Riley Brennan

December 13, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

“MJ Freeway came into Pennsylvania, a Colorado company, and got a giant contract, maybe $20 million to do this thing. They promised Pennsylvania that for the duration it would use a small diverse business,” said plaintiff's attorney Gary Green of Sidkoff Pincus & Green. “But after three years, they not only ditched TreCom and broke their promise that they’re going to give a small diverse business that experience, they didn’t replace TreCom with another one."

By Riley Brennan

5 minute read

December 11, 2024 | Law.com

"Discovery, like life itself, is never perfect. Lawyers do not get everything they want—nor should they. Even in litigation, entitlement to information has its limits," Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Cole for the Northern District of Illinois said.

By Riley Brennan

4 minute read

December 10, 2024 | Law.com

"The problem is the contempt order does nothing to cure Robinson’s past violation of the court’s prohibition on recording and fails to include a purge provision upon which Robinson’s contempt may be dissolved," Justice Celia Gamrath wrote on behalf of the Illinois First District Appellate Court.

By Riley Brennan

4 minute read

December 10, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

"Taking an employment discrimination case to trial is labor-intensive and entails a lot of risk for both the employee and counsel," the plaintiff's attorney said.

By Riley Brennan

4 minute read

December 10, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

"Defendant essentially seeks to attach a causal connection between plaintiff’s non-profit work and defendant’s decision to terminate her employment, when no such connection was known to exist at the time of the termination. The contract-based counterclaims are therefore permissive rather than compulsory, and because they arise out of state law with no independent basis for federal jurisdiction, they should be dismissed," U.S. District Judge Elizabeth T. Hey for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania wrote in a case against Larry Pitt & Associates.

By Riley Brennan

6 minute read

December 06, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

The ruling follows a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit decision last month reviving a benzene class action against Bayer, after the circuit court found the plaintiffs plausibly alleged that the products in question were worth less than they would have been if they were not contaminated.

By Riley Brennan

4 minute read

December 06, 2024 | Law.com

The plaintiff accused the defendant of taking credit for its design of an award for the Consumer Electronics Show, which highlights products and technologies in the consumer electronics industry.

By Riley Brennan

4 minute read

December 05, 2024 | Law.com

At the motion to dismiss stage, the court held that the alleged comparisons between a Black employee and white counterparts plausibly established that LexShares' actions resulted from alleged discriminatory animus.

By Riley Brennan

4 minute read

December 05, 2024 | Law.com

In Dugan v. Hyatt Corporation, the three-judge panel rejected Hyatt's argument that the court shouldn't have supported the punitive damages claims, finding the record showed corporate representatives admitted Dugan was assaulted because the hotel failed to follow its own policies.

By Riley Brennan

4 minute read

December 05, 2024 | Law.com

The court reversed a previous decision denying Walgreens' attempts to transfer the suit from St. Clair County to Christian County.

By Riley Brennan

5 minute read