Litigation-Business
The Plaintiff’s Attorney’s Search for Driver Fatigue to Inflate Value of Case
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In any instance involving the tragic loss of life or serious injury in commercial truck collisions, extensive discovery is required and one of the critical areas focuses on proof of hours of service violations, writes Mark Perkins.
Day Pitney and Cohen Seglias Create Collaborative Team for Title IX Investigations
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Day Pitney LLP and Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC have launched a joint Title IX Investigations Initiative designed to allow the firms to provide clients greater services in the wake of a growing number of Title IX investigations.
Trump’s Campaign Backs Down From Threatened Lawsuit Over Delegates
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Less than 24 hours after Donald Trump threatened to sue for votes ahead of a potentially contested GOP nominating convention, a move that could foreshadow a new phase in the GOP’s ugly primary fight, his campaign backed down, reports Time.
Janis Hui Ozaki Joins Dykema as Senior Counsel in Los Angeles
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Janis Hui Ozaki has joined Dykema as senior counsel in the Litigation department in the firm’s Los Angeles office.
This Is What It’s Like to Try to Sue Donald Trump
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The tycoon has launched – or lent his name to – a slew of business ventures that have yielded frustrated customers and investors who have sought legal recourse, reports Mother Jones magazine.
Fight Ensues Over Body of Famed Houston Lawyer John O’Quinn
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A cousin and the self-styled common-law wife of the late John O’Quinn, the man deemed “King of Torts” by Forbes after his death in a Houston car accident in 2009, are engaged in a fight over the place of interment of the litigator’s body.
An Introduction to Contract Boilerplate
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“Boilerplate” is standardized language used in common documents to reduce the time spent in negotiation and document preparation, explains Brad Reid, Senior Scholar, Dean Institute for Corporate Governance and Integrity at Lipscomb University, in an article published on the HuffingtonPost.
Reducing E-Discovery Costs without Sacrificing Defensibility
White Paper
Exterro has published a new white paper that features e-discovery insights by Aaron Crews, Head of E-Discovery at Walmart, along with other e-discovery experts, on creating a defensible, yet cost-effective process.
New eBook: Learn Technologies for Superior Fact-Finding
eBook
Modern investigations turn on electronically stored evidence, which presents unique challenges both in finding critical information and scaling efforts to cull and analyze large volumes of data.
J&J Hit With $500 Million Verdict in Hip Implant Trial
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The verdict at the conclusion of the two-month trial called for about $140 million in total compensatory damages and about $360 million in punitive damages.
GM Says ‘Accidents Happen’ in New Ignition Switch Flaw Trial
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The accident involving a collision on a New Orleans bridge during a January 2014 ice storm is at the center of a case that could affect the outcome of hundreds of other GM ignition switch cases.
Bankruptcy Law and the Post-Scalia Supreme Court
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Justice Antonin Scalia’s death is big news in the larger political world, leaving a Supreme Court that may be evenly split on a wide range of politically and socially charged legal questions, writes G. Ray Warner in Greenberg Traurig’s GT Restucturing Review.
Read This Before You Sign Any Contract
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A coalition of lawmakers led by Senators Patrick Leahy and Al Franken have introduced legislation to strengthen worker and consumer protections against binding arbitration.
Handbook Contract Disclaimers & Mandatory Arbitration Policies
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A New Jersey court recently used the so-called contract “disclaimer” language in an employer’s handbook to preclude the employer from enforcing a mandatory arbitration program contained in that same handbook, reports Kevin C. Donovan in a Wilson Elser client alert.
How Much Will Erin Andrews Get Paid After Winning Her Lawsuit? Not $55 Million
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Sportscaster Erin Andrews’ $55 million judgment against the stalker who filmed her nude and the hotel where the incident occurred will certainly turn into a far smaller payout, predicts The Hollywood Reporter.
The Plaintiffs’ Lawyer Chasing VW
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Elizabeth Cabraser’s eloquence and focus on the clients contrasted with dozens of others who pitched the judge to lead the massive case against Volkswagen, bragging about their most recent newspaper awards, school credentials and trial prowess.
Job Applicant Waited Too Long to Sue Over Credit Report
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The statute of limitations on an unsuccessful job applicant’s Fair Credit Reporting Act claim began to run when he discovered that his credit report had been pulled.
Killer Contract Clauses
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Contracts and the law are not about common sense. They’re about rules. Know them and win. Ignore them and forget about retiring on time, writes Jack Garson.”
Texas Lawyers Sued for Allegedly Bankrolling BP Spill Scam
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Plaintiffs blame the lawyers in part for obstructing their efforts to pursue their own claims for payments under BP’s restitution program for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Adversarial Cooperation – The New Legal Oxymoron?
White Paper
What “cooperation” means specifically in the predictive coding context has not been answered conclusively, but transparency should be paramount (as long as it doesn’t compromise strategy).
