Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP was named Regional Litigation Department of the Year for Georgia and a finalist in the Best Client-Law Firm Team category of The American Lawyer 2021 Industry Awards.
Full circle
Full circle
Friendship forged on porch steps reveals a nearly 100-year connection between two Flyer families.
The delicate French Haviland china, with its dainty pink floral border and elegant gold accents, is back right where it belongs thanks to a Flyer friendship forged on the steps of 311 Kiefaber St. more than 40 years ago.
Illustration by Dan Zettwoch
The story begins close to a century ago when relatives of Mary “Connie” Conway ’77 gifted the china to Monsignor John Shields, the parish priest in their town of Aledo in northwest Illinois. It ends with the dishes now resting in Conway’s china cabinet.
Michigan State University students call on board to release Nassar-related documents
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EAST LANSING, MI – Several speakers at the Michigan State University Board of Trustees meeting Friday called on the board to release 6,000 pages of records protected by attorney-client privilege in the Larry Nassar investigation.
Last month, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced that the state was halting its sex abuse probe in the Nassar case because the board refuses to release those documents. Both the university and a judge claimed that the documents are protected by attorney-client privilege.
“I am tired. Survivors are tired. The MSU community is tired, but we are wide awake to your deceptive maneuvers,” said Danielle James, an MSU student and president of Women’s Council at MSU. “It is the lack of transparency and compliance that allowed Nassar to continue his predatory actions for so long, and it is the duty of the Boa
Robert Resnik Here s a little media note for ya:
Robert Resnik, longtime host of Vermont Public Radio s folk and traditional music show All the Traditions, is finally back at the mic after a nine-month absence. Resnik had been away from his post and quarantining hard due to some personal health factors that made him high risk for COVID-19. He recently scheduled his first round of vaccination and has returned to the radio booth. Resnik s first show of 2021 aired on Sunday. The episode is currently in the station s Replay Stream, which cycles through a number of current episodes of various programs, for a limited time. Check vpr.org to find out how and when to hear the broadcast.
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NJ Court Lends Support To FDA Evidence In Mesh Cases
Law360 (January 27, 2021, 11:27 AM EST) A New Jersey state appeals court seemed open to letting jurors hear that a pelvic mesh product was cleared through the U.S. Food and Drug Administration s 510(k) process, as the panel weighed C.R. Bard Inc. s bid to throw out $68 million in damages over a woman s injuries from its devices.
During a remote hearing on Bard s appeal of 2018 verdicts for plaintiff Mary McGinnis and her husband when such evidence was excluded the panel on Monday suggested a company could be allowed to present evidence of 510(k) clearance showing that its product is substantially equivalent to an older device.