Allison Dunn

January 05, 2024 | Law.com

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is considering whether Uber's pop-up screen gave reasonable notice of the rideshare company's updated terms that would limit a registered rider's $63 million damages claim to arbitration after he suffered paralyzing injuries in a crash.

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

January 04, 2024 | Law.com

"Although we are disappointed with the decision, we look forward to moving swiftly ahead with a bench trial before Judge Kelley and getting the Doelgers the justice they deserve," the plaintiffs' lead attorney, James R. Serritella, a partner with Kim & Serritella, told Law.com.

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

January 03, 2024 | Law.com

"MOHELA's reliance on Biden to argue that it is 'part of' the State of Missouri is unpersuasive considering that the Supreme Court did not address sovereign immunity," U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema wrote in Tuesday's opinion.

By Allison Dunn

4 minute read

January 02, 2024 | Law.com

Judge Daniel Gaul was immediately suspended from the bench without pay for one year after he was found to have committed 29 rule violations under eight counts.

By Allison Dunn

7 minute read

January 02, 2024 | Law.com

Those who wish to comment on the proposal may do so on the court's website.

By Allison Dunn

2 minute read

December 27, 2023 | Law.com

"For too long, aspiring lawyers with disabilities could not get needed accommodations unless they could afford expensive testing to further document their disabilities," Jessica P. Weber, a partner at Brown Goldstein & Levy, told Law.com.

By Allison Dunn

7 minute read

December 21, 2023 | Law.com

"Based on plaintiff's evidence, a reasonable fact finder could find that a $15,000 offer was jaw-droppingly low," Saris wrote, concluding that the record is not clear if AIG is liable for the financial supervision of the AmWins claims process before 2018. Thus, that matter will proceed to a trial, the judge held.

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

December 20, 2023 | The Recorder

"In sum, I agree with the Attorney General that the fentanyl chain of distribution must be attacked at every link, at every level, and that the guilty must be brought to justice," U.S. District Judge William Alsup for the Northern District of California wrote. "Refusing to seek prison time for 'Fast Track' fentanyl dealers is an egregious error. Migrants deserve our sympathy in other contexts, but when they sell fentanyl they deserve to go to prison like everyone else."

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

December 19, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

"Judge Wolson only ruled on certain preliminary legal pleading issues, but at this stage, of course, he did not make any determination on the accuracy of the plaintiff's alleged claims or consider any of the firm's factual defenses," the firm's attorney, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius partner Michael Banks, said via email Tuesday.

By Allison Dunn

4 minute read

December 18, 2023 | Law.com

"The correct application of the discovery rule will be dispositive of all of the state law claims in this case," U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton wrote. "If the discovery rule tolls the statute of limitations, the state claims survive; if not, those claims are time-barred. Furthermore, the discovery rule as interpreted by the SJC will substantially inform this Court as to whether laches bar the two federal law claims."

By Allison Dunn

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