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Supreme Court Seems Receptive to Wine Producers' Arguments
The Supreme Court appeared hostile Tuesday toward state barriers that impede interstate wine sales, likely foreshadowing a win for small wineries in their long battle against the system that controls alcoholic beverage sales nationwide. The Court was confronted with a clash between two seemingly irreconcilable constitutional doctrines: the so-called dormant commerce clause, which bars state trade barriers, and the Prohibition-ending 21st Amendment, which gave states power to regulate alcohol.Trial to Begin in Suit Against Cisco, Patent Troll Tracker Blogger
Jury selection begins today in a case that pits intellectual property litigator Eric Albritton against tech company Cisco Systems. Albritton alleges in his June 16, 2008, federal court complaint that Richard Frenkel, a one-time in-house lawyer at Cisco, defamed him in anonymous postings on Frenkel's Patent Troll Tracker blog in October 2007. The suits have attracted considerable attention due to the popularity of the Patent Troll Tracker blog, which is currently "open to invited readers only."KB Home partner fights deal over bankrupt Las Vegas project
Builders KB Home, Beazer Homes USA Inc. and Toll Brothers Inc. face opposition to their plan to settle a dispute over a bankrupt Las Vegas-area development for at least $335 million.Mortgage applications hit low for month
Mortgage applications dropped last week to the lowest level in a month as fewer homes were purchased or refinanced.View more book results for the query "*"
Firms Face Sharp Rise in Malpractice Suits
Emma [email protected]'s getting more expensive for corporate lawyers to defend themselves. A soon-to-be-released study by the American Bar Association shows that the number of big-ticket suits-those with claims of $2 million or more-against firms has risen dramatically since 1996.Obesity Litigation Could Be on the Menu in Texas
Scrutinizing America's high-fat diet may help people enjoy longer, healthier lives, but it also raises the specter of a potential new area for mass tort liability: obesity litigation.Language Not in Fee Contracts Costs Firm More Than $35.7 Mil.
An arbitration panel has ordered the firm of Houston plaintiffs lawyer John M. O�Quinn to pay $35.7 million in damages to a class of 3,450 former breast implant clients who allege the firm overcharged them for expenses.Trending Stories
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