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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

New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: School District's Probe Was a 'Sham'; Title IX Administrator Showed Sex-Based Bias

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

Law.com

Uber Not Responsible for Turning Over Information on 'Dangerous Riders' to Competitor, Judge Finds

In Newman v. Uber Technologies, the court denied attempts to hold Uber responsible for the safety of Lyft drivers, concluding it didn't owe drivers of a separate company a duty "to protect them from known, dangerous passengers."
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Social Media Policy for Judges Provides Guidance in a Changing World

The Code of Judicial Conduct is a basic document which should be emblazoned in the mind of every judge.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Bank of America's Cash Sweep Program Attracts New Legal Fire in Class Action

A New Jersey resident accused the bank of offering paltry interest rates on its "cash sweep" accounts.
3 minute read

Law.com

Federal Judge Sends Novel Damages Question in Employment Dispute to State Court

"The court could answer each of these lingering questions in favor of either Johnson or Hertz. But at this stage, the court need not, and should not, definitively resolve these questions. Instead, Missouri state courts should have the first opportunity to determine these important issues of state law," U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark for the Eastern District of Missouri said.
5 minute read

Law.com

County Reps: Appeal Likely Following State Court's Sales Tax Ruling for Retail Marijuana

In Robust Missouri Dispensary 3 v. St. Louis County, the court sided with the plaintiff, concluding that only one local government is permitted under state law to impose an additional 3% sales tax on the retail sale of marijuana.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

'I Saw a Huge Need': Georgia Judge Emerges as Changemaker

"[W]e all benefit from having programs that meet people where they are," the judge said.
7 minute read

Litigation Daily

Should It Be Left to the Plaintiffs Bar to Enforce Judicial Privacy Laws?

New Jersey's law, passed in response to the murder of a federal judge's son, allows potential plaintiffs, including judges, police and child abuse investigators, to assign their claims to others. Critics say the law meant to protect judges has created a potential windfall for plaintiffs lawyers.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Walmart Accused of Misrepresenting 'Cheese' Ingredients in Great Value's Macaroni & Cheese

Walmart is accused of falsely labeling their Great Value macaroni and cheese as containing "real cheddar cheese."
3 minute read

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