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Applying the alternative fee model to law school tuition
The time has come to talk more openly about the cost of a legal education and I don't mean cheaper, I mean different.Daily Decision Alert: Vol. 13, No. 116 - June 14, 2005
Judge Walks Fine Line on Treatment of Stillborn
Marcia Janicki claims a Connecticut hospital dissected her 19-week-old stillborn infant despite her explicit instructions not to do so. The hospital argues it was legally entitled to perform the dissection, regardless of the mother's wishes. The judge has stricken counts alleging medical malpractice and detrimental reliance, but refuses to strike claims of negligent infliction of emotional distress against the hospital and Janicki's attending physician.Rockel v. Cherry Hill Dodge et al
In this action alleging violations of the Consumer Fraud Act, the uncertain content of the parties' agreement to arbitrate, the conflicting descriptions of the procedure that would govern the arbitration proceedings, the absence of a definitive waiver of plaintiffs' statutory claims, and the obscure appearance and location of the arbitration provisions militate against the entry of an order requiring arbitration over plaintiffs' objections, and the trial court erred in compelling arbitration.Suit centers on pricing of companies
Lawyers for the private equity industry are watching a consolidated antitrust class action alleging that 17 private equity companies and investment banks conspired to keep the price of target companies artificially low during a five-year period.The case, which consolidates two separate lawsuits, recently survived a motion to dismiss in the District of Massachusetts, exposing to trial companies such as investment banks JPMorgan Chase Co.The Independence of the Patent Office and the Courts
David A. Kalow and Milton Springut, partners at Kalow & Springut, write that patent litigation may have replaced polo as the sport of kings because of its costly nature and drain on a party's resources. However, once engaged in a patent litigation, like any dispute, if a party too intensely focuses on any one front, it may lose the opportunity to win the war.State Must Prove Benefits of Ban on Nude Images in Prison Mail
The state Department of Corrections must provide proof of the rehabilitative purpose of a recently instituted policy banning inmate possession of nude images, a three-judge Commonwealth Court panel has ruled.'Flippant' emails won't affect client/firm relationships, in-house lawyers say
The disclosure of internal DLA Piper emails that referred to churning a client's bill drew the attention of the legal world last week, but several in-house counsel said that while the emails were disturbing, their release would not likely affect client/firm relationships or the billing review process because clients are already demanding more transparency from firms.Trending Stories
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