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9th Circuit Denies Family's En Banc Request in Nazi-Looted Art Case

Boies Schiller Flexner partner David Barrett said the Cassirer family may take its quest to recover a Pissarro painting back to the U.S. Supreme Court.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Appeals Court Clears Counsel of Sanctions Ordered Under Phila.'s Med Mal Program

The Superior Court ruled that sanctions "must be based in the rules or supported by contempt law, and must be based on actions in the individual case, not a courtwide policy for imposition of sanctions."
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Clock Reset: This New Ruling Is Good News for Plaintiffs

"The Supreme Court made it clear that the General Assembly had the power to toll statutes of repose that it created," said appellant counsel Michael B. Terry. "This clarification may have impacts in a wide variety of cases."
8 minute read

National Law Journal

Will 7th Circuit Ruling Make Mass Arbitrations 'Too Onerous' for Plaintiffs Firms?

"The decision should put a significant dent in the current mass arbitration model, at least as it has been addressed in the reported decisions," said Allen Garrett Jr., a Kilpatrick Townsend partner.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut Supreme Court Identifies Misappropriation of Trade Secrets, Clarifies Noncompete Enforceability

"Under Roessler, a promise of indefinite, continued employment for an at-will employee in exchange for the employee's promise not to compete constitutes adequate consideration to form an enforceable agreement," the opinion said. "We conclude, therefore, that the trial court incorrectly determined that continued employment can never be consideration for a noncompete agreement."
6 minute read

National Law Journal

'Close Case': DC Circuit Revives Pro Se Litigant's Job Retaliation Suit Against ATF

"[I]t is reasonable to infer that a supervisor is more likely to retaliate against an employee that they know has previously complained about their own behavior than against an employee who has complained only about others," the appellate court held.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Malpractice Claim Over Misdiagnosis of Tick-Bite Symptoms Is Reinstated

A 5-0 ruling, authored by Justice Christine Clark, of the Appellate Division, Third Department, said a trial judge should have greenlighted expert testimony on the standard of care.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

A Continued Lack of 'Grace' in Legal Malpractice

Today in 2024, after a decade of discussing 'Grace v. Law,' author Andrew Bluestone re-surveys the field for Grace "likely to succeed" legal malpractice dismissals, finding the landscape "relatively unpopulated."
9 minute read

National Law Journal

Biden Taps NC Solicitor General, Who Defended Affirmative Action at Supreme Court, for 4th Circuit

Ryan Park argued in vain that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's use of race as a factor in admissions passes constitutional muster.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

4th Circuit Rules Damages Cap in Charlottesville Mayhem Case Applies for Each Plaintiff

"We are extremely gratified that the Fourth Circuit affirmed the jury's verdict, finding all defendants jointly and severally liable for the racially motivated conspiracy to harass, intimidate, and commit violence in Charlottesville in August 2017," Cooley partner David E. Mills said.
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