Riley Brennan

November 20, 2023 | Law.com

"We do not find that, based on the allegations in the Amended Complaint, the asserted casual connection between Dicke's conduct and the Resors' loss is too speculative as a matter of law to sufficiently plead a legal malpractice claim," Judge Mark C. Miller wrote for the court. "Further supporting this finding is the (alleged) fact that, after the Resors hired alternate legal counsel, they succeeded in having the three dependency cases dismissed and gained back custody of their children."

By Riley Brennan

6 minute read

November 20, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

"We likewise are at a loss to understand the trial court's indulgence in these unfair tactics. We remind the trial court and its administration that they are the gatekeepers to the trial process and that our rules must be fairly followed and the due process rights of litigants respected."

By Riley Brennan

5 minute read

November 20, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Before the court was the issue of diversity jurisdiction, where the firm argued that three plaintiffs had merely been added for the sole purpose of manufacturing diversity jurisdiction, which is prohibited by 28 U.S.C. Section 1359.

By Riley Brennan

4 minute read

November 20, 2023 | Law.com

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.

By Riley Brennan

4 minute read

November 17, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Superior Court ultimately remanded the case for a new trial on causation and damages.

By Riley Brennan

4 minute read

November 17, 2023 | Law.com

Justice C. Haley Bunn authored the majority opinion, while Justices John A. Hutchison wrote the dissenting opinion, joined by William R. Wooton, which argued that Jarrell's allegations "bear the hallmarks of an internal whistleblower claim and should have been allowed to proceed into the discovery phase for development."

By Riley Brennan

7 minute read

November 17, 2023 | Law.com

"The problem lies in whether Plaintiffs had clear notice that by clicking the 'Sign up now' button, they were expressing agreement to CuriosityStream's Terms of Use. The hyperlinked sentence referring to Terms of Use states only, 'By subscribing to Curiosity Stream, you agree that you've read our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy,'" Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher held. "Nothing in that sentence expresses an agreement to the Terms of Use or Privacy Policy themselves, simply an agreement that they were read."

By Riley Brennan

5 minute read

November 16, 2023 | The Recorder

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By Riley Brennan

2 minute read

November 15, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

After Schmidt supplied his employer with his CBD oil prescription and receipts, the law firm where he worked refused to reimburse him on the basis that the oil isn't a pharmaceutical drug.

By Riley Brennan

4 minute read

November 14, 2023 | Law.com

"As in Tennant and Smith, the allegedly dangerous condition here was on the floor of a store, but the customer's attention was directed upward. While the bag of soil that Plaintiff tripped on was large and unobstructed, a jury would be entitled to consider whether Plaintiff's attention was reasonably focused on the flowers on display rather than on the ground where she would have seen the bag," U.S. Magistrate Judge Ajmel A. Quereshi for the District of Maryland said.

By Riley Brennan

5 minute read