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Katrina ruling could bring new deluge of lawsuits
NEW ORLEANS AP - A landmark court ruling blaming the Army Corps of Engineers' "monumental negligence" for some of the worst flooding from Hurricane Katrina could lead to a new deluge: billions of dollars in legal action from thousands of storm victims.The federal judge's harshly worded decision also served as vindication for residents of St.TAXATION | Unallocated support taxable to recipient
For federal tax purposes, any payment made in the initial phase of a divorce under a pendente lite support order that does not allocate between alimony and child support is considered the income of the spouse who receives the payment, the 3d U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.Lawsuit documentary begets new case
Dole Food Co. has filed a defamation suit in Los Angeles against two Swedish filmmakers whose recently screened documentary chronicles a lawsuit alleging that workers in Nicaragua were rendered sterile after being exposed to the pesticide DBCP on Dole's banana farms. The documentary-called "Bananas"-tells the tale of the first U.Billion-Dollar Settlement in Microsoft Class Action
Microsoft Corp. on Friday settled a series of coordinated class actions for $1.1 billion in vouchers that 13 million plaintiffs in California can use to buy computer products. The settlement represents a much higher return for California plaintiffs than one proposed by Microsoft a year ago and refused by a federal judge in Baltimore. The settlement comes a month before the case, Lingo v. Microsoft, was to go to trial in San Francisco Superior Court.Suffolk Law School Gets Serious About Technology
Suffolk University Law School's new Institute of Law Practice Technology and Innovation will host lectures, develop courses and conduct research into how technology is changing the practice of law and how to better prepare students to enter the industry. One of its projects is participation in the Google Glass trial -- an early test drive of futuristic specs.View more book results for the query "*"
Romeo v. Seton Hall University
The exemption in the LAD for educational facilities operated or maintained by a bona fide religious institution may not be waived; even if it could, Seton Hall's antidiscrimination policy is inadequate to constitute a waiver; the Woolley standard is inapplicable to the university-student relationship, and defendant's refusal to recognize plaintiff's gay and lesbian group was made in compliance with its antidiscrimination policy; his LAD and breach-of-contract claims cannot stand as a matter of law.In hot tenants' market, will firms stay or go
The grim commercial real estate market has been a blow for law firms' real estate practices, but it's giving them a golden opportunity to save money on office rent-the second largest expense after salaries."There has never been a better time to be a tenant than now, and going forward," said W. Duncan Gibbs, a commercial real estate broker at Jones Lang LaSalle who works with law firms.Company's Libel Case Heats Up Against Consultant Cardiologist Over Medical Trials
What's in a Name? A Lot if You're an Angel
When owner Arte Moreno renamed the 2002 World Series champions the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, the city slapped the team with a lawsuit, claiming tens of millions in lost publicity. The suit claims the team violated a 1996 contract that required "Anaheim" be featured prominently in all team-related merchandise and advertisements. Many fans say the war of words obscures what the debate is really about: A general failure to recognize that Orange County has its own identity that doesn't need LA's cachet.Trending Stories
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