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How to Deal With the Many Types of Anti-Corporate Jurors
Friday, February 2, 2007

Although memories of Enron may be fading from the public mind, jurors still voice significant distrust of companies. But in assessing potential jurors, companies shouldn't rely on just one way of detecting or handling anti-corporate bias. Consultants Ken Broda-Bahm and Kevin Boully explain there are several different juror bias types, requiring just as varied an approach by litigators. For example, how would you approach the juror type known as the anti-corporate egalitarian?
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While Retrieving Drunken Client, Lawyer Is Busted for Drunken Driving
Police arrested a Wisconsin lawyer for drunken driving after he went to the station to pick up a client who had been arrested for the same offense. Attorney Rick Petri said he had had some drinks before police phoned him at home at about 2 a.m. to get his client. When Petri arrived at the police station, he was given a preliminary breath test. Said Petri: "I did not think I was intoxicated, and I was wrong."
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Suit Allowed Over Firm's Role in Debt Collection
A New York federal judge has ruled that a suit may proceed against a law
firm that allegedly sent out debt collection letters without conducting
any meaningful review of the cases referenced in the correspondence.
Upton Cohen & Slamowitz sent a letter to Arthur Miller seeking payment
for charges to a Lord & Taylor credit card. Miller sued, claiming the
letter was designed to confuse the "least sophisticated consumer" and
purported to be by an attorney who was not meaningfully involved in the
matter.
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Judge: Amount Of Punitive Damages In Prempro Case Will Be Sealed

PHILADELPHIA - Any amount of punitive damages a jury decides to award to an Arkansas couple who are already set to receive $1.5 million from Prempro manufacturer Wyeth will not be known unless the case goes on appeal, a Pennsylvania Common Pleas Court judge ruled Jan. 30 (Mary Daniel v. Wyeth, June 2004 Term, No. 02368, Pa. Comm. Pls., Philadelphia Co.).
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Latham reunites Enron prosecution team

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Conn. Attorney Suspended for Shady Land Deal
Veteran lawyer Morris Olmer has been suspended from the practice of law for six months for his role in a real estate transaction that may be a blatant case of mortgage fraud. While the degree of culpability among those involved is disputed, there's no question in state disciplinary officials' minds that Olmer falsely reported the sale price of a West Haven, Conn., property and deserved punishment. However, Olmer characterized his handling of the real estate transaction as nothing more than sloppy oversight.
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Cotchett Pitre Partner Bruce Simon Flies Solo
After 23 years with Cotchett, Pitre, Simon & McCarthy, name partner Bruce Simon is leaving to start his own boutique in San Francisco. The antitrust and securities litigator expects to officially open The Law Offices of Bruce L. Simon with associate Esther Klisura this week. Antitrust attorneys say handling enormous cases in a small firm is no cakewalk, and good relations with that section of the bar -- which typically forms coalitions of attorneys from various firms -- will be of utmost importance.
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Stimson resigns in aftermath of Guantanamo representation slurs
[JURIST] US Defense Department Deputy Assistant Secretary for Detainee Affairs Charles "Cully" Stimson [JURIST news archive] resigned Friday in the aftermath of a backlash to remarks [JURIST report] he made in a radio interview [recorded audio] last month criticizing lawyers at top US law firms
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Cops suspended in case of woman who miscarried
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Secretary guilty of stealing Coke secrets
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No death penalty sought for cops in Katrina shootings
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Linklaters confirms Davies: his first interview

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NEW YORK, NY UNITED STATES American Museum of Natural History 2007-01-05
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Fewer Insurance Lawsuits Being Filed In Federal Court In 2004, Study Released By LexisNexis Concludes
If the current trend continues, there will again be fewer insurance cases filed in federal court this year than in 2003 and 2002, according to a report by LexisNexis. There were 3,991 cases in which "insurance" is the nature of suit filed in federal courts in the first half of 2004. That compares with 4,298 for the first half of last year and 4,463 in the first half of 2002.


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New Vintage of Wine Litigation Is Fermenting
A second round of wine-related litigation is fermenting across the nation, challenging state shipping laws that limit direct sales to consumers. New suits and amended complaints are attacking requirements that consumers buy wine in person, and wineries are challenging shipping limits based on production volume. The recent suits put a new twist on the direct-shipping issues that prompted a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling which found that New York and Michigan discriminated against out-of-state wineries.
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DLA scoops CC ally to lead Islamic push

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Judge Dismisses Prempro Case, Finds Warning Claims Preempted

HOUSTON -- A Texas state court judge on Jan. 31 dismissed with prejudice a woman's claims against the manufacturer of Prempro as well as numerous sales representatives and physicians after finding that her failure-to-warn claims are preempted by federal law (Susan Brockert, et al. v. Wyeth, et al., No. 2003-49357, Texas Dist., Harris Co., 151st Jud. Dist.).
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