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The American Lawyer

Facebook Strikes Out in Attorney Deceit Case Against DLA Piper, Milberg

The company will now have to convince New York's top court if it wants a chance to revive its lawsuit against former lawyers for accused fraudster Paul Ceglia.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Q&A: Judge Posner on Writing, Law School and Cat Videos

Judge Richard Posner speaks with The National Law Journal about his aversion to legalese, why he holds law schools responsible in part, and his belief that the judiciary is too focused on the past.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Richard Posner Slams 'Stale, Opaque, Confusing Jargon' in Judges' Opinions

Judge Richard Posner of the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday continued his yearslong crusade against the overuse of legal jargon in opinions, critiquing judges who deploy commonly used phrases without probing what they mean.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

State's High Court to Hear Trump University Appeal

A First Department panel on Tuesday granted a motion from lawyers for Donald Trump for the Court of Appeals to hear an appeal of a decision allowing the state's fraud case against Trump University to go to trial.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

The Global Lawyer: Terror Plaintiffs Still Have Friends in Washington

After taking the Saudis' best punch, the 9/11 bill passes the Senate unanimously.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

Psychiatrists Lack Standing in Insurance Dispute, Circuit Finds

Individual psychiatrists and psychiatric associations lack standing to sue health plans they claim discriminate against patients with mental illnesses and substance abuse disorders, a federal appeals court has held.
11 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Partner's Past in 'Mount Laurel' Case Gets Hill Wallack DQ'd

A New Jersey appeals court has ruled that Princeton's Hill Wallack cannot defend a developer and landowner in two disputes over affordable housing because one of the firm's partners represented the same plaintiffs in the landmark Mount Laurel cases decades ago.
11 minute read

National Law Journal

Marcia Coyle on SCOTUS Nondecision Decisions

The NLJ's Marcia Coyle sits down with PBS NewsHour host Hari Sreenivasan to analyze the justices' small steps in this post-Scalia court.
1 minute read

Daily Business Review

High Court Sides With Ohio in Debt Collection Dispute

Law firms did not act illegally when they sent debt collection letters on stationery bearing the name of the Ohio attorney general, the U.S. Supreme Court rules.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Second Circuit Says Psychiatrists Can't Sue Insurers on Behalf of Patients With Mental Illness

A federal appeals court has ruled against psychiatrists who claimed that reimbursement practices by health insurance companies discriminated against patients with mental health and substance abuse disorders.
10 minute read

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