Allison Dunn

July 24, 2023 | Law.com

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By Allison Dunn

4 minute read

July 24, 2023 | Law.com

"Newport knew about the protruding 'lip' of the granite margin and planned to eliminate it in the spring through the application of a final course of asphalt that would make the roadway surface flush with the granite," an appellate court judge wrote. "At the time of the incident, the granite protrusion lacked any traffic cones, warning signs, or paint. As Newport's construction manager put it, he believed paint was not necessary because the protrusion was 'not in a pedestrian path of travel.'"

By Allison Dunn

4 minute read

July 21, 2023 | Law.com

"With the stroke of his pen, Judge Copperthite has fanned the flames of bigotry, racism, and xenophobia, allowing insidious perpetrators to escape the grasp of accountability for causing clinically diagnosed mental and emotional trauma through their reckless public expression of deplorable and divisive beliefs," said plaintiffs counsel Governor Jackson III.

By Allison Dunn

6 minute read

July 21, 2023 | Law.com

"After reviewing the Amended Complaint and Plaintiff's communications with Defendants, the Court finds that Plaintiff's harassing conduct is reprehensible, clearly sanctionable, and not the proper conduct of anyone, let alone a licensed attorney," Senior U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson wrote.

By Allison Dunn

6 minute read

July 21, 2023 | Law.com

According to U.S. Magistrate Judge A. David Copperthite's report and recommendation, he recommended the court award the plaintiffs $1.05 million—$437,819.54 in attorney fees and $613,053.44 in costs. Judge Julie R. Rubin followed that recommendation, according to an order in favor of Keyes filed July 11 in U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

July 21, 2023 | Law.com

"In the instant case, in the absence of evidence that Lenovo will not be able to recover substantially all, if not all, of the deleted materials from its own servers or the SD cards, dismissal is too harsh a punishment," U.S. Magistrate Judge Judith G. Dein of the District of Massachusetts wrote.

By Allison Dunn

6 minute read

July 14, 2023 | Law.com

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By Allison Dunn

4 minute read

July 14, 2023 | Law.com

"Defendants argue that neither the jury nor the court identified the misappropriated trade secrets, or found that the purloined trade secrets were actually exploited, or found that Catapult's profits were attributable to the use of BioPoint's trade secrets. These assertions are blatantly incorrect," U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns wrote.

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

July 11, 2023 | Daily Business Review

"It isn't clear why the 2016 form is in the record, because, according to the Government, it is unnecessary to the ALJ's decision. And no one explains why the form was included, nor convincingly explains why the Court should turn a blind eye to its contents," wrote U.S. District Judge Kyle C. Dudek for the Middle District of Florida.

By Allison Dunn

6 minute read

July 07, 2023 | Law.com

"In GGNSC ... we were unequivocal that, in Massachusetts, we follow the majority rule that wrongful death liability is derivative," Justice David A. Lowy wrote on behalf of the court. "Accordingly, we follow the majority approach precluding recovery for wrongful death where the statute of limitations on the decedent's underlying claims ran before the decedent's death."

By Allison Dunn

6 minute read