Allison Dunn

January 25, 2024 | Law.com

A judge granted a joint motion to stay the case—which was set for closing arguments Wednesday—for 30 days for the parties to execute a formal settlement agreement.

By Allison Dunn

3 minute read

January 24, 2024 | Law.com

"The commission appears to have taken sides in the political debate roiling institutions across the country. Nothing good will come of this," Michigan Supreme Court Justice David F. Viviano said.

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

January 23, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

"The absence of authoritative state decisions on this issue, and the split at the trial court level, counsel in favor of certification at this point," U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea of the District of Connecticut wrote about parents' claims for loss of filial consortium.

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

January 23, 2024 | Law.com

"I feel the bar sometimes, and the supreme courts that rule on these matters, try to take an easier way out rather than making people pay the price that they should pay," Jeffrey D. Swartz, a professor at Cooley Law School, told Law.com.

By Allison Dunn

6 minute read

January 19, 2024 | Law.com

The amendments were adopted in response to the court's decision in the Matter of Olchowski (2020), which posed the question concerning the proper disposition of unidentified client funds on deposit in an Interest on Lawyers' Trust Account.

By Allison Dunn

2 minute read

January 18, 2024 | Law.com

Attorneys representing a woman in an employment discrimination action against Norfolk State University asserted that sanctions are not warranted due to "a miscommunication between Plaintiff and her counsel."

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

January 17, 2024 | The Recorder

A former massage therapist, represented by attorney Douglas Wigdor, claims Madison Square Garden CEO James Dolan sexually assaulted her and orchestrated other sexual encounters with his friends, including Harvey Weinstein.

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

January 16, 2024 | Law.com

"Grubhub unlawfully overcharged and took advantage of restaurants during a public health emergency that devastated much of this industry," Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell said in a statement issued Friday.

By Allison Dunn

4 minute read

January 12, 2024 | Law.com

"Though I agree that Mr. Allen offers no good excuse for his non-compliance—and arguably digs a deeper hole through his attempts to deflect blame onto his counsel—I find that a less severe sanction than default judgment is initially warranted for Defendants' and Mr. Allen's misconduct," U.S. District Judge Brendan A. Hurson for the District of Maryland wrote in an order Wednesday.

By Allison Dunn

6 minute read

January 12, 2024 | Law.com

"Counsel's constructive absence during either a significant portion of trial or an important aspect of trial so offends the constitutional protections surrounding the right to assistance of counsel that it renders the entire adversary process 'presumptively unreliable' and creates an uncurable error," Chief Justice Kimberly S. Budd wrote.

By Allison Dunn

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