Mason Lawlor

November 08, 2024 | Law.com

Unlike other cases where traumatized plaintiffs have requested punitive damages in their complaints, transgender female Haleem Gilliland did not raise the request until the default judgment stage.

By Mason Lawlor

3 minute read

November 07, 2024 | Daily Report Online

"It is very unlikely that courts—including, if necessary, the U.S. Supreme Court—would permit a local state criminal trial to proceed against a sitting president or even against a president elect," Public Interest Law Prof. John Banzhaf wrote.

By Mason Lawlor

4 minute read

November 05, 2024 | Daily Report Online

The sanctions came in response to Ford's alleged attempts to reach a "compromise verdict," and force a mistrial for products liability claims. However, those sanctions "almost completely prevented Ford from presenting a defense as to liability," according to Appellate Judge M. Yvette Miller.

By Mason Lawlor

8 minute read

November 04, 2024 | Daily Business Review

"We, like our sister circuits that have addressed nearly identical arguments, therefore conclude that Defendants were not acting under a federal official," Judge Babara Lagoa said. "Instead, Defendants operated as a private assisted living facility that may, or may not, have complied with federal recommendations and regulations concerning COVID-19."

By Mason Lawlor

7 minute read

November 01, 2024 | Law.com

On appeal from the Cook County Circuit Court, the manager of Onward restaurant in Chicago argued that trial judge Robert F. Harris wrongly denied his motion for continuance to push back a jury trial because his attorney was injured and required surgery just prior to the start date.

By Mason Lawlor

5 minute read

October 29, 2024 | Law.com

The string of fraud incidents was spurred by a viral video on TikTok in August, in which users claimed to discover a systemwide "glitch" in Chase ATM's allowing unlimited amounts of money to be withdrawn.

By Mason Lawlor

3 minute read

October 28, 2024 | The Recorder

The complaint, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court Oct. 24, accused Hershey of omitting and failing to disclose that its Bubble Yum Original Flavor Bubble Gum Product has organic fluorine and misleading markets as "high quality," "sustainable" and "transparent about [their] ingredients."

By Mason Lawlor

3 minute read

October 25, 2024 | Law.com

After issuing an emergency order Sept. 30 to close 13 county courts in North Carolina, Chief Justice Paul Newby extended the order, which is also set to expire Monday. Still, some locations have ongoing clean up efforts.

By Mason Lawlor

3 minute read

October 24, 2024 | National Law Journal

"We don't just run into court and file these lawsuits. I wrote to the defendants six years ago and asked them to correct the record and apologize. I think, if they had corrected the record and set it straight six years ago, it's hard for me to imagine that we would have brought this lawsuit at all," defamation attorney Megan Meier said about a false report published about her client.

By Mason Lawlor

6 minute read

October 21, 2024 | Law.com

Partner attorneys Edith Kallas and Joseph Whatley Jr. said that it was essential that the settlement "not just consist of a payment to the class; they needed significant reforms to the Blue system."

By Mason Lawlor

5 minute read