By Jason Grant | April 27, 2017
The temp agency that placed convicted killer Natavia Lowery as a personal assistant to celebrity real estate agent Linda Stein can't be held liable for negligence, a Manhattan appeals court said Thursday.
By JOHN COUNCIL | April 27, 2017
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ordered Texas to pay nearly $600,000 in attorney fees to Akin Gump lawyers who defeated the state's same-sex marriage ban nearly a year ahead of the U.S. Supreme Court's historic Obergefell v. Hodges decision.
By Scott Graham | April 26, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court justices indicated they could remand a case involving the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act, a decision that would leave pharmaceutical companies without needed clarity on the law.
By Cogan Schneier | April 26, 2017
Lawyers who cheered the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit's live broadcast of oral arguments in President Donald Trump's first travel ban case now have another show to look forward to after the Fourth Circuit said it will live livestream oral arguments in its case next month.
By Jason Grant | April 26, 2017
A medical malpractice plaintiff cannot assert a new liability theory after the doctors and hospital she sued presented prima facie evidence that her hearing loss was a reasonable result of surgery, a Manhattan appeals court has ruled.
By Marcia Coyle | April 25, 2017
Justice Neil Gorsuch may face his first recusal when the justices in May take up a petition that involves—and features prominently—one of his most famous dissents: the case of the burping 13-year-old student.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | April 25, 2017
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled an exclusion in Travelers insurance company's policy with a company hit with asbestos claims shields the insurer from paying $36 million to cover multiple settlements.
By John Council | April 25, 2017
A woman who witnessed her mentally ill father's fatal shooting by police officers—and was only narrowly missed herself—will be able to sue a Texas Ranger who later interrogated her for five hours about the incident without a warrant, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has said.
By Samantha Joseph | April 25, 2017
When Miami ordered Babylon International Inc. to repair a run-down building or face its demolition, the property owner took it up on the offer.
By Michael Booth | April 24, 2017
Panel says plaintiff understood the contract language and agreed to arbitration when she leased the car.
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