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Presumption of Paternity Prevails
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has decided to uphold the presumption of paternity -- which holds that a child born into a marriage is a child of that marriage -- in any case where a marriage is intact, even when blood tests prove a man other than the husband is the father. The decision takes a turn away from the court's last case, in which the justices spoke out against the presumption.For State Bar, It's Miller Time
Howard Miller will be sworn in this weekend as the State Bar's new president. He's been tested under fire, which may come in handy.No Recovery for Loss of Consortium of Injured Child
In a ruling that runs counter to precedent, a divided Texas Supreme Court held on July 3 that a parent cannot recover for loss of consortium when a child has been seriously and permanently injured.Defense Loses Bid to Avoid Security Probe
In a case of apparent first impression, a federal judge in Manhattan has rejected a challenge to government security clearance requirements for attorneys representing men accused of the bombings of U.S. Embassies. Ruling on a pretrial motion, Judge Leonard B. Sand said there was no way around some form of security clearance for defense attorneys who need access to discovery materials marked classified by the U.S. government.Daily Decision Service Alert: Vol. 22, No. 71 – April 12, 2013
Daily decision alert.A Wink, A Smile: How Gold Club Defendants Bonded With Jury
R. Robin [email protected] the Gold Club trial, a juror wrote former club owner Steven E. Kaplan to tell him the child she had conceived during the trial was a boy. "I guess his middle name will have to be Steven," wrote juror Tiffany Felker, an Atlanta second-grade teacher who was an alternate on the panel.Door Opened to Foreign Victims of Vitamin Price Fixing
Billions of dollars in potential awards. A new map for antitrust litigation. And what many say is a likely spot on the U.S. Supreme Court docket. Empagran v. F. Hoffman-LaRoche has it all. A class action filed by foreign vitamin buyers, the suit is the latest round in the already-epic litigation over vitamin price fixing. At the root of Empagran are important questions about who can sue and who can be sued in U.S. courts for antitrust violations.Coordinating Multidistrict Cases in N.Y. State Courts
Over the past few years, coordination of multiple actions pending in different judicial districts has been used to promote judicial efficiency by providing unified management of cases. While the main purpose of New York's Rule 202.69 was to provide a formal mechanism for efficiently handling mass tort cases, coordination applies to all categories of cases and can be useful in a variety of commercial actions.Trending Stories
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