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New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Judge Precludes Ballistics Expert's Opinion on Scene for 2016 Fatal Police Shooting

This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Federal Judge Allows Elderly Woman's Consumer Protection Suit to Proceed Against Citizens Bank

In Downz v. Citizens Bank, the plaintiff claimed Citizens Bank was negligent in failing to warn her of fraudulent activity and for allegedly allowing her to overdraft her Home Equity Line of Credit account by over $100,000.
5 minute read

Law.com

Am Law 200 Firm to Defend PUMA in Latest Quarrel Over Patented Shoe Technology

On Monday, Jonathan Labukas, a partner with Quarles and Brady in Washington, D.C., filed an appearance for the German-based footwear company in a declaratory action filed by Brooks Sports in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

AI Startup Founder Defrauded Investors of Millions, US Prosecutors Say

New York prosecutors claim that Joanna Smith-Griffin fraudulently obtained $10 million in funding until her company's collapse in June.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Attorneys Go to DC Federal Court Seeking Damages for Plaintiffs in Oct. 7, 2023, Attack on Israel

The United States has designated Iran a “state sponsor of terrorism” since January 1984, exposing Iran to potential liability under the state sponsor of terrorism exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.
3 minute read

Law.com

Who Got the Work: 16 Lawyers Appointed to BioLab Class Action Litigation

After consolidating 18 class action complaints surrounding a chemical fire at a BioLab plant in Georgia, a federal judge has appointed 16 attorneys from separate firms in Georgia, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, New York, Tennessee, and Puerto Rico as interim class counsel and committee members.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

3 New Judges: Here's Who Kemp Just Appointed to the Bench

Gov. Brian Kemp has appointed a pair of solicitor generals and a judge to fill judicial vacancies on the Rockdale County State Court and Houston Judicial Circuit and Tifton Judicial Circuit superior court benches.
2 minute read

Law.com

Apple Asks Judge to 'Follow the Majority Practice' in Dismissing Patent Dispute Over Night Vision Technology

"Courts, including in this district, have resoundingly rejected this approach, dismissing willful infringement claims where a complaint alleged that a defendant learned of the asserted patents solely through the filing of the complaint," attorneys with DLA Piper wrote on behalf of Apple's motion to dismiss a patent suit brought by SiOnyx over night vision technology.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Contingency Fee to Counsel Result of Successful Advocacy, Not Windfall

This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.
2 minute read

Litigation Daily

Trying a Case for Abu Ghraib Detainees Two Decades After Abuse

Patterson Belknap partners Muhammad Faridi and Michael Buchanan discuss the firm’s work that helped three men held prisoner at the notorious Iraqi prison win a $42 million verdict against a military contractor.
5 minute read

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