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New York Law Journal

Panel Rejects Woman's Bid for Anonymity in Fraud Case

A woman's request to proceed anonymously in a lawsuit alleging negligent and fraudulent transmission of genital herpes by a former boyfriend was rejected Tuesday by a Manhattan appellate court.
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New York Law Journal

Trial of Alleged Osama Bin Laden Conspirator Begins

Khalid al Fawwaz was a critical, top-level conspirator in Osama bin Laden's war against America, spreading the al Qaida leader's declarations of hate, training terrorists and leading the terror cell that bombed U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, a federal prosecutor told a jury Thursday.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

PPA Ordered to Pay Attorney Fees in Disabled Access Suit

The Philadelphia Parking Authority will have to pay over $100,000 to cover the cost of the legal representation for persons who sued a division of the PPA over the number of taxicabs that are inaccessible to people in wheelchairs, under a federal magistrate judge's order.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ex-Phila. Judge Waters Gets Two Years for Case-Fixing

Former Philadelphia Municipal Court Judge Joseph C. Waters Jr. has been sentenced to 24 months in prison for corruption charges stemming from fixing cases for campaign donors.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Jury in Murder Case Not Swayed by Facebook, Judge Rules

The case of a convicted accomplice to murder was not prejudiced by social media posts made by the victim's friends and family, a Lackawanna County judge has ruled in an apparent case of first impression.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Gymnast Taxed $125K in Costs in Suit Against Cornell

A federal magistrate judge reviewing whether the clerk of courts should have taxed a losing plaintiff more than $100,000 in costs recommended the court increase the amount owed to defendant Cornell University to nearly $125,000.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Same-Sex Marriage: Court Rules Genetics Not Required for Parenthood

A Palm Beach Circuit judge rules the spouse in a same-sex marriage is "irrefutably" a legally recognized parent.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Warehouse Owner Found Liable for Film Crew Member's Injury

A movie set dresser who was injured during production of the 2011 film "New Year's Eve" in Brooklyn made a prima facie showing that a warehouse owner violated state law by not providing him with better protection from falling, a judge determined.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Circuit Holds Parties to $1.5 Billion Filing Error

The Second Circuit held that it did not matter that neither GM, nor its counsel at Mayer Brown, nor JP Morgan or its counsel at Simpson Thacher, intended a filing mistake that rendered a secured loan unsecured, the error will allow a group of creditors to pursue a clawback of some $1.5 billion in the GM bankruptcy case.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Xarelto Mass Tort Established in Philadelphia

Litigation surrounding Xarelto, a blood thinner that is alleged by plaintiffs to cause uncontrollable and sometimes fatal bleeding, has been organized into a mass tort in Philadelphia.
4 minute read

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