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October 15, 2024 | National Law Journal

'Frivolous Case'?: Greenberg Traurig Praises Dismissal of Foreign Terrorism Complaint Demanding $9B

U.S. District Judge Randolph D. Moss dismissed the amended civil complaint against the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government because it lacked a required "short and concise statement of the allegations," he said during a court hearing.
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October 15, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut Jury Returns $15M Talc Verdict Against Johnson & Johnson

The plaintiffs firm behind Tuesday's verdict was Dean Omar Branham Shirley, based in Dallas, which won three prior mesothelioma verdicts this year against J&J.
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October 14, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Stamford Jury Awards $30 Million to Mother Injured During C-Section

"The truth is, with modern medicine, especially with cesarean sections, these injuries shouldn't be as frequent as they are," Sean McElligott of Silver Golub & Teitell said. "Lawyers should take these cases to hold doctors to a standard of preventing unnecessary and avoidable injury to the mother during labor and delivery."
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October 14, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Determining Reasonable Accommodation for Pro Se Litigants

Idlibi v. Hartford Courant Company is instructive on how a self-represented party should be treated in court.
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October 14, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Undisputed: It's Time to Revive and Reinvent the Use of Admissions

Today's trials are drag for everyone in them. This is true mostly because the great bulk of trial time is spent offering testimony and evidence about things that ultimately aren't disputed.
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October 14, 2024 | Legaltech News

How Many Legal Jobs Will be Affected by AI? Law Firms Can't Agree

The divergence of opinion is affecting the way firms are implementing AI technology, with some firms continuing to trial programmes while others remain more sceptical of adopting the tech firmwide.
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October 11, 2024 | National Law Journal

'Substantive Deficiencies': Judge Grants Big Law Motion Dismissing Ivy League Price-Fixing Claims

"The deficiencies in the Complaint that are the basis for granting the motion to dismiss are substantive in nature," U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson wrote in the court order, "and nothing in the plaintiff's papers suggests that they could amend the Complaint to overcome these substantive deficiencies."
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October 11, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

ADVANCE Act Offers Conn. Opportunity to Enhance Carbon-Free Energy and Improve Reliability With Advanced Nuclear Technologies

Nuclear power has the ability to significantly increase carbon-free baseload generation to meet the growing demand for electricity while also providing price stability and enhancing reliability in the region.
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October 11, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Trantolo & Trantolo Achieves $1.2 Million Settlement

"There have been a large number of phenomenal verdicts on the plaintiff side of cases over the last year," the plaintiff's counsel said. "It helps to create that risk for insurance carriers."
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October 10, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

There's a New Law Firm in Town, Run by Familiar Faces

"We're going to need to learn some of the administrative aspects of running a law firm," one partner said. "The question of exactly how we do it probably is an answer yet to be written, but we feel very confident that we can do it."
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