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Corporate Counsel

GM Legal Chief Joins Highest-Paid Ranks After Helping Clean Up Cruise Crisis

Craig Glidden worked through a plateful of challenges last year, including the UAW strike and fallout from a self-driving car crash that badly injured a pedestrian.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

CLO to Retire After Helping Auto Dealership Giant Triple Revenue

George Villasana is giving up the legal reins of Asbury Automotive after helping it complete one of the biggest dealership buyouts in history—the $1.2 billion purchase of Tim Koons Automotive in Washington, D.C.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

'Clearly Inappropriate': Why This Phila. Judge Slashed $24M Off of $26.2 Crash Verdict

"While plaintiff seeks to paint an almost demonic magnitude of intent centering around 'speed' the evidence supports only that driving over the speed limit was one of the many circumstances in place at the time of the crash," Bright ruled.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Admitting 'I F-ed Up' Resulted in $37.5M Verdict

The defense never admitted their driver was distracted, and instead allegedly tried to spin a tale that their driver did everything he could to avoid the 18-wheeler, plaintiffs' attorney Matt Greenberg said.
5 minute read

Legaltech News

Most Innovative Legal Department of the Year: Uber Technologies, Inc.

"Just because the law is often slow to change doesn't mean we have to be. Change happens only when you're continually pushing the limits and encouraging peers to join you," said Michelle Parker, Chief Product Counsel at Uber Technologies, Inc.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

'They Left Her Out in the Cold': At-Fault Driver Responsible for $8.5M Judgment to Pursue Claims Against Insurer

"I think that she should definitely be able to recover more than the amount of the judgment," said attorney Buck Rogers.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Antitrust Filings Saw Upswing in 2023, Legal Analytics Report Says

A surge in filings in the Nashville federal court made U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw Jr. the most active antitrust judge in 2023.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Judge Tosses Class Action Against Mercedes-Benz Electric Engine Defect for Lack of Standing

"The purported nationwide claims premised on laws of states unrepresented by the plaintiffs do not present a valid case or controversy," U.S. District Judge Esther Salas said.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Judge Allows Suit to Proceed Against BMW Vehicles Alleged to 'Spontaneously Combust and Catch Fire'

The judge declined to dismiss the plaintiffs' other claims, including allegations of consumer fraud, unfair competition, false advertising violations out of California, New Jersey and Nevada, along with a Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act claim.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Fed. Judge Allows Punitive Damages Claims Against Honda to Proceed in Crashworthiness Case

"This poses a problem for Honda's attempt to 'dismiss' solely the allegations of recklessness throughout plaintiffs' complaint, as opposed to moving to dismiss the negligence claims (or any other claim) asserted against it wholesale," Gibson said.
4 minute read

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