Allison Dunn

February 02, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

Administrators of the estate of a North Plainfield woman who was killed in a house fire settled a claim against the landlord, who allegedly allowed…

By Allison Dunn

4 minute read

February 01, 2022 | Law.com

A Maryland district court judge has allowed a former Howard University law professor to proceed with allegations of unreasonable search and seizure against Montgomery County police officers over an incident that occurred at the professor's home, but dismissed several other claims.

By Allison Dunn

7 minute read

January 31, 2022 | Law.com

The suspended attorney's counsel told Law.com that his client is a young lawyer and that this happened at the beginning of the pandemic "as we were all wrestling with protocols for video hearings."

By Allison Dunn

3 minute read

January 28, 2022 | Law.com

"I didn't have the energy to prepare anything and was living off of coffee and Red Bull until I fainted during finals season," said one Reddit user. "Big wake up call."

By Allison Dunn

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January 28, 2022 | Law.com

The New Mexico Court of Appeals this week found that a portion of the Workers' Compensation Act discriminatorily limits disability benefits for workers with a secondary mental impairment compared to similarly situated workers with a secondary physical impairment.

By Allison Dunn

4 minute read

January 27, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

Willie Stokes, 60—the state's longest incarcerated exoneree—was released from the Chester State Correctional Institution on Jan. 4 after serving 37 years for the 1980 murder of Leslie Campbell, which he did not commit, said his attorneys Joshua Van Naarden and Julia Ronnebaum of Van Naarden Spizer Chase and Pinto.

By Allison Dunn

4 minute read

January 27, 2022 | Daily Business Review

"If schools are to become liable for every incident at an off-premises activity for which community service hours are available, community service will be a thing of the past," the appellate panel said.

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6 minute read

January 26, 2022 | Law.com

A defendant who failed to object to a district judge's decision to hold a remote sentencing hearing under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act cannot now challenge that decision on appeal, a panel of the Seventh Circuit said Jan. 21.

By Allison Dunn

4 minute read

January 25, 2022 | Law.com

"If your heart is set on products from a market with a mask requirement and you can't or won't wear a mask, your choices are to get your food delivered, have someone else shop for you, or reconsider wearing a mask for your own health and the good of other shoppers," said U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs of the District of Massachusetts

By Allison Dunn

7 minute read

January 25, 2022 | Law.com

Both times, Judge Richard Mark Gergel declined to step down from a three-judge panel in a suit filed in the District of South Carolina that challenges the constitutionality of 28 state House districts, alleging they are drawn to dilute the votes of African American voters.

By Allison Dunn

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