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Jurors Ponder Liability for 1993 WTC Bombing
After 12 years of legal wrangling and a month-long trial, six jurors in Manhattan were asked Tuesday to decide whether the Port Authority should be held liable for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing that killed six people and injured more than 1,000. The Port Authority defense argued that terrorists were responsible, while the plaintiffs' lawyer urged jurors to consider that the trial was about an agency that was repeatedly warned of security threats but failed to act.Fired Associate Sues Kasowitz, Claims Firm Made Promises It Didn't Keep
Six sets of lawyers from Kasowitz Benson, Grant & Eisenhofer, and other firms have fled WebXchange's infringement suit against Dell and FedEx, citing irreconcilable breakdowns in their attorney-client relationships. Now a Delaware judge has had enough of the game of musical chairs and is threatening to dismiss the case.
The day after hotel chain Extended Stay filed for bankruptcy, its lenders sued the company's chairman for $100 million for allegedly violating "bad boy" guaranty provisions. Extended Stay's lawyers at Kasowitz Benson say the plaintiffs are looking for leverage in the company's reorganization. Motives aside, the suit could clarify the limits of liability under so-called bad boy provisions.
Fortress's lawyers at Kasowitz Benson got their $50 million malpractice case against Dechert past a motion to dismiss. But on Tuesday a New York state appellate panel reversed and threw out the suit, finding that Dechert didn't have a duty to uncover evidence of Marc Dreier's fraud.
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