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New York Law Journal

Law Firm Sues Google to Unmask User Behind One-Star Review

Oved & Oved is seeking the information in order to take action against what it dubs the "Troll Defendant" for attempting to sully its hard-earned reputation. The firm has consistently made legal publications' "best-of" lists.
2 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Fox Asks Court to Consolidate Dominion Lawsuits, Saying It Shouldn't Try Same Defamation Case Twice

Having two separate jury trials would be not only a waste of time and resources for both the court and the litigants involved, but a violation of Delaware law, Fox lawyers said.
5 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

New Chancery Lawsuit Accuses Investment Banker of Raiding Former Employer, Breaching Non-Compete

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

Law.com

State Appellate Court Says Insurer's Interpretation of Product Liability Act Would 'Produce an Absurd Result'

"We avoid construing statutory language in a way that produces an absurd result," wrote Court of Appeals Judge Cecily Hazelrigg-Hernandez in a decision that assessed the legislative purpose behind part of the Washington Product Liability Act that limits product-seller liability.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Reid and Tsai Talk Diversity, Suing Law Firms and Judicial Bias

Reid Collins & Tsai senior founding partner Bill Reid and managing partner Lisa Tsai also discuss recent trends in financial and securities litigation in light of recession fears as well as creating a pipeline for diverse recruitment.
9 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Special Master Appointed to Resolve Twitter-Musk Discovery Disputes

Christopher Sontchi, a former District of Delaware bankruptcy judge, has been named special discovery master assigned to determine whether either side will need to hand over documents they say are privileged.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

'Calculating' and 'Self-Serving': Failure to Comply With Discovery Requests Results in Sanctions in Pa.-Based RICO Dispute

"This behavior by both Wieslaw and Michal leads the court to the conclusion that their objective was to prevent plaintiffs' from obtaining evidence to assist them in proving the existence of an outsourcing scheme," Schmehl said.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Manhattan Judge Dismisses 'Malicious Media Campaign' $25M Tort Suit Against Alleged Holdover Tenant's Lawyer

In throwing out a tortious-interference-with-economic-advantage claim levied against prominent real estate lawyer Adam Leitman Bailey, the judge said Bailey and his firm "were acting to zealously represent their client and not solely to harm plaintiff, and plaintiff has failed to allege any business relationship that was interfered with."
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Conduct That Falls Within the Doctrine of 'In Pari Delicto'

While the doctrine's original focus was on illegal acts and illegal contracts, it has since been significantly expanded to other types of wrongdoing, including civil wrongs, as discussed by Thomas J. Hall and Judith A. Archer in this edition of their Commercial Division Update.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Defamation-Proof Plaintiff: Two Recent Decisions of Interest

The author discusses two recent cases, one involving Lenny Dykstra, and the other Roy Moore and Sasha Baron Cohen, to explain how there are certain instances where, no matter what the speaker says about the plaintiff, the plaintiff cannot claim defamation. "When the plaintiff already has an undesirable reputation, or when the plaintiff signs a prospective release of defamation liability, the speaker is essentially free to defame."
6 minute read

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