Tag: Litigation
Savannah Law School Student Sues for Fraud, Breaching Trust in Planned Closing
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The plaintiff alleged the school’s pending closure results “at least in part from the defendants’ mismanagement of funding for the law school.”
AT&T Wants to Buy Time Warner To ‘Weaponize’ Its Content, Government Says in Antitrust Trial
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In opening arguments, Justice Department lawyer Craig Conrath said AT&T could use Time Warner’s content as a weapon against competitors that rely on the programming.
Judge Stunned by Ex-Rolls-Royce Counsel Switching Sides in Litigation
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Rolls-Royce’s former in-house counsel switched sides to sue Rolls-Royce for allegedly reusing defective airplane parts, according to a Bloomberg report.
Paying the Price: The Pitfalls of Ineffective Liability Waivers
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Hellmuth & Johnson lawyers Micheal D. Howard and Jason S. Raether describe a recent case involving a fitness studio that demonstrates how a poorly drafted waiver can be as effective as having no waiver at all.
Whistleblower Says Walmart, Eyeing Amazon, Cheated on E-Commerce
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The former executive alleges various wrongdoing, including the mislabeling of products, enabling Walmart to charge excessive sales commissions, and failure to properly process customer returns, enabling it to boost results, reports Reuters.
Dallas Judge Denies Toyota Request to Seal Safety, Product Defect Documents
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District Court Judge Dale Tillery said that it is in the public interest to keep such documents open for review because they detail issues involving public health and safety.
Morgan Lewis Scolded for Possible Conflict in Hotel Wage Case
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Bloomberg Law reports that a judge concluded that Morgan Lewis “plainly violated” California attorney professional conduct rules by representing “both sides of the case” in a hotel workers’ class action suit.
Plaintiff Lawyers See Nationwide Settlement As Only End For Opioid Lawsuits
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The sheer complexity of the litigation raises questions about how the parties will craft an agreement that ends the threat of further lawsuits against the industry while distributing cash to all the varied entities who have sued, reports Forbes.
Global Warming Public Nuisance Actions Will Stay in Federal Court
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The cities claim that the companies, despite knowing of the risks associated with climate change and global warming, continued to produce and sell their products to the public that uses fossil fuels.
Dead Law Firm’s Estate Can’t Collect Fees, California Court Says
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The bankrupt law firm’s estate brought suit against 49 law firms to recover millions of dollars it said were owed from legal work that the firm’s former partners had taken with them.
Assault Allegations Highlight Home Service Call Vulnerabilities, Plaintiff’s Attorney Says
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A lawsuit has been filed against cable company Charter Communications and its third-party cable installation partner DCOMM after the alleged sexual assault of a 72-year-old Dallas woman.
Biglaw Firm Could Pay $1.4 Million After Malpractice Verdict
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The jury awarded up to $1.1 million in fees and expenses, which Alston & Bird could be required to cover in full, according to Above the Law.
Harvey Weinstein’s Insurer Refuses to Pay for Legal Defense
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Chubb Indemnity Insurance Co. sued Weinstein on Wednesday, asking the New York Supreme Court for a declaration that it is not obliged to fund the disgraced producer’s legal defense, according to Variety.
Indemnification Clauses and Defining the Relationship
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As an attorney-client relationship comes with a number of privileges and obligations, understanding when that relationship comes into being is crucial, cautions Robert J. Glowacki Jr. of Poyner Spruill.
U.S. Supreme Court Wrestles With Microsoft Data Privacy Fight
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The case began when Microsoft balked at handing over a criminal suspect’s emails stored in Microsoft computer servers in Dublin in a drug trafficking case, Reuters reports.
States to Forego Most of $650M Legal Settlement With Takata
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Attorneys general for the states alleged that Takata concealed air bag safety issues and failed to disclose safety defects.
4th Annual Federal Judges Survey – Full Report Released
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The Exterro report is a compilation and analysis of the responses of 30 judges to questions about attorney and judicial e-discovery proficiency, recommendations for improvements, and their thoughts on how legal teams are using new e-discovery rules.
Do Architects and Engineers Owe a Legal Duty to Non-Contracting Parties?
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A appellate opinion provides some guidance with respect to the architect’s and engineer’s common law duty when processing pay applications, according to Clark Hill PLC.
Detours on the Way to Your Contractually Selected Forum
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Global Private Equity Watch finds some good news for the careful transactional lawyer who drafts a bespoke forum clause in a contract.
Trump on Track to Nominate Record Number of 5th Circuit Judges
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President Trump is on track to nominate more full-time judges to the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals than any other president, according to a post on the website of Androvett Legal Media & Marketing.
