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Case expanding liability of corporate officers debated
Attorneys representing the owners of a business who were sued for environmental violations have petitioned the California Supreme Court to overturn a recent appellate decision they claim is an "unprecedented departure" from prior cases because it unfairly broadens an individual's scope of liability in cases involving the responsible corporate officer doctrine.Furloughs attacked as contract violations
A pair of recent court rulings are giving unions new and potentially potent ammunition against furloughs of public employees.
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Landlord Stiffed When Tenant Law Firm Skipped Can Sue Partners for Rent
A law firm that broke its lease when a partner left -- avowedly because the firm no longer existed -- can't get out of the rent that easily. A New Jersey state appeals court ruled on Tuesday that a landlord who was left empty-handed when the firm vacated, and who later obtained a worthless default judgment in a breach-of-contract suit, is not barred from going after the remaining partners and their successor firm. The suit alleged that the new firm was created to escape responsibility for the former firm's debts.Court Upholds 'Anti-Assignment' Clause in Settlement
Enforcing an "anti-assignment" clause in a structured settlement, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled an insurer is not obligated to make payments to a company that purchases judgments. The ruling in the insurance dispute overruled a Washington state court ruling in favor of the judgment purchaser, thereby validating a non-assignment clause used to secure favorable tax treatment for the insurer.Attorneys Get a Feel for Detainees' Life at Guantanamo Bay
On a recent Friday, Sarah Havens, a second-year associate Allen & Overy, spent the morning in her office negotiating the final details of a European telecommunications financing project. A few days later, she found herself in a 10-by-15 foot cell in Guantanamo Bay, interviewing an enemy combatant. Havens is among the dozen or so New York attorneys who have flown to Cuba in the last few months to gather information for the habeas corpus petitions their firms have filed on behalf of detainees.Trending Stories
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