Allison Dunn is a reporter on ALM's Rapid Response desk based in Ohio, covering impactful litigation filings and rulings, emerging legal trends, controversies in the industry, and everything in between. Contact her at [email protected]. On Twitter: @AllisonDWrites.
November 02, 2021 | Daily Business Review
On Reconsideration, Once-Unanimous 11th Circuit Panel Sharply Splits Over Controversial Consumer Privacy IssueThe new 2-1 decision did not, however, alter the panel's original holding, which defense lawyers previously described to Law.com as "crazy" and "a bad opinion."
By Allison Dunn
6 minute read
November 02, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal
Virus Exclusion Dooms Another COVID-19 Business Interruption Lawsuit in NJ Federal Court"The Court has great sympathy for Plaintiff and other businesses that have sustained heavy losses during the pandemic. But, as we have previously opined, the Court cannot deviate from this finding without in effect re-writing the Policy," a federal judge wrote.
By Allison Dunn
3 minute read
November 01, 2021 | Texas Lawyer
Baker Botts' Evan Young Appointed to Texas Supreme CourtYoung, who previously served as a clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, will fill the vacancy of Judge Eva Guzman, who resigned from her position in June as she campaigns for the state attorney general's seat.
By Allison Dunn
4 minute read
November 01, 2021 | Law.com
Insurer Emerges Victorious From Nation's First COVID-19 Business Interruption Jury TrialThe Cincinnati Insurance Co. Inc., does not have to pay a Kansas City restaurant management group that was forced to close at least nine restaurants as a result of coronavirus stay-at-home orders, a jury decided last week in a Missouri federal court.
By Allison Dunn
2 minute read
October 29, 2021 | Law.com
Jury Awards Ex-University of Utah Autism Researcher $760K Over Retaliatory FiringJudith Zimmerman, an assistant professor the psychiatry department at the University of Utah from 2005 to 2013, was granted $135,000 for emotional distress damages and $625,000 for the university's breach of contract before June 30, 2013, according to the verdict form.
By Allison Dunn
4 minute read
October 29, 2021 | Law.com
Same Court, Same Day, 2 Very Different Rulings on the 'Judicially-Created Frankenstein' of Police Qualified Immunity"Aside from the frustration that there is no coherent legal standard that has developed after this kind of ad hoc doctrine, there are real people who have loved ones taken from them who can't get justice. It's incredibly frustrating," said the attorney for the plaintiffs in one of the cases.
By Allison Dunn
9 minute read
October 29, 2021 | Law.com
Vermont Agrees to Make State Prisons Accessible for Inmates with Mobility, Hearing DisabilitiesThe Vermont Department of Corrections agreed to make structural changes to its prison buildings as part of a settlement agreement with the Department…
By Allison Dunn
2 minute read
October 29, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal
Injured Motorist Secures $1.1M Settlement in Union CountyA 45-year-old woman who suffered serious neck and back injuries in a Union County vehicle crash received court approval for a $1.1 million insurance settlement in a personal injury suit, Spencer v. White.
By Allison Dunn
4 minute read
October 28, 2021 | Corporate Counsel
Legal Tech Leaders Set to Teach Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Harvard LawTwo Harvard Law School alumni and leaders of artificial intelligence tech provider Evisort are set to teach a reading group at their alma mater on how technology is driving the digital transformation of legal and business innovation.
By Allison Dunn
2 minute read
October 27, 2021 | Law.com
In Type of Case 'Most Federal Courts Don't Touch, Ever,' 5th Circuit Weighs In on International Child-Custody DisputeThe appellate court was asked by the child's father, a U.K. citizen living in Northern Ireland, if the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana correctly decided that his young daughter's residence in Ireland was only transitory, making her habitual residence in New Orleans with her mother.
By Allison Dunn
4 minute read
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