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Baker Dinged With $121M Punitives
A San Francisco jury on Wednesday awarded $121 million in punitive damages to 17 African-American employees of the maker of Wonder Bread and Twinkies for racial discrimination that denied them promotions, pay raises and even the use of certain bathrooms. The sanction follows a compensatory damages award of $11 million earlier this week.Gifts: Validity, Enforceability, Fodder for Litigation
In her Trusts and Estates Update, Ilene Sherwyn Cooper, a partner at Farrell Fritz, addresses decisions respecting inter vivos gift transactions, providing the practitioner with useful instruction as to their enforceability.Kellogg Can't Grill Employee's Lawyer About Voluntariness of Signed Waiver
A company sued for wrongful termination can't depose the plaintiff's lawyer about an assertion that the plaintiff signed a waiver of claims under duress, a federal magistrate judge says.State fights to investigate collection firm
Georgia consumer regulators are continuing their fight to get details about the debt-collection practices of Marietta firm Frederick J. Hanna Associates.The state is appealing a decision by a Cobb County judge last September that said efforts by the Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs to investigate complaints about Hanna's debt-collection practice violated the Georgia Constitution's principle of separation of powers.Nuclear workers from Pa. plant eligible for compensation
After a yearslong fight, tens of thousands of workers at a former nuclear fuel processing plant in Armstrong County are now eligible for government aid for their illnesses.View more book results for the query "*"
Product of the Week: Adobe LeanPrint
The Product of the Week is gleaned from industry trade news, events, and press releases received by Law Technology News. This week, a managed print system, Adobe LeanPrint, for small to midsize law firms.Man Appeals $15M Verdict in Estate Fight With Church
Rachel Tobin [email protected] F. "Jack" Perry, the man slapped with a nearly $15 million jury verdict for mismanaging his brother's estate, is headed for the Georgia Court of Appeals. Two weeks ago, in Fulton County Probate Court, Senior Judge John S. Langford Jr. rejected Perry's motion for a new trial.Denial of Expert's Testimony Not Retroactive Use of MCARE
MCARE Act provisions governing the qualifications of a medical expert witness are applicable in cases where the alleged medical mistake occurred before the effective date of the act, but where the expert is testifying after the effective date, a SuperiorTrending Stories
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