California Court of Appeal rules that a tortfeasor must pay the full amount of the plaintiff's medical bills even if the medical provider accepted a lesser amount from plaintiff's insurance company as payment in full. This ruling was based on the collateral source rule. Rebecca Howell v. Hamilton Meats & Provisions, Court of Appeal, 4th Dist. Div 1 (B053620).
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11.24.09
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Personal Injury.
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Wood v. Allen, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections. US Supreme Court Case No. 08-9156. In an opinion by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence for an Alabama inmate who claimed his counsel was ineffective for failing to introduce evidence of his low IQ.
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1.20.10
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Criminal Law.
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Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, announced today that it has acquired Super Lawyers, the leading attorney ratings system for consumers, from Key Professional Media, based in Minneapolis, Minn. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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2.2.10
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Covington & Burling has asked a federal judge on Tuesday to grant summary judgment in the closely watched race discrimination suit against the firm. The case is Yolanda Young v. Covington & Burling.
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2.4.10
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Employment.
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Charlene Thornton, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Honolulu Office of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, is cautioning Honolulu’s legal community to be on alert for fraud
schemes focused upon local attorneys. Over the past six weeks, the FBI has received
reports of six different Honolulu law firms targeted in schemes with aggregate reported
losses exceeding $500,000.
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2.23.10
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An interesting article on how Lucie Barron founded and grew ADR Services into one of the most prominent Alternative Dispute Resolution firms in the country.
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5.6.10
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Articles.
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Profile of William Berg in Plaintiff's Magazine, August 2010 issue.
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8.3.10
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Personal Injury.
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Ortiz v. Jordan. Supreme Court Hearing Transcript featuring 33 year old attorney David Mills arguing for Ortiz. US Supreme Court Case No. 09-737.
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Barack Obama's Birth Certificate
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Fighting Poverty and Inequality 2 Day Seminar held on March 24-25, 2012 in San Francisco, CA. For ticketing information, please visit AttyEvents.com
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2.1.12
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