The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Riley Brennan | May 8, 2023
Premier filed suit against the attorneys and firm for "failure to diligently protect plaintiff's rights as a second creditor in two separate matters, which resulted in the loss of plaintiff's secured collateral, deficiency judgments and actions against guarantors, resulting in cumulative damages in excess of $1,700,000."
By Riley Brennan | May 8, 2023
What started as a contentious clothing dispute between attorneys and friends led to the Arizona Court of Appeals affirming a lower court's granting of summary judgment, after concluding one of the attorneys failed to prove claims of aiding and abetting and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
By Riley Brennan | May 8, 2023
"This critical issue of state law is unsettled and dispositive in this case, and it has important public policy ramification," Ninth Circuit Chief Judge Mary H. Murguia wrote.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Howard J. Bashman | May 8, 2023
Now that many of us are still reeling in shock following the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit's recent announcement that it has adopted a 5 p.m. electronic filing deadline, even after receiving so many unfavorable comments that convincingly debunked and refuted every rationale offered for the rule change, let's go back to a somewhat happier time when at least some appellate rule changes were for the better.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Peter Vaira | May 8, 2023
A recent book by Thomas L. Dybdahl, "When Innocence is Not Enough," published by The New Press, N.Y. 2023, gives a critical evaluation of the process.
By Riley Brennan | May 5, 2023
The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled that a lower court erred in rejecting an unopposed motion to dismiss without first holding a hearing.
By Colleen Murphy | May 5, 2023
"Accordingly, we hold that a sister-state-resident plaintiff should be treated as 'foreign' for the purposes of a forum non conveniens analysis and thus be afforded less deference in her choice of forum, unless she proves that Nevada is a convenient forum by showing bona fide connections to Nevada," the court said. "However, we do not resolve whether this case has bona fide connections to Nevada, given that we conclude C.R. England and Alamin did not meet their evidentiary burden."
By Riley Brennan | May 5, 2023
The Rhode Island Supreme Court vacated and remanded a state Superior Court ruling, determining property owner Raymond C. Romeo had properly demanded an appraisal within the time-limit provided in his policy with Allstate.
By Colleen Murphy | May 5, 2023
The 10th Circuit opinion reinstating this suit against Christian Alcoholics and Addicts in Recovery was issued just a few months after the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois allowed a similar action to proceed against the Salvation Army.
By Mason Lawlor | May 5, 2023
"[F]ollowing the 1994 [Governmental Tort Liability Act] amendments, governmental entities do not have a right to a bench trial in cases, such as this, where the plaintiff has demanded a jury trial, and the case involves both governmental and nongovernmental entities," the appeals court said.
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