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National Law Journal

US Supreme Court to Look at Corporate Liability Over Mosquito Bites

Mosquitoes now are at the center of a liability question the U.S. Supreme Court could consider for the first time Thursday: Should the Union Pacific railroad company have protected employee William Nami and other workers from the mosquitoes? In a 5-1 ruling, the Texas Supreme Court ruled in favor of the rail company. But courts are split on the issue.
15 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Court to Decide Whether Self-Critical Analysis Is Discoverable

The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of a medical malpractice plaintiff whose bid for a hospital's self-critical analysis of her care was rejected.
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Court to Decide Whether Self-Critical Analysis Is Discoverable

The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of a medical malpractice plaintiff whose bid for a hospital's self-critical analysis of her care was rejected.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

Why This Loss for the Legendary David Boies Is a Gain for the Rest of Us

If David Boies and co-counsel from Skadden had prevailed before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Tuesday, the government would have owed their clients at least $18.3 billion for claims that an amicus called "a stunning example of avarice."
18 minute read

Litigation Daily

Why This Loss for the Legendary David Boies Is a Gain for the Rest of Us

If David Boies and co-counsel from Skadden had prevailed before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Tuesday, the government would have owed their clients at least $18.3 billion for claims that an amicus called "a stunning example of avarice."
18 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Union Worker's Discrimination Claim Not Pre-empted, Court Says

A union member's state-based disability discrimination and retaliatory discharge claims are not automatically pre-empted by federal labor law merely because a union contract exists, a New Jersey appeals court ruled on Tuesday.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Court Upholds Stringent NY Regulations on Relicensing of Repeat DWI Offenders

The Cuomo administration's 2012 regulations imposing stringent new suspension periods on licenses of drivers with repeat driving-while-impaired offenses on their records are legal, the state's highest court ruled unanimously Tuesday.
8 minute read

The Recorder

En Banc Ninth Circuit to Review FTC Authority in Data-Throttling Case

The court will consider whether AT&T's status as a common carrier shields it from an enforcement action pursued by the Federal Trade Commission.
6 minute read

The Recorder

En Banc Ninth Circuit to Review FTC Authority in Data-Throttling Case

The court will consider whether AT&T's status as a common carrier shields it from an enforcement action pursued by the Federal Trade Commission.
1 minute read

New York Law Journal

Malpractice Claim Against Law Firm Allowed to Proceed

A woman's case against a personal injury firm should go forward after the firm's expert failed to address the basis of the woman's claim and ignored her testimony at trial, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday.
4 minute read

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