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Allison Dunn

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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April 26, 2024 | Law.com

Maryland Appellate Court: Registered Nurses Shouldn't Be Barred From Serving as Proximate Cause Experts

"A registered nurse may be qualified to attest that breach of applicable standards of nursing care for preventing and treating decubitus ulcers proximately caused the plaintiff's ulcer injury," Judge Donald E. Beachley wrote on behalf of the court.

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April 19, 2024 | Law.com

State High Court: McDonald's Franchise Not Vicariously Liable for Employee's Racist Comments to Customer

David A. Goldman, a member of Norman Hanson DeTroy in Portland, who represented the McDonald's franchise owner, said the court's ruling was a matter of common sense to ensure the law "properly incentives the right kind of behavior" from employers.

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April 10, 2024 | Law.com

A Game to 'Get Out of Trial:' Med-Mal Plaintiff Seeks Rule Change After Defendants Wait Out Statute of Limitations Before Pressing Defective Service Arguments

"Why did you extend all this legal work to the financial detriment of your client?" Ohio Justice Melody J. Stewart asked.

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April 01, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Gibbons' Securities Team Co-Chair to Defend The Children's Place Specialty Retailer

Attorney Donald A. Ecklund, a partner with Carella, Byrne Cecchi, Brody & Agnello in Roseland, New Jersey, filed the suit on behalf of Randeep Singh Khalsa against The Children's Place, and its top leaders, on Feb. 28 in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey after the company announced its preliminary fourth-quarter fiscal year 2023 financial results.

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April 01, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Chief Justice Lifts Moratorium on Civil, Matrimonial Trials in Passaic Vicinage Following Judicial Appointments

"We respectfully urge that the remaining vacancies in the vicinage be filled and offer to assist the legislative and executive branches with that important concern," Chief Justice Stuart Rabner said in a statement.

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March 29, 2024 | Law.com

Health Care Providers Ask Judge for Software Connection Date After Change Health Allegedly Fails to Meet Promises

The plaintiffs allege that Change Health said that "'electronic payment functionality will be available for connection beginning March 15,'" and that they would "'reestablish connectivity to [their] claims network and software on March 18, restoring service through the week.'" However, those promises have gone unfulfilled, according to the plaintiffs.

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March 29, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Ga. Fed Judge Awards $165K Attorney Fees for Win in Employment Discrimination Case

"The court's award reflects our documentation concerning Ms. Marshall's lost wages going forward as well as our documentation of our time and expenses in prosecuting the case. Our fee petition was for a modest amount because of the efficiencies our firm brought to the case," Buckley told Law.com.

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March 26, 2024 | Daily Report Online

EEOC Files Discrimination Complaint Against Iron Hill Brewery of Buckhead

Iriel Jones, a trial attorney with the commission, filed the civil rights complaint Monday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on behalf of Jerrell McGirt against Iron Hill Brewery's Buckhead location, as well as the owners of the craft brewery and restaurant, which have 20 locations across Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Georgia.

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March 21, 2024 | Law.com

Judge Clears Negligence Claim to Proceed in Data Breach Suit Against Cohen Cleary

"Article III standing is a rapidly developing area of the law in the context of data breach class actions. We are pleased that the court found, correctly, that plaintiff has Article III standing to support these claims," said plaintiff's counsel Laura Van Note, a shareholder at Cole & Van Note in Oakland, California.

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March 18, 2024 | Law.com

Appellate Court Reinstates Consumer Protection Suit Against Boston-Area Marriott

Associate Justice Gregory I. Massing said that Fairfield Inn's alleged knowledge about the plaintiffs' business stay and its "failure to tell them in advance that they could not do business there was unlike neglecting to warn that an elliptical machine in the hotel gym was out of order, and more akin to neglecting to tell arriving guests that rooms are not furnished with beds."

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