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State Jury Awards $160 Million Verdict for Truck's Defective Design That Left Man With Spinal Cord Injury

Wed, 2024-09-11 10:35

"This case highlights DTNA's failure to increase cab strength for nearly 30 years despite the knowledge that rollovers represent the single most harmful event for truck drivers," the plaintiff's attorney said.

       

'Shocking, Distasteful ' A&O Shearman Lawyers Slam Johannesburg Office Closure

Wed, 2024-09-11 09:41

Lawyers were gearing up to celebrate their 10th anniversary in South Africa and had just signed a lease for new office space.

       

$10M John Deere Bribery Settlement Underscores Risks of Not Integrating Acquisitions

Wed, 2024-09-11 08:43

The Securities and Exchange Commission said that in the three years after Deere bought Wirtgen Thailand, the unit plied government officials with cash, massage parlor visits and lavish sightseeing trips to Europe.

       

SEC Charges Apex Partner Behind $852K Alleged Crypto Fraud

Wed, 2024-09-11 00:24

"This shows that individuals appear to be still using crypto as bait to lure investors into what are essentially old-fashioned get-rich-quick schemes," said Arlo Devlin-Brown, a partner at Covington & Burling.

       

Eighth Circuit Upholds Enforcement of No-Bill Agreements

Wed, 2024-09-11 00:22

The Eighth Circuit held unanimously that these "no-bill agreements" were legal in an opinion that turned on the statutory interpretation of Minnesota's No-Fault Act.

       

Snowflake Faces Avalanche of Federal Lawsuits Over Massive Data Breach

Tue, 2024-09-10 18:49

James Pizzirusso, a co-founder and partner at Hausfeld who is representing plaintiffs in cases filed against Snowflake, said that the company "should have taken extra precautions here given the sensitivity of the data that it hosted" and "the massive number of breaches that have been occurring in the last decade."

       

Womble Bond, Lewis Roca Seeing Competitive Advantages in Combined Firm

Tue, 2024-09-10 18:26

"You're really looking at IP, real estate and financial services. Those three areas are really going to differentiate us," said incoming CEO Merrick Benn.

       

Would FTC Chair Lina Khan Stay on Under a President Harris or Trump?

Tue, 2024-09-10 18:14

With Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump seeking the presidency, questions have arisen as to whether Khan would be compatible with either administration. It is unclear how either presidential nominee plans to address antitrust and consumer protection matters.

       

US Senate Confirms 2 Biden Judge Picks for SDNY and Baltimore Federal Courts

Tue, 2024-09-10 18:13

Senators voted 51-43 to confirm Jeannette Vargas as a U.S. District Court judge for the Southern District of New York and 53-43 to confirm Adam B. Abelson as a U.S. District Court judge for the District of Maryland.

       

NY's Top Court Mulls Fate of Personal Injury Claims Against NJ Transit Corp.

Tue, 2024-09-10 17:50

Katherine L. Pringle, a litigation partner in Friedman Kaplan, made the case that the New Jersey state agency could not be sued in New York.

       

BCLP Sues Miss America Competitions for Nearly $1 Million in Unpaid Fees

Tue, 2024-09-10 17:00

The Florida complaint comes two years after a St. Louis County judge entered a default judgment in favor of the law firm.

       

A Sliver of Forever Chemical Allegations Allowed to Proceed Against Prime Hydration Beverage, Judge Rules

Tue, 2024-09-10 16:42

"Castillo alleges that the dangerous chemicals present in the Grape Sports Drink compromised its safety and fitness for consumption The FAC states that PFAS found in Defendant's product are 'poisonous or deleterious' and 'indisputably linked to negative health consequences.' Further, the PFOA and PFOS found in the product exceed the EPA's recommended limit for drinking water. These allegations are sufficient at this stage," wrote U.S. District Judge Araceli Marti nez-Olgui n.

       

Former D.C.-Based Orrick Litigator Jumps to King & Spalding's Miami Office as Partner

Tue, 2024-09-10 16:41

After moving to Miami in 2021 while head of Orrick's sports practice, Will Stute is now officially based in Miami after joining King & Spalding's products liability and mass torts practice.

       

Courts Need Experts' Help in Analyzing Online Arbitration Clause Designs, Judge Says

Tue, 2024-09-10 16:35

"Rather than debating among ourselves our impressions about font size and color, the placement of hyperlinks, and the choice between click-wrap and browse-wrap agreements, we should start treating these issues about user-interface design as questions of fact," wrote Judge David Hamilton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

       

New York Top Court Shuts Door on RFK Jr.'s Residency Appeal

Tue, 2024-09-10 16:19

The Court of Appeals, in a two-sentence directive, said its decision was based "upon the ground that no substantial constitutional question is directly involved."

       

Second 50 Law Firms Are Moving Up With Game-Changing Combinations

Tue, 2024-09-10 16:19

If you're outside the top 50, it's harder to grow through laterals without being dented by attrition of your own, industry analysts say.

       

Frank Founder Charlie Javice May Rely on Advice of Counsel Defense, Her Filing Says

Tue, 2024-09-10 16:11

Defendants claim the unnamed individual provided legal advice relating to marketing and strategic determinations during discussions with JPMorgan.

       

Idaho Supreme Court Mulls Regional Standards of Care for Medical Negligence in Lawsuit Underlying Legal Mal Action

Tue, 2024-09-10 15:45

"If you're out in the trenches like me, and I've handled a lot of medical malpractice cases, I'm going to make certain that the expert and the doctor that is being sued are of the same training so that you can establish that they both have the same standard of care because that's where most of these cases break down," Gary L. Cooper, a partner at Cooper & Larsen, argued on behalf of the defendant attorney Monday.

       

Athena Bitcoin, Genesis Coin Face Potential Class Action Over 'Epidemic' Elder Fraud

Tue, 2024-09-10 15:16

"We're taking a new legal problem and we're trying to find solutions for our client," said Marc E. Dann, an ex-state attorney general.

       

'Bewitched by the Technology': $300K to Settle Faulty Facial Recognition

Tue, 2024-09-10 14:59

Sexton likened the Woodbridge police department's handling of facial recognition to early users of GPS technology who drove off a cliff because the technology told them to. "It was like this magic thing. You're kind of bewitched by the technology," he said.

       

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