By Aleeza Furman | November 27, 2024
The plaintiffs had contended that their alleged asbestos-related injuries were caused by Dravo, a corporation Carmeuse acquired in the late 1990s that eventually became a limited liability company and filed for dissolution in 2018. The plaintiffs argued that Carmeuse, as Dravo’s parent company, could be held liable for their alleged injuries.
By Avalon Zoppo | November 21, 2024
Judges Amul Thapar and Karen Nelson Moore disagree on whether the ballot procedures merely impose "a threshold requirement that proponents must satisfy if they want their speech and signature collection to have legally operative effect.”
By Aleeza Furman | November 19, 2024
“If it became the law that an employee may bring a wrongful discharge claim pursuant to the public policy exception to the at will employment doctrine merely by referring to generalized pronouncements about community interests offered by the General Assembly, the exception would soon swallow the rule,” the court ruled.
By Avalon Zoppo | November 18, 2024
The oral arguments represented the latest legal attack from corporations against the 89-year-old National Labor Relations Board, buoyed by the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling this year in SEC v. Jarkesy.
By Aleeza Furman | November 18, 2024
The justices are slated to consider 12 matters between Tuesday and Wednesday, dealing with issues including the scope of immunity for mental health care providers and workers’ compensation coverage for nonprescription substances like CBD oil.
By James M. Beck | November 15, 2024
Unfortunately, a review of relevant precedents establishes that too many lawyers are still citing caselaw that the appellate courts cannot use.
By Avalon Zoppo | November 12, 2024
Lawyers challenging Trump’s second-term policies might eye the First Circuit, in addition to the Ninth, said University of Pittsburgh law professor Arthur Hellman.
By Allison Dunn | November 11, 2024
"We now join the modern trend adopted by the majority of jurisdictions that have considered the issue and retire the concept of fault in this context; where, as here, the planned wedding does not ensue and the engagement is ended, the engagement ring must be returned to the donor regardless of fault," Associate Justice Dalila Argaez Wendlandt wrote on behalf of the Massachusetts court.
By Colleen Murphy | November 8, 2024
"Educational institutions are expending so many resources putting systems in place, training their employees, educating their student bodies, and then having to do it all over again in a short period of time when regulations change as much as they have in 2020 and now 2024," said Patricia Hamill, a member with Clark Hill.
By Avalon Zoppo | November 7, 2024
"Veritas committed one infraction—it violated a policy regarding the publishing of private information, but CNN falsely accused it of violating a completely different policy—spreading misinformation," the appeals court stated. "This distinction is not an inconsequential detail."
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