Allison Dunn

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.

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July 21, 2023 | Law.com

'Dismissal Is Too Harsh a Punishment': Magistrate Judge Issues Spoliation Sanction Against Ex-Lenovo Employee Who Wiped Hard Drive

"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.

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July 14, 2023 | Law.com

Class Action Alleges P&G's Febreze Car Vent Clips Leak and Cause Damage to Vehicle Surfaces

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.

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July 14, 2023 | Law.com

Recruiting Firm's Appeal of $7.7M Judgment in 'Purloined Trade Secrets' Case Headed to 1st Circuit

"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.

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July 11, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Federal Judge Reverses Social Security Denial For Child Disability Benefits After Man Turned 18-Years-Old

"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.

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July 07, 2023 | Law.com

Massachusetts High Court Sides With Big Tobacco Companies, Holding Wrongful Death Action Was Time-Barred

"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."

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July 07, 2023 | Law.com

CarMax, Maryland AG's Office Reach Agreement Over Claims of Failure to Notify Customers of Open Recalls on Vehicles

"Consumers have the right to know if and when they are purchasing vehicles with open recall that could put them and others on the road at risk," said Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown.

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July 05, 2023 | Law.com

'Doors Are Still Open': 1st Circuit Reinstates 'Future Misuse' Claims Stemming From 2021 Data Breach

"The First Circuit applied the Supreme Court's holding in 'TransUnion v. Ramirez' to the real-world facts of data breach cases, where plaintiffs and class members face significant risks from exposure to their confidential information," said David K. Lietz, a partner at Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman's Washington, D.C., office who represented the plaintiffs.

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July 05, 2023 | Law.com

State High Court Reinstates Lawsuit, Ruling 'Innocent Decision Maker' Can Further Discriminatory Corporate Policy

"The Cat's Paw theory adopted by the SJC recognizes that an employer is responsible when a biased actor influences a final decision at any point in the decisionmaker process, and that the bias can come from either the highest levels or from below," one of the attorneys representing Adams, Ilir Kavaja of Kavaja Law, told Law.com about the SJC's ruling.

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