Riley Brennan

January 18, 2024 | Law.com

"The committee agrees that the lawyer must disclose the client's death before any further substantive communication with opposing counsel and must disclose to the court no later than the first communication or appearance after learning of the client's death," the order said.

By Riley Brennan

3 minute read

January 16, 2024 | The Recorder

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By Riley Brennan

2 minute read

January 16, 2024 | Law.com

Boeing was hit with a product liability class action following an Alaska Airlines flight losing its side door earlier this month, accusing the company of knowingly and publicly admitting the door wasn't properly secured.

By Riley Brennan

3 minute read

January 16, 2024 | Law.com

"Given the language Congress used in the FCRA, state requirements and prohibitions should only be preempted when the matter is capable of classification as identity theft, and then only 'with respect to the conduct required' by the FCRA's identity theft reporting regulations," U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker for the District of Maine wrote. "In other words, this is a case of partial preemption. When the federal identity theft regulations apply to an act of economic abuse, then the blocking of identity-theft-related reporting activity must proceed according to federal law. But insofar as a given debt is the product of more than mere identity theft, compliance with both federal and state law may be appropriate, depending on the circumstances."

By Riley Brennan

6 minute read

January 12, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania held that the issue of counsel paying for their client's living expenses didn't warrant disqualifying the attorney, concluding a potential ethical violation didn't require disqualification.

By Riley Brennan

4 minute read

January 12, 2024 | The Recorder

"The Ninth Circuit's unanimous affirmance of the trial court's merits based decision—confirming the Foundation's ownership of the Pissarro painting that it lawfully acquired for public display in Madrid in 1993—is a welcome conclusion to this case," said Thaddeus Stauber and Aaron Brian of Nixon Peabody and Javier Martínez Bavière of the Law Offices of Pedro Aleman, lead counsel for the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation.

By Riley Brennan

7 minute read

January 11, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

The court vacated a judgment in favor of Watchword Worldwide and against Erie Insurance Exchange, despite concluding that the policy phrase "resides in your computers," meant in regard to destroyed or corrupted electronic data at the center of the suit, was ambiguous.

By Riley Brennan

6 minute read

January 10, 2024 | Law.com

Iowa Attorney General Bird called the rulings a landmark victory for Iowa farmers and property owners.

By Riley Brennan

4 minute read

January 10, 2024 | Law.com

The questions certified to the high court ask what duty of care, if any, Uber owes rideshare passengers who suffer an assault or other crime at the hands of an unauthorized person posing as one of their drivers, and if a duty is owed, does California precedent create an exception to that duty?

By Riley Brennan

4 minute read

January 10, 2024 | Law.com

"Unlike the rest break policy—which appears to have been enforced uniformly except for a few isolated examples—the evidence suggests that Kirkland's enforced the bag check policy sporadically," Judge Kenneth K. Lee said.

By Riley Brennan

4 minute read