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A Court Just Restored $8.5 Billion in Claims in This Massive Bankruptcy Case

Bondholders said the decision reinstating their claims restores the municipal market's understanding of the proper functioning of special revenue bonds.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Industry Groups Back Appeal of Ruling They Claim 'Would Effectively Abolish Venue' in Pa.

The idea "that this is some horrifying … departure from well-established Pennsylvania law is just kind of ridiculous," First Law Strategy Group partner David Senoff asserted.
5 minute read

Law.com

Massachusetts Appeals Court Reinstates Customer's Discrimination Claims Against Dunkin' Donuts Franchise

The case law makes clear that the cook's conduct need not be solely or even predominantly motivated by a purpose to serve the employer, the court said.
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Law.com

10th Circuit Dismisses Bid From Kappa Kappa Gamma Sisters to Reinstate Lawsuit Over Admission of Transgender Member

"We disagree the court lacked appellate jurisdiction. As we explained in our brief, appellate courts consider district court decisions that go to the merits of the case, which the Wyoming decision certainly did," May Mailman, who represented the sorority sisters, told Law.com in a statement. "Women deserve the camaraderie and safety of sororities, but unfortunately, it also appears they first need courts brave enough to say so."
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Daily Report Online

A 'Death Penalty'? Ford Set to Ask Appeals Court to Reject $1.7B Verdict, Order New Trial

Appeal of the record verdict has drawn amicus briefs from the American Tort Reform Association, the Georgia and United States Chambers of Commerce, Georgians for Lawsuit Reform and the Alliance for Automotive Innovation.
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Law.com

After Federal Judge's Dismissal, Zantac Legal Fight Reignites in State Courts

On May 23, the first verdict in the nation over Zantac came out in Illinois, while a Delaware judge's May 31 decision allowed plaintiffs' experts for thousands of cases.
7 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Oil Field Supplier Gets Stay on USDOT Ban on Transport of Explosive

Had the agency carefully reviewed the evidence, it would have realized its findings were overwhelmingly contradicted by that evidence, the U.S. Fifth Circuit noted.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Maryland Appeals Court Rules for Morgan Stanley, Reverses Workers' Comp Claim

The court held there was no evidence that the claimant's infection, even if it resulted from mold exposure, was attributable to his employment as a financial adviser, the appeals court said.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Supreme Court Majority Issues Bright-Line Rule: All Commercial Property Owners Have a Duty to Maintain Abutting Sidewalks

"Indeed, when someone purchases a vacant commercial lot, that is a business decision that embraces all the attendant costs and burdens of conducting business," Associate Justice Fabiana Pierre-Louis said. "We conclude that one of those costs necessarily includes maintaining the abutting sidewalks so that they are in a reasonably safe condition for innocent passersby."
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

False Food Labeling, Sentence Reduction, Indictment Dismissal

This column reports on several significant representative decisions from the Eastern District of New York. Judge Frederic Block denied a motion to dismiss a putative class action based on claims of false or misleading food labeling. Judge Joan M. Azrack denied a motion for a reduction in sentence. Judge Eric R. Komitee denied defendant's motion to dismiss the indictment against him.
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