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You will typically be responsible for reading 250-300 pages per week . Today , the adjective " Dickensian " has come to be a complicated literary compliment , a word that simultaneously declares an author to have a great gift and insinuates that he or she has yet to get that gift under control ( the epithet " Dickensian " has been applied to writers as diverse as Peter Carey , Zadie Smith , and Salman Rushdie ) . At every point , we will attempt to register the shifting complexity of the connection between two genres that emerged simultaneously for similar reasons , shared many interests and concerns , and yet in the end differed so profoundly from one another . Typically , it is done by lawyers whose firms have a large number of related cases and are within geographic reach of the courthouse , helping them craft their cases by seeing what works and what does n't . " I would be surprised if Merck would just cave [ and settle cases ] simply based on having to have lawyers run in a lot of different directions , " said Deborah Barnard , a Boston lawyer specializing in product liability cases.But New York attorney Michael London , who is handling more than 100 Vioxx lawsuits but is not on Lanier 's team , said Lanier 's strategy is a good one because it makes things less predictable for Merck.With nearly all the lawsuits so far filed either in New Jersey or federal court and just two judges overseeing those cases now , London said , Merck can expect consistent rulings and know when its cases will be scheduled for trial.Merck can automatically move to federal court any class action cases , although that 's a tiny minority so far , and any cases filed in state courts outside of New Jersey.If the plaintiff in the state court also names a second defendant , such as a doctor or pharmacy , in that plaintiff 's home state , usually the case cannot be moved to federal court . " Future Search is a dynamic , two-and-a-half-day planning meeting first developed in Philadelphia and used by groups around the world to transform and enhance an organization or community 's capability for cooperative action - - even if participants have had no prior contact and / or if they do n't typically work together . Under Texas caps on punitive damages , that will be cut to no more than $ 26 million , and Merck plans to appeal.About half of the 7,000 Vioxx suits filed so far have been brought in Merck 's home state of New Jersey.At its peak , Vioxx brought Merck about $ 2.5 billion in annual revenues . When the English author Peter Ackroyd published his magisterial 2000 study London : The Biography , he effectively announced that as far as he is concerned , London is a living , breathing entity , one that must be understood as such if it is to be properly appreciated and genuinely known . For , could he recapture that first impression , he now hoped for far more from it . You will typically be responsible for reading 300-350 pages per week . Each theatre was exclusively leased by a manager , often an " Actor-Manager , " who established a reputation for his theatre ( the actor-managers were most often men ) through the style of his acting , the physical splendor of the production , and the type of dramatic entertainment offered .