The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Riley Brennan | July 11, 2024
The court vacated a $5 million attorney fee award in favor of the company, Lontex, after a jury awarded the company over $500,000 in compensatory and punitive damages in its suit against Nike and its use of the phrase "Cool Compression."
By Brian Lee | July 11, 2024
The top court said it dismissed the appeal by Senate Republican Minority Leader Robert Ortt, R-Lockport, on the basis that he and other appellants were not aggrieved parties.
By Colleen Murphy | July 11, 2024
"In this case, because plaintiffs clearly and unambiguously waived their right to maintain a class action and the lease contract is not unconscionable as a matter of law, we hold that it is enforceable," Justice Fabiana Pierre-Louis wrote for the court.
By Avalon Zoppo | July 10, 2024
The council is charged with creating fishery management plans for regulating fisheries, which the U.S. commerce secretary reviews for legality and then decides whether to adopt a regulation to implement the plan.
By Marianna Wharry | July 10, 2024
"It really doesn't make any sense, in terms of judicial efficiency, to pause a case for an interlocutory appeal on a summary judgment motion when the trial is going to be completed this year," said Michelle C. Yau, chair of Cohen Milstein's Employee Benefits/ERISA practice. "What they were asking for was trying to fit a square peg in a round hole."
By Cheryl Miller | July 10, 2024
Boies Schiller Flexner partner David Barrett said the Cassirer family may take its quest to recover a Pissarro painting back to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Aleeza Furman | July 9, 2024
The Superior Court ruled that sanctions "must be based in the rules or supported by contempt law, and must be based on actions in the individual case, not a courtwide policy for imposition of sanctions."
By Cedra Mayfield | July 9, 2024
"The Supreme Court made it clear that the General Assembly had the power to toll statutes of repose that it created," said appellant counsel Michael B. Terry. "This clarification may have impacts in a wide variety of cases."
By Avalon Zoppo | July 8, 2024
"The decision should put a significant dent in the current mass arbitration model, at least as it has been addressed in the reported decisions," said Allen Garrett Jr., a Kilpatrick Townsend partner.
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Emily Cousins | July 5, 2024
"Under Roessler, a promise of indefinite, continued employment for an at-will employee in exchange for the employee's promise not to compete constitutes adequate consideration to form an enforceable agreement," the opinion said. "We conclude, therefore, that the trial court incorrectly determined that continued employment can never be consideration for a noncompete agreement."
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