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Judge Halves Jury’s $1 Billion Punitive Damages Award in J&J Hip Implant Case
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U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade in Dallas found the jury’s punitive-damage awards to six patients were excessive and should be reduced, according to court filings.
Attorneys in Trump University Case Talk Strategy, Leaks and Deposing The Future President
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The attorneys’ big break came when some former Trump University employees leaked playbooks and scripts used by instructors, reports The San Diego Union-Tribune.
Top U.S. Court to Consider Curbing Texas Suits by Patent Holders
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A victory for the appellant would bar most patent owners from pressing cases in the Eastern District of Texas, a patent-friendly jurisdiction where more than a third of all infringement suits are now filed, Bloomberg reports.
Trump Ordered to Give Deposition in Washington Restaurant Suit
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Superior Court Judge Jennifer Di Toro set a time limit of seven hours on the deposition and ordered that it will take place during the first week of January, reports Reuters.
Don’t Bury Arbitration in Your Employee Handbook
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Getting an arbitration clause to stick isn’t always easy, but the effort can be worth it if it avoids just one drawn-out, expensive lawsuit, advises Business Management Daily.
GM Petitions U.S. Supreme Court Over Bankruptcy Shield
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A number of injury, wrongful death and economic loss lawsuits have been filed against GM over its faulty ignition switches and recall of nearly 2.6 million older vehicles in 2014, according to The Detroit News
Lawyer: Supreme Court Allows NFL Players’ Concussion Settlement to be Final
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A lawyer for former NFL players seeking damages for brain injuries suffered while playing football says the U.S. Supreme Court’s rejection of a legal challenge to a $1 billion settlement from the NFL means players can get the help they need.
White Paper: Top 10 E-Discovery Cases from 2016
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Exterro has published a white paper titled “Top 10 E-Discovery Cases of 2016,” which reviews the top e-discovery cases of 2016 and their implications for practitioners.
Texas Court Fight Over Selena TV Show Highlights Estate Law Principles
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A planned TV show about the late Tejano singing star Selena has hit a legal barrier, according to a post on the website of Androvett Legal Media & Marketing.
Wells Fargo Killing Sham Account Suits by Using Arbitration
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Customers argue that they couldn’t have agreed to arbitration, considering they didn’t sign up for the accounts in the first place. The bank counters that the agreements in the customers’ original contracts also cover the disputed accounts.
Johnson & Johnson Hit With Over $1 Billion Verdict on Hip Implants
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The New Jersey pharmaceutical and medical device maker and its DePuy Orthopaedics subsidiary must pay damages to six California plaintiffs who say they suffered serious chronic and painful medical problems caused by the device, reports The Dallas Morning News.
Best Practices for Litigating in the Age of Social Media
Event, Dec. 7, 1 p.m. EST
Social media is a part of the litigation equation that attorneys can no longer ignore. Whether in the context of pre-litigation investigation, discovery, or trial, understanding how to use social media content and metadata to pursue and defend claims has become critical.
Trump’s SCOTUS Shortlister Kethledge Doesn’t Mince Words
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President-elect Donald Trump and Sixth Circuit Judge Raymond M. Kethledge have something in common — blunt opinions, reports Bloomberg Law.
Facts in Law Firm Discrimination Suit No Bellwether on Gender Pay
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Sarah Bradbury, senior counsel at Dallas litigation boutique Estes Thorne & Carr PLLC, comments on the recent $100 million discrimination lawsuit against Chadbourne & Parke over claims that female partners are paid less than their male counterparts.
Lawyer Spared from $1M Sanction Faces $45K Fine
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Philadelphia insurance defense attorney Nancy Raynor had at one time faced a $1 million sanction, imposed for alleged witness intimidation during a medical-malpractice case.
Trump Nears Settlement in Trump University Lawsuit
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Some former students of the now-defunct school claim they were they were lured by false promises into paying up to $35,000 to learn Trump’s real estate investing “secrets” from his “hand-picked” instructors, according to Reuters.
The Five Biggest Issues Facing the New Ninth Justice
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The BloombergBusinessweek authors discuss the top five issues, which include climate change, arbitration, class actions, property rights and insider trading.
Could Presidential Election Results Usher in Federal-Level Tort Reform?
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Dallas lawyer Trey Branham of Dean Omar Branham says Donald Trump’s election could mean Texas-style tort reform at the federal level.
Trump’s Victory Has Enormous Consequences for the Supreme Court
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At some point next year, the nine-member court will be restored to full capacity, once again with a majority of Republican-appointed justices, writes Robert Barnes for The Washington Post.
Get Judicial Insights on 10 Key E-Discovery Cases
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At the 2016 Conference on Preservation Excellence, Zapproved asked six judges to weigh in on 10 such cases in an hour. A complete discussion summary is available for downloading.
