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Daily Business Review

Honda Agrees to $605 Million Takata Air Bag Settlement

The proposal filed in Miami federal court covers up to 16.5 million Hondas and Acuras made since 2001.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Flame-Spray Industries Inc. v. GTV Automotive GmbH

Court Exercised Personal Jurisdiction Over Contract Dispute Under Forum Law
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

DiMattia v. Zoning Hearing Bd. of E. Whiteland Twp., PICS Case No. 17-1295 (Pa. Commw. Aug. 9, 2017) Colins, J. (13 pages).

Property owners' use of residential property to build and maintain race cars was not an accessory use of the property where it was not subordinate to the principal use because property owners did not reside on the property and such activity did not contribute to the comfort or necessity of the occupants of the property. Order of the trial court affirmed.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Fennick v. BNM Auto Sales, Inc., PICS Case No. 17-1306 (C.P. Lawrence Aug. 9, 2017) Hodge, J. (18 pages).

Plaintiff's purchase of a used vehicle qualified as a consumer transaction even though a small percentage of his mileage was for commercial purposes. Defendant violated consumer protection law by failing to disclose problems with the vehicle.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Top Highway Patrol Official Resigns Amid Ticket Quota Questions

The second-highest-ranking officer in the Florida Highway Patrol is stepping down after acknowledging he wrote an email in May encouraging troopers to write at least two tickets per hour.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Why a Troup County Jury Returned a $2M Verdict in 15 Minutes

A medical malpractice defense attorney mainly representing doctors insured by MagMutual has handled some personal injury cases for plaintiffs over his 18 years of practice, but all of them settled—until this month, when he tried a car wreck case in Troup County Superior Court before Judge Jack Kirby. The result: a $2 million verdict for a two-and-a-half day trial. The jury deliberated for 15 minutes.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Luong v. Ranasinghe, PICS Case No. 17-1148 (C.P. Philadelphia June 2, 2017) McInerney, J. (4 pages).

The court denied defendant's motion to strike or open a judgment by confession, because defendant failed to show any prejudice due to late notice of the judgment, and defendant did not provide any credible evidence to support opening the judgment.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Colorado Says DOJ's Dope Concerns Are All Smoke, CFPB and the U.S. Chamber Quarrel Over Arbitration: Roundup

Here's a weekly roundup of big regulatory news, including CFPB Director Richard Cordray taking to the NYT op-ed pages to defend his agency's new anti-arbitration rule; Colorado telling the feds to be more chill on marijuana; and ex-Uber engineer Susan Fowler, who exposed hostile-work complaints, taking her story to the U.S. Supreme Court.
10 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

BMW Class Action Settlement and $1.2M in Attorney Fees Gets Green Light

A federal judge has approved a settlement agreement that will provide drivers of defective BMW 6-series convertibles with roughly $8.6 million in compensation.
7 minute read

The Recorder

OTO, L.L.C. v. Kho

C.A. 1st; A147564 The First Appellate District reversed a trial court order and remanded. The court held that a proposed arbitral forum for wage claims…
5 minute read

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