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But Did They Ratify It? Determining Employer Liability For an Employee's Acts

An employer's continued retention of an employee after wrongdoing is not conclusive evidence of the employer's ratification of the employee's bad acts, but it is one of the factors a jury may consider.
8 minute read

Law.com

NYC 'Raids'/California Labor Warning/Cannabis Bar's New Board/Thompson Coburn's New Cannabis Co-Chair

Police showed up at two unlicensed New York City marijuana "clubs" this week in what one lawyer called an apparent "statement enforcement" action.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Court of Appeals Holds Anti-SLAPP Statute Not Retroactive

A discussion of the recent NY Court of Appeals decision Gottwald v. Sebert, including the implications it has on the retroactive application of the 2020 amendments to New York's anti-SLAPP statute.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Local Intel and Avoiding Past Mistakes Key in 'Rare' Columbus Defense Win

"This case had a $20 million nonnegotiable demand, and when Charlie Gower says it's nonnegotiable, it's nonnegotiable," defense attorney Morris Mullin said.
5 minute read

Law.com

'Flagged Just by Association': Another IP Attorney Files Defamation Suit Over Amazon's 'Blacklist'

It's unknown how many attorneys may have been similarly affected, but this is the second example in a matter of weeks of IP lawyers taking on the world's largest online marketplace over its so-called blacklist.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Plaintiffs Say Ga. Appellate Decision on Verbal Contract Agreements Will 'Have Serious Implications for Business'

"Tell me if I'm wrong, but you seem to be arguing that you're basically entitled to be locked in in perpetuity to how you started your business with [the defendant-appellants]," Presiding Judge Stephen Dillard said.
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Court Declines to Pierce Corporate Veil in Deutsche Bank's $243M Dispute

Connecticut's highest court also said that "Deutsche Bank's losses were largely the result of its own negligence and incompetence."
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Plaintiffs Counsel Score $3.6M in Business Dispute Despite Death of Key Witness

"You gotta have pretty sharp cross-examination skills if you don't have a witness who you can count on to testify," said Robert Morris, who tried the case with fellow Morris Wilson shareholder David Jacquette.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Corporate Lawyer Accused of Extortion Pushes Back Against $3.7M Judgment

The lawyer's counsel said his career had been "built on speaking truth to power" but that "some people despise him for that."
6 minute read

Law.com

New Mexico AG Reaches $17M Settlement With E-Cigarette Company JUUL Over Ads Aimed at Youths

"The agreement places the most stringent restrictions on JUUL's marketing, sales, and distribution practices in order to protect and prevent minors from underage smoking," said New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez's office.
4 minute read

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