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November 12, 2024 | Law.com

'Don't Be Afraid to Dumb It Down': Top Fed Magistrate Judge Gives Tips on Explaining Complex Discovery Disputes

"You shouldn't necessarily assume that when you're in front of any of us that we have a clue of what you're talking about," U.S. District Chief Magistrate Judge Donald L. Cabell told attorneys on the evolution of electronically stored information.
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November 12, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Major Plaintiff Victories: Women's Health Care Gets Expensive in Court

“This is one of those cases that when it first comes in the door, you know it's going to go to trial,” attorney Sean K. McElligott said. “It's going to be a challenge, and those types of cases tend to go the distance."
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November 11, 2024 | Law.com

Hurricane Helene's Impact On Asheville, North Carolina: How Public and Private Attorneys Dealt With Closures, Safety and Sanitation

"I think as a whole, there was a lot of resiliency and we bounced back pretty well," attorney Steve Cash of Searson, Jones, Gottschalk & Cash in Asheville, North Carolina said.
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November 11, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

3 GOP States Join Paid Sick Leave Movement, Passing Ballot Measures by Wide Margins

"This is a topic that seems to cross partisan divides. It is a benefit that enough constituents in Missouri and Alaska and Nebraska voted for it to pass. That’s a telling sign,” said Josh Seidman, a partner at Seyfarth Shaw.
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November 11, 2024 | Law.com

State High Court Adopts Modern Standard for Who Keeps $70K Engagement Ring After Breakup

"We now join the modern trend adopted by the majority of jurisdictions that have considered the issue and retire the concept of fault in this context; where, as here, the planned wedding does not ensue and the engagement is ended, the engagement ring must be returned to the donor regardless of fault," Associate Justice Dalila Argaez Wendlandt wrote on behalf of the Massachusetts court.
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November 08, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Law Firms Join Abortion Legal Hotline

"After this election it is more important than ever that patients, medical providers, and the public know the law and their legal rights to access and to provide care that is legally protected in Connecticut," Jonathan Levine, a partner at Silver Golub & Teitell, said.
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November 08, 2024 | National Law Journal

Trump Election-Interference Prosecution Appears on Course to Wind Down

"Winning the election is going to make it difficult for any of these cases to get to him," Syracuse University law professor Gregory L. Germain said of President-elect Donald Trump.
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November 08, 2024 | Law.com

Pharmacies Accuse GoodRx of 'Inviting Price-Fixing' in Series of Antitrust Class Actions

"This case involves an unlawful price-fixing agreement among several PBMs—orchestrated by the PBM rate aggregator, GoodRx—to suppress the prices paid to independent pharmacies for generic drugs," according to one complaint filed Nov. 1 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
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November 07, 2024 | National Law Journal

US Bankruptcy Filings Rise 16.2% as Interest Rates, Inflation, End of COVID Relief Hit Hard

"Two of the biggest factors—inflation and rising interest rates—are unlikely to shift rapidly, even if the new administration tries to address them," said Scott A. Underwood, a founding partner at Underwood Murray.
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November 07, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Donald Trump's Headed Back to the White House. But First, a Sentencing?

While dismissal of the case was seen as unlikely, observers said Acting Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan would be disinclined to impair the president-elect from discharging his duties.
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