By Colby Hamilton | January 30, 2018
In a sprawling hearing to address competing motions for an injunction by plaintiffs and dismissal by DOJ over the DACA wind-down, U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis once again took aim at statements made by the Trump administration.
By Katheryn Tucker | January 30, 2018
The defense offered to settle the case for $325,000. The plaintiff asked for $850,000 before the trial. The jury's verdict of $935,288, minus $100,000 already paid, puts Nationwide on the hook for just under the top pretrial offer.
By The Legal Intelligencer | January 30, 2018
In the Legal's Products Liability, Mass Torts & Class Action supplement, read about company-generated documents and emails, navigating choppy waters…
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Eric Rosenberg | January 30, 2018
Over the last seven years, the U.S. Supreme Court has rapidly and dramatically altered the landscape of personal jurisdiction law. Specifically, the court issued six opinions that overturned a lower court's exercise of personal jurisdiction, reinforced due process limitations on state assertions of jurisdiction, and narrowed the scope of constitutionally permissible general and specific personal jurisdiction.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Larry Coben | January 30, 2018
After the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued its decision in Tincher v. Omega Flex, the committee appointed by the court to prepare jury instructions issued “suggested standard products liability instructions” (published by the PBI) in an effort to provide guidance to the bench and bar.
By Colby Hamilton | January 30, 2018
Members of the defense bar see the two-year trend as troubling. But observers say the court, with so many new members, is all but sure to correct course going forward under the leadership of Chief Judge Janet DiFiore.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | January 29, 2018
The recent decision to void Pennsylvania's congressional map over gerrymandering concerns may cause some confusion in the upcoming election, but, according to court watchers, the appeal to halt that ruling faces extremely long odds.
By Katheryn Tucker | January 29, 2018
Following a week of sexual abuse horrors revealed in a Michigan courtroom, the University of Georgia law school hosted an open discussion Saturday about taking legal action against predators and those who enable them.
By Greg Land | January 29, 2018
The jury found the nursing home liable for only 20 percent of the award, but plaintiffs attorney Ken Connor said that because the panel found both professional and ordinary negligence—a claim for which the defense had not sought apportionment—he would seek the entire award.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Michael P. Friedman | January 29, 2018
Providing civil legal services to the poor is a wonderful service. But the Judiciary of New York spending $100 million per year of taxpayer money to do so is inappropriate and probably unconstitutional.
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