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Brady Seeks En Banc Review of 'Deflategate' Suspension

The lead lawyer for New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady Monday launched a long-shot bid to win reversal of the four-game suspension the National Football League leveled against Brady for an alleged conspiracy to tamper with footballs in 2015.
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New York Law Journal

Finding No Evidence of Fraud, Circuit Reverses $1.27B Verdict

A Bank of America predecessor, Countrywide Home Loans, was accused of knowingly selling defective home mortgages to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as the 2008 financial crisis accelerated. But a unanimous panel of the Second Circuit accepted defense arguments that all the government had proven was an intentional breach of contract by Countrywide.
15 minute read

National Law Journal

Morning Wrap: Bank of America Fights Discrimination Finding | Breyer Talks Post-Scalia Court

Bank of America sues the Labor Department over its finding of racial discrimination in job-hiring. Justice Stephen Breyer dismisses the notion that the justices could be hampered without a ninth colleague. And the Supreme Court reverses a death sentence in Georgia for race-based juror selection. This is a roundup from ALM and other publications.
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The Legal Intelligencer

H.M.O. v J.R.O., PICS Case No. 16-0645 (Pa. Super. May 11, 2016) (memorandum) Ford Elliott, P.J. (7 pages).

Court dismissed father's appeal of the trial court's order regarding custody and visitation for the mother's and father's four children, because the father did not pay for the transcript of the lower court trial, did not ask the trial court to proceed in forma pauperis, as he was told to do, and, without the notes of testimony, court could not conduct a meaningful review. Appeal dismissed.
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The Legal Intelligencer

In the Matter of Keegan, PICS Case No. 16-0636 (Pa. Super. May 10, 2016) (memorandum) Shogan, J. (10 pages).

The trial court did not abuse its discretion in appointing a third-party co-guardian to serve alongside the incapacitated person's daughter, despite that the incapacitated person's durable power of attorney appointed daughter as attorney-in-fact. Order of the trial court affirmed.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Racioppi v. Progressive Ins. Co., PICS Case No. 16-0639 (Pa. Super. May 11, 2016) (memorandum) Ford Elliott, P.J. (13 pages).

Insurer did not breach for failure to pay underinsured motorist (UIM) benefits where insured's policy had lapsed/expired, and insured's failure to pay the premium to renew the policy constituted an overt act to cancel the policy. Order of the trial court affirmed.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Cnty. of Erie v. Am. Fed'n of State Cnty. and Mun. Emps. Dist. Council 85, Local 2666, PICS Case No. 16-0634 (Pa. Commw. May 12, 2016) Friedman, J. (8 pages).

An employer's "supervising rights" did not authorize employer to permit one employee to exercise his "bumping rights" under the CBA while denying another employee the same right. Order of the trial court affirmed.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas Supreme Court Rules Tort Reform Laws Cap Civil Penalties Applied Against Wal-Mart

In a decision that's a huge favor for Wal-Mart, the Texas Supreme Court recently ruled that state's tort reform laws that limit plaintiffs' noneconomic damages also apply to civil penalties—including $3.9 million in penalties a federal jury leveled against the nation's largest retailer.
14 minute read

New York Law Journal

$5M Excessive Force Verdict Against City Is Overturned

The Second Department ruled that a city motion for judgment as a matter of law should have been granted in its entirety, thus precluding a jury from deciding whether police officers used excessive force on a man with a history of mental illness and erratic behavior.
9 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Marshals Claim Parking Exemption While On Duty

State marshals have seen an increase in parking tickets left on their cars while on duty in Hartford, and it's now an issue being dealt with in the state court.
13 minute read

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