The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Aleeza Furman | February 1, 2023
As of late January, Lackawanna County was the only judicial district to submit local rules of civil procedure seeking to codify the use of ACT after similar statewide proposals were discontinued in September.
By Charles Toutant | February 1, 2023
"Huzinec's injury occurred when someone dropped a cell phone and it hit him on the head. We believe that the average person can understand the risk Six Flags created by permitting patrons to carry unsecured cell phones on a roller coaster," Judge Jane Roth of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit wrote.
By Riley Brennan | February 1, 2023
The appeals court agreed to take up the case despite the fact that defense counsel had failed to object to what it later argued was an erroneous jury verdict slip.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Elliot D. Ostrove and Jordan B. Cohen | January 31, 2023
As 2022 ended, it took much of the uncertainty surrounding how a New Jersey court should address a forum selection clause when faced with a claim that the contract, as a whole, was obtained through fraud.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By David B. Saxe, Joseph Kamelhar, Mahnoor Misbah and Sydney Reade | January 31, 2023
Over the last 10 years, the Appellate Division, First Department, has developed what is called the pre-argument conference, or "conference before the conference"—what the authors describe as a "unique and forward-looking procedure that has not only improved productivity at the court but also enabled judges to be laser-focused in oral arguments."
By Riley Brennan | January 31, 2023
"This case demonstrates that these are not merely academic concerns: the defendant's probation was erroneously revoked because neither the parties nor the judge focused on the fact that the defendant had never been adjudged to have the ability to pay restitution and that no payment schedule had been set before the probation department issued the probation violation notice. Worse yet, the defendant was sentenced to a period of incarceration as a result of the error."
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Riley Brennan | January 31, 2023
When you can and cannot send a fax was recently considered by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which ultimately concluded that the Federal Communications Commission's "free-seminar pretext theory" is inapplicable to claims brought under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991.
By Riley Brennan | January 30, 2023
The Sixth Circuit affirmed a lower court's decision rejecting Elmcroft of Sagamore Hills' attempt to move the case from Ohio state court to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Howard J. Bashman | January 30, 2023
"The rule is paternalistic because it seems to envision a scenario where some male attorney is toiling away in the office, and his evil bosses are conspiring to make him work until midnight, depriving him of the ability to be home in time for dinner with his wife and children," appellate attorney Howard Bashman writes.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Dean L. Pillarella | January 30, 2023
A discussion of CPLR 3212(g), a "little is known and seldom used procedural device contained within CPLR 3212 that serves alongside its more frequently used legal cousins—the motions for summary judgment and partial summary judgment."
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