By Gina Passarella | January 20, 2015
Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel has asked a Pittsburgh federal judge to decide whether the firm's client or a litigation funding company is owed certain money from the client's underlying settlement.
By Joel Stashenko | January 20, 2015
The Third Department unanimously agreed that Alan Charles' 57-year prison sentence from a Sullivan County judge was harsh and excessive, given the nature of his offenses and other factors, such as the fact the prosecution sought an aggregate prison term of 25 years.
By Shauna Dell | January 20, 2015
The legalization of same-sex marriage in Florida comes with it an assortment of expanded benefits for same-sex couples.
By Max Mitchell | January 19, 2015
Parties on both sides of a dispute over the validity of a consent decree the NCAA imposed against Penn State announced the sanction will be repealed under a proposed settlement agreement.
By Andrew Keshner | January 16, 2015
Noting widespread problems of witness intimidation, a statewide prosecutors group said any disclosures of the grand jury proceedings in the Eric Garner case "could well irreparably harm the ability of other grand juries throughout the state to fairly and fully perform their important duties."
By P.J. D'Annunzio | January 16, 2015
Luzerne County Chief Public Defender Albert J. Flora Jr.—who, before being forced out, had sued the county for underfunding the office—can continue with his previously dismissed wrongful-termination suit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled.
By Noreen Marcus | January 16, 2015
Attorney Bruce Zimet, a stand your ground expert, said courts struggle with stand your ground because of the drafting of the law. "What in the world is 'unlawful activity'? It's not defined," Zimet said.
By Bennette D. Kramer, Jeffrey M. Eilender, John M. Lundin, Erik S. Groothuis, Elizabeth Wolstein, Bradley J. Nash, Andrew S. Harris and Niall D. O'Murchadha | January 16, 2015
Recent developments in New York commercial law relating to the application of a marketability discount in valuing a business, when a law-firm's internal emails must be produced, and a rare vacature of an arbitral award.
By Mark Hamblett | January 16, 2015
New York City has lost its bid to dismiss a wrongfully convicted defendant's claim that former Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes had a policy and practice encouraging prosecutors to hold back exculpatory and witness information.
By Ben Bedell | January 16, 2015
An effort by insurers to disclaim more than $260 million in coverage stemming from settlements paid out in a 2006 securities fraud case by Bear Stearns was dealt a setback by the First Department Thursday. But the panel kept alive an effort by the insurers to disclaim the coverage on public policy grounds.
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