By Riley Brennan | July 18, 2024
The Eighth Circuit considered whether Nationwide met its burden to show that an ordinary person would understand that a post third sale offering of a tax-delinquent house is a public auction.
By Riley Brennan | July 18, 2024
Plaintiff's counsel with Ice Miller submitted a list of the work performed by four attorneys, which included 65.2 hours over the course of six months preparing and litigating the second motion to compel. The court concluded this was a reasonable number of hours, and agreed that the requested hourly rates ranging from $395 to $693 were lower than rates in a 2023 case in which the district court approved the rates of $1,085 for a partner and $735 for a senior associate.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Edward T. Kang | July 18, 2024
Pennsylvania has unique procedures for raising and preserving issues for appeal after trial that could "surprise" many unsuspecting practitioners, especially those who do not practice regularly in the commonwealth.
By Riley Brennan | July 17, 2024
"It has been long established in Missouri jurisprudence that references to the size, wealth, and corporate status of a party during trial are improper when intended to arouse prejudice and not within the scope of legitimate argument," Eastern District of Missouri Appellate Judge Kurt Odenwald said. "Raising matters barred by the trial court's order in limine unquestionably falls outside the scope of legitimate argument."
By Riley Brennan | July 16, 2024
In determining how much to allot to the inmate's parents, the court examined the close relationships between the parties, awarding $791,007.50 to his mother, $87,889.72 to his father, and the remainder between two siblings.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Linton Mann III and William T. Russell Jr. | July 16, 2024
The Court of Appeals recently handed down a significant decision that clarified the choice-of-law principles governing alleged breaches of fiduciary duties in international business disputes. The case questioned whether Scottish law or New York law should govern the fiduciary duty claims that arose from the merger.
By Ross Todd | July 16, 2024
U.S. District Judge Joshua Wolson in Philadelphia says lawyers can't "yada, yada, yada" their way into the showing of harm needed to obtain a sealing order in his courtroom.
By Mason Lawlor | July 15, 2024
"A lawyer would not ethically be able to invoke the apportionment statute because it would result in an argument to the jury that their other client is responsible, thereby creating a 'significant risk' that the lawyer's duties to one party would materially and adversely affect representation of the other," wrote U.S. District Judge Marc T. Treadwell for the Middle District of Georgia.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Riley Brennan | July 15, 2024
"We disagree with our sister circuit court's comparison of college athletes to prisoners and refuse to equate a prisoner's involuntary servitude, as authorized by the Thirteenth Amendment, to 'the long-standing tradition' of amateurism in college athletics," Restrepo said.
By Riley Brennan | July 15, 2024
A federal judge in Illinois is allowing a drug company's lawsuit over the untimely development of drug medication to continue against pharmaceutical companies it had partnered with to develop medications.
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