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New York Law Journal

Panel Holds Insurer to Higher Proof Standard in Fraud Suit

An insurer who underwrote mortgage-backed securities that failed during the 2008 housing crisis must prove all the elements of common-law fraud in its suit against Countrywide Home Loans, a Manhattan appeals court has ruled. "There is no merit to Ambac's contention that Insurance Law §3105 dispenses with the common-law requirement of proving justifiable reliance and loss causation," Justice Richter wrote for the panel.
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New York Law Journal

Panel Holds Insurer to Higher Proof Standard in Fraud Suit

An insurer who underwrote mortgage-backed securities that failed during the 2008 housing crisis must prove all the elements of common-law fraud in its suit against Countrywide Home Loans, a Manhattan appeals court has ruled. "There is no merit to Ambac's contention that Insurance Law §3105 dispenses with the common-law requirement of proving justifiable reliance and loss causation," Justice Richter wrote for the panel.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Gunmakers Urge Conn. Supreme Court to Toss Sandy Hook Case

Remington and Bushmaster claim the families lack standing to bring the liability lawsuit, and that they are protected by a federal law.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Gunmakers Urge Conn. Supreme Court to Toss Sandy Hook Case

Remington and Bushmaster claim the families lack standing to bring the liability lawsuit, and that they are protected by a federal law.
9 minute read

Daily Report Online

Justices Mull Sheriffs' 'Conspiracy' to Ban Private Process Servers

Lawyers on both sides of a debate over the authority of the state's sheriffs to bar private process servers from working in their counties were pressed by an active Georgia Supreme Court bench.
10 minute read

Daily Report Online

Justices Mull Sheriffs' 'Conspiracy' to Ban Private Process Servers

Lawyers on both sides of a debate over the authority of the state's sheriffs to bar private process servers from working in their counties were pressed by an active Georgia Supreme Court bench.
10 minute read

National Law Journal

ABA Counters Trump's Transgender Directive in Appeals Court

The consequences of discrimination follow transgender students and their classmates into the legal profession, warned the American Bar Association in an amicus brief that urged a federal appellate court to find that such unfairness violates federal civil rights.
15 minute read

National Law Journal

ABA Counters Trump's Transgender Directive in Appeals Court

The consequences of discrimination follow transgender students and their classmates into the legal profession, warned the American Bar Association in an amicus brief that urged a federal appellate court to find that such unfairness violates federal civil rights.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

High Court Puts Brakes on Cabbies' Suit Over Uber, Lyft

The Georgia Supreme Court delivered some good news Monday for Uber, Lyft and other ride sharing companies, tossing a lawsuit brought by cabbies seeking to block the competition.
6 minute read

Litigation Daily

Millionaire Mom Who Poisoned Son Loses $225M RICO Suit

It was a sad, sordid case, and it came to a merciful end on Friday, when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit dismissed it with prejudice, handing a win to lawyers from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.
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