January 02, 2024 | Daily Report Online
Middle District Awards Over $1.3M to Shareholders in Dissenters' Rights Case Over Pre-Revenue CorporationThe case presented an unprecedented issue equivalent to determining "how much a reasonable person would likely pay to join a consortium of gamblers who want to pool their funds to buy lottery tickets for the possibility of winning the next big 'Power Ball' drawing," Judge Clay Land said.
By Mason Lawlor
5 minute read
December 28, 2023 | Law.com
New York Times Sues Microsoft, OpenAI Over Alleged Use of Copyrighted Content to Train ChatGPTThis suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just filed cases in state and federal courts.
By Mason Lawlor
3 minute read
December 28, 2023 | Daily Report Online
Bondurant Mixson's Unprecedented 11th Circuit Streak: 5 Attorneys Leading Oral Arguments in 4 Days"Associates get a lot of responsibility at the outset," Matthew Sellers, a fifth-year associate at Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, told the Daily Report. "I think this may be the honly anti-terrorism case we have, so it may be unusual in that respect, but it's not at all unusual for associates to get put on big cases and work closely with partners on moving them along."
By Mason Lawlor
5 minute read
December 26, 2023 | Daily Business Review
11th Circuit: Breach-of-Contract Suit Against Packer's Supplier Not Preempted by Federal LawThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled in a dispute between Florida poultry producers that a class action alleging violations of the state's fraud statute is not federally preempted.
By Mason Lawlor
4 minute read
December 21, 2023 | Law.com
Longtime St. Louis Restaurant Owner Files Lawsuit Against Insurer's Alleged Abuse of Denied Claim"They're a billion-dollar operation; I'm a small business," Charlie Gitto Jr., owner of the Missouri restaurant dubbed Charlie Gitto's From the Hill, told Law.com. "The average guy, they get out-lawyered and financially humiliated. I'm just thankful that Jim [Monafo] and Husch Blackwell came to rescue me, otherwise we're throwing popcorn against a brick wall."
By Mason Lawlor
4 minute read
December 19, 2023 | Law.com
Greenberg Traurig's Ted Blum, Author of 'Calculated Risks,' Reflects on a Lawyer's Duty in Light of Israeli-Palestine Conflict"I feel that my skills as a counselor are called upon to stand up against antisemitism today," Ted Blum said.
By Mason Lawlor
5 minute read
December 15, 2023 | Law.com
Third-Party Intervention Into Public Records Request for School Shooter 'Manifesto' Allowed Due to Personal Stake in Litigation, State Appeals Court FindsParents had a "sufficiently personal stake" in the litigation to establish a standing to intervene in a records request.
By Mason Lawlor
4 minute read
December 15, 2023 | Law.com
'Insurance Crisis' Looming for Aviation Industry in 2024, 38-Year Veteran WarnsThe London aviation insurance market could be in for a chaotic 2024, Steven Marks of Podhurst Orseck predicts, as reinsurers scramble to cover damages for aircraft crashes that are ballooning far more than planned.
By Mason Lawlor
6 minute read
December 14, 2023 | The Recorder
$61M Verdict Secured for 16-Year-Old Crash Victim of Reckless Car ChaseDefendants engaged in a reckless car chase that reached speeds of 120 miles per hour before colliding with father and son.
By Mason Lawlor
2 minute read
December 14, 2023 | Law.com
Tennessee Court Reinstates Some of Plaintiff's Med Mal Claims Due to Ongoing Treatment"From our reading of Mr. Vandergriff's complaint, several of the alleged actions and inactions that constituted the purported medical malpractice in the present case occurred after [April 14]," the appeals judge wrote. "The statute of limitations does not serve as bar to his lawsuit as to those incidents because Mr. Vandergriff filed his lawsuit within a year of their occurrence."
By Mason Lawlor
4 minute read
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