Allison Dunn

October 20, 2023 | Law.com

U.S. District Senior Judge Rebecca Beach Smith of the Eastern District of Virginia approved the final settlement agreement between a class of drug purchasers and pharmaceutical companies, Merck & Co., and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, which also requires the defendants to pay one-third of the settlement fund in attorney fees, or $23 million, as well as $3.9 million in costs—as requested by plaintiffs' counsel.

By Allison Dunn

4 minute read

October 20, 2023 | Law.com

"We are not persuaded by Graves's claim that Wright's exoneration in the Fourth Circuit was 'premised upon a legal technicality.' To be sure, Wright's habeas claim succeeded because Graves should have recognized that grand larceny from the person was not a lesser-included offense of robbery," Judge Stuart A. Raphae wrote. "But the question here is whether Wright pleaded facts showing that he was actually innocent of grand larceny from the person. He did."

By Allison Dunn

7 minute read

October 19, 2023 | National Law Journal

Comments may be emailed to [email protected], no later than Dec. 18.

By Allison Dunn

2 minute read

October 13, 2023 | Law.com

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By Allison Dunn

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October 13, 2023 | Law.com

"Throughout the entirety of this transaction, defendants Williams and A&G were acting solely as agents of Vetcomm," Senior U.S. District Judge John T. Copenhaver Jr. wrote. "Thus, even if Williams volunteered in the second email to notify Jones upon request to disburse the subject funds, such a modification would bind only Vetcomm, the principal, and not defendants Williams and A&G, the agents."

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

October 12, 2023 | The Recorder

While no specific defect was identified in the complaint, it alleges that the plane suffered "a sudden and catastrophic mechanical failure" during its normal flight, "causing the aircraft not to perform as safely as an ordinary consumer would have expected it to perform during its flight on October 11, 2021."

By Allison Dunn

4 minute read

October 12, 2023 | Law.com

"Court-appointed counsel serve a vital role in our appellate justice system. This adjustment continues the commitment of Virginia's appellate courts to ensure that court-appointed counsel are adequately compensated for their services," Chief Justice S. Bernard Goodwyn said in a statement.

By Allison Dunn

2 minute read

October 11, 2023 | Law.com

A federal judge in Massachusetts partially granted summary judgment to a plaintiff who alleged that her attorneys overbilled her after successfully representing her in an underlying $10 million premises liability action.

By Allison Dunn

6 minute read

October 10, 2023 | Law.com

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By Allison Dunn

4 minute read

October 06, 2023 | Law.com

"Basically, Jordan's system required the employees to pay for their own hourly labor. And then once they had earned sufficient draw to cover that time, which Jordan's would take out of their earned commissions, Jordan's would pay them whatever commissions were left," Sutton's counsel, Brant Casavant, of Fair Work in Boston, explained to the justices Oct. 4.

By Allison Dunn

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