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Florida Supreme Court Workers' Comp Fee Ruling Signals Unease With Law

The court decides two workers' compensation cases, ruling in one in favor of the plaintiffs bar on attorney fees. But one major case is still pending.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

IN BRIEF: New Compliance Chief at GM, Tom Brady Suspension Revived

GM names Jeff Taylor the automaker's new compliance chief. Tom Brady's four-game suspension is revived. Copyright Klingon? Johnny Manziel is indicted. This is a news roundup from NLJ and other ALM publications.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Court Weighs Merits of Attorney-Client Privilege Expansion

A matter that began as a fraudulent inducement claim on insuring mortgage-backed securities has mushroomed into what litigants and observers say could be a defining moment for attorney-client privilege in New York and the "common interest" rule.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

When the Courts Get It Wrong – And a Life Is Destroyed

Sometimes, it seems, the court just gets it wrong, and there can be grave consequences.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Court of Appeals Judges Discuss Challenges of the Job

Six of the Court of Appeals judges who gathered at Albany Law School for a rare discussion of their work Tuesday spoke about the challenge for relative newcomers of finding their way on the state's highest court, while the only judge who has served more than three years, Eugene Pigott Jr., sketched a recipe for success when arguing before the court.
14 minute read

National Law Journal

Justices Praise DOJ's Dreeben After Contentious 100th Argument

Three U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday praised deputy U.S. solicitor general Michael Dreeben just hours after his 100th appearance before the court—a tough argument in which the court gave Dreeben an unusually hard time. "He's made these 100 arguments—fabulous—and he's remained sane," Justice Stephen Breyer said.
9 minute read

The American Lawyer

Lawyers for Beirut Bombing Victims Finally Close In on Recovery

Many of the original plaintiffs didn't live to see their attorneys prevail at the U.S. Supreme Court, but hundreds of terror victims and their family members are finally close to collecting from Iran.
14 minute read

National Law Journal

Morning Wrap: Dennis Hastert Faces a Judge | Bob McDonnell's Case at SCOTUS

Dennis Hastert is set to be sentenced today in Chicago federal district court. Ex-Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell takes his corruption challenge to the justices today. And the plaintiffs who lost their case against North Carolina's voter identification law have taken an appeal to the Fourth Circuit. This is a roundup from ALM and other publications.
13 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Supreme Court Considers Constitutionality of Body Searches

Police officers often ask drivers suspected of drunken driving to submit to a Breathalyzer test. In Minnesota and 12 other states, however, a driver's ­refusal to submit to that test is an independent criminal offense. The U.S. Supreme Court is set to decide this spring whether those laws violate the Fourth Amendment by depriving individuals of their right to be protected from unlawful searches and seizures.
12 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Military Gender-Bias Case Put on Hold at Supreme Court

A case before the U.S. Supreme Court that posed a novel claim of gender discrimination in the military has been sidelined after the government initiated talks to settle the case. The petition challenged an aspect of the "Feres doctrine," an exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act that shields the U.S. government from being held liable for injuries suffered by military personnel for activities "incident to service."
8 minute read

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