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Court Affirms Dismissal of Tobacco Cases Because of Dead Clients

Thursday's decision came less than four months after a federal court slapped a $9 million sanction on Jacksonville-based Farah & Farah and The Wilner Firm “to account for the immense waste of judicial resources by maintaining over a thousand non-viable claims.”
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Revenue Rockets Up 49 Percent at Kobre & Kim

The firm's focused business model and its booming Asia practice combined for stellar growth in 2017.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Battle Over Long-Deceased Archbishop's Remains Lives On

Although the cleric, today a candidate for sainthood and once the host of the Emmy Award-winning television show “Life is Worth Living,” has been deceased for nearly 40 years, a lawsuit launched two years ago by his niece over his remains has been revived by a Manhattan appeals court.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Cobb Jury Hits Defense With $2.7M Verdict for Low-Speed Crash

The plaintiff drove away after being rear-ended at a red light in Kennesaw in a 4 mph collision but later complained of neck stiffness and ultimately underwent spinal fusion surgery.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

'Narcos' Style: Ex-ICE Agent Gets 3 Years for Shielding Colombian Trafficker

The former customs agent managed to get an indictment dismissed after changing a federal database for an accused Colombian drug kingpin.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

3 Conn. Cities Release Fee Agreements in Opioid Lawsuits

The fee agreements between the state's largest communities and the law firms representing them in their lawsuit against Big Pharma related to the opioid epidemic call on those communities to pay nothing unless they prevail.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Man Injured by Collapse of Rusted Steps Reaches $375K Settlement

Kirk Trofatter was awarded $375,000 last month after falling 10 feet from a stairway in his apartment complex that collapsed due to rusty steps.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Regulators Move Against Sale of Cryptocurrency-Backed Securities

The Bureau of Securities issued a cease and desist order to Bitstrade to prevent it from offering bitcoin-backed securities to New Jersey residents, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and the state Division of Consumer Affairs announced.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Do Regulators Need a Hand From Congress to Police Virtual Currency Market?

Attorneys who work on virtual currency spoke to The National Law Journal about what they saw at a recent Senate hearing on virtual currency and what it might all mean for regulation in this space.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Waymo, Uber Reach $244.8M Settlement on Driverless Car Trade Secrets

Less than a week into their blockbuster trade secret showdown, Waymo and Uber have settled their dispute over driverless car technology.
4 minute read

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