Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Robert Storace | December 22, 2017
The state's high court finds in favor of Newtown in a case involving an unstable man who shot a nurse. The man went to police headquarters asking to be taken to the hospital, but was never searched by police.
By Zack Needles | December 21, 2017
While money's mere proximity to illegal drugs is sometimes sufficient to establish a substantial nexus between the two for the purposes of civil asset forfeiture, it's not always enough, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Joseph Marano | December 21, 2017
With the New Year will come a significant change to how documents are submitted and retrieved in the Pennsylvania courts. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has adopted a new public access policy that establishes uniform standards for all trial and appellate courts in Pennsylvania.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Alan R. Levy | December 20, 2017
Alan Levy discusses how New York courts have been struggling recently with what has become a commonplace use of non-attorney staff and outside legal service providers known as "IME Watchdogs" to accompany plaintiffs to their Independent Medical Examinations.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Albert H. Manwaring IV | December 20, 2017
Neither the Delaware Supreme Court, nor other Delaware state courts have “articulated a specific test” to analyze whether to stay a civil case based on the pendency of a criminal case or investigation.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Jordan M. Engelhardt and Muhammad U. Faridi | December 18, 2017
Jordan M. Engelhardt and Muhammad U. Faridi write: The CPLR does not define the phrase “documentary evidence.” Commentators on the CPLR have attempted to fill the void by offering their own take on the issue. And the First and Second Departments have split on whether certain types of paper qualify as “documentary evidence.”
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Robert Storace | December 18, 2017
The state's high court upholds the Appellate Court and says a jury could have found that Bridgeport was liable for the deaths of a mother and her three young children in an apartment fire.
Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Andrew L. Rodman | December 18, 2017
Allegations of sexual harassment and assault have hit the news almost daily over the last several weeks, with fingers pointing at Hollywood “A-Listers,” corporate executives, politicians, journalists, etc., etc., etc.
By Michael Booth | December 15, 2017
A decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court requires judiciary administrators to begin notifying parties litigating professional malpractice claims of their statutory obligations to file affidavits of merit and to schedule hearings to determine whether those affidavits are satisfactory.
By Cogan Schneier | December 15, 2017
Petersen, an FEC commissioner and former Wiley Rein summer associate, had trouble answering basic legal questions in his hearing this week, like defining motion in limine and Daubert standard.
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