Allison Dunn

April 10, 2023 | Law.com

"Very few organizations can commit the time and resources to litigating these cases for the long haul to ensure the outcome and that the First Amendment's respected and that the court does the proper analysis. It's been a long time," one of the pro bono attorneys on the case, Caesar D. Kalinowski IV, an associate at Davis Wright Tremaine, told Law.com.

By Allison Dunn

6 minute read

April 06, 2023 | Law.com

The Colorado Court of Appeals concluded that a trial court erred when it failed to appropriate liability between two defendant property owners for $409,000 in damages after toxic substances leaked from underground gasoline storage tanks to a neighboring property for several years.

By Allison Dunn

7 minute read

April 04, 2023 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The Connecticut Appellate Court upheld an administrative appeal concluding that the Yale University Police Department properly denied a student's request to access certain body camera recordings created when officers were responding to "an uncorroborated allegation of a crime."

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

April 03, 2023 | Law.com

"The jury instructions impermissibly allowed the jury to convict [defendant] without unanimously agreeing as to the singular criminal act [defendant] committed. We reverse the judgment and remand for a new trial," Chief Justice Jon J. Jensen wrote for the court.

By Allison Dunn

4 minute read

April 03, 2023 | Law.com

"It's unclear what else the prosecutor could have done to explain what 'completely nonresponsive' meant, short of repeating herself verbatim," Chief Justice Brian D. Boatright wrote in the lone dissent, adding, "In these circumstances, the line between 'completely nonresponsive' and 'unengaged' is not immediately apparent."

By Allison Dunn

7 minute read

March 31, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

The judge declined, however, to grant the defendants' request for sanctions against plaintiffs counsel Mathew Kidman Higbee and his firm Higbee & Associates, which specializes in copyright law.

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

March 31, 2023 | Law.com

"The circuit court here recognized correctly that allowing an applicant to sue personally the members of a local character committee for acts performed as part of that role would be participating in the undermining of the Supreme Court's exclusive jurisdiction. It did not err by refusing to do so," wrote specially-assigned senior Judge Glenn T. Harrell Jr.

By Allison Dunn

4 minute read

March 28, 2023 | Law.com

"Worthy's tractor-trailer needed more distance to stop than Le Doux's Ford traveling at the same speed. Because of this key difference, the Court is of the opinion that Le Doux and Worthy were not operating their vehicles under the same circumstances, and thus, the issue of whether the weather conditions may have equally negated the alleged negligence of Le Doux and Worthy is also a question of fact for the jury," Senior Judge Norman K. Moon concluded.

By Allison Dunn

6 minute read

March 28, 2023 | Law.com

A federal judge in Maryland adopted a magistrate's recommendation in full, awarding a plaintiff in a breach-of-contract action $786,565 in fees and costs, approximately 25% less than the requested amount due to apparent duplication of efforts between old and new counsel.

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

March 27, 2023 | Law.com

Three attorneys were reappointed to continue serving as members of the Advisory Committee on Rules of Civil Procedure, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court…

By Allison Dunn

1 minute read