that we do not infringe and that the i4i patent is invalid. We will appeal the verdict."
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