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Commercial Litigation Insider

Insurers Can't Rely on Exclusion Language, Panel Says

An effort by insurers to disclaim more than $260 million in coverage stemming from settlements paid out in a 2006 securities fraud case by Bear Stearns was dealt a setback by the First Department Thursday. But the panel kept alive an effort by the insurers to disclaim the coverage on public policy grounds.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Palm Beach Judge Allows Punitives Against Toyota in Paralyzing Crash

Circuit Judge Meenu Sasser may allow a jury to consider punitive as well as compensatory damages when the case of quadriplegic Bret Quinlan goes to trial.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Claims SUNY Violated Student's Due Process Rights Go Forward

A dispute in a graduate-level college class that escalated into a female student being escorted out of the class and ultimately prevented her from re-enrolling involves potentially valid First Amendment and due process claims, a federal judge ruled.
5 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Suits Over Mining Companies' Merger Settle for $137.5M

The parties in several shareholder derivative suits filed over a Phoenix company's $19 billion acquisition of two copper and gold mining operations have jointly settled for $137.5 million, according to a settlement agreement signed by the parties.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Circuit Revives Claim by Ex-Cop Who Emailed Media

A Suffolk County police lieutenant who was disciplined for using a department computer to share with the media his opinions on a major case and a policy controversy had his First Amendment retaliation claim reinstated by a federal appeals court.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Commercial Division Rulings Target Class Action Accords

A non-monetary settlement of a class action brought against a $2.7 billion acquisition in the building materials industry has been rejected by a judge who found the objecting plaintiffs are in the business of "trying to make money from litigation."
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Panel Gives Broad Reading to State Law on 'Protected Class'

A non-Jewish man married to a Jewish woman may proceed with a discrimination claim after a Brooklyn appellate court found he was a member of a protected class.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ex-Traffic Court Judge Lowry Gets 20 Months in Prison

Former Philadelphia Traffic Court Judge Michael Lowry has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for lying to the grand jury in the ticket-fixing case.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Defense Trying to Execute Accord in Judge's Fatal Fall Case

The estate of former Pennsylvania Superior Court Judge Robert C. Daniels, who died after a fall during a party at Berger & Montague shareholder Sherrie Savett's home in 2011, has settled with Savett and others, but the defense has not been able to execute judgment.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Marshall Dennehey Hires Post & Schell Appellate Lawyer

Longtime Post & Schell appellate attorney Teresa Ficken Sachs has joined Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin as vice chairwoman of the firm's appellate practice.
4 minute read

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