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The Legal Intelligencer

Fed. Judge Allows Punitive Damages Claims Against Honda to Proceed in Crashworthiness Case

"This poses a problem for Honda's attempt to 'dismiss' solely the allegations of recklessness throughout plaintiffs' complaint, as opposed to moving to dismiss the negligence claims (or any other claim) asserted against it wholesale," Gibson said.
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New York Law Journal

The Statute of Limitations in Legal Malpractice

The most important time limit in litigation is the date upon which the case becomes officially too old to commence. In some states there are statutes of repose, but in New York it is the statute of limitations that controls almost every aspect of litigation.
10 minute read

The Recorder

Actor Deon Cole Files Suit Against Amazon After Delivery Driver Allegedly Took, Shared Photos of His Home

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just-filed cases in state and federal courts. Law.com Radar now offers state court coverage nationwide.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

McCarter & English File Patent Infringement Suit on Behalf of Merck, Others Over Migraine Medication Ubrelvy

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just-filed cases in state and federal courts. Law.com Radar now offers state court coverage nationwide.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Denies HersheyPark Store's Motion to Dismiss Racial Discrimination Suit

As the plaintiffs alleged they were "evicted" from park due to their complaint of racial discrimination, they "sufficiently alleged that the act of being removed from the park by Kaman's interfered with their right to 'enjoy the fruits of a contractual relationship' arising out of their admission tickets to the park," U.S. Magistrate Judge Daryl F. Bloom wrote.
3 minute read

Law.com

Massachusetts High Court Upholds $8.8M Judgment, Finding Retailer Violated Overtime Pay Laws

"Simply put, a sales employee's commissions are one type of compensation, and overtime and Sunday pay are separate types of compensation that require employers to make additional payments to employees. By attempting to allocate amounts owed to its sales employees in commissions toward their overtime and Sunday premium draws, Jordan's did not provide its sales employees with separate and additional overtime and Sunday pay, thereby violating the overtime and Sunday pay statutes," Justice Serge Georges, Jr., said.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal Sanction for Text Message Spoliation

In a recent decision, the Ninth Circuit clarified and affirmed the use of Rule 37(e) as the standard for imposing sanctions for the loss of ESI and upheld the dismissal of a plaintiff's employment discrimination case as a sanction for intentional spoliation of text messages.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Probable Cause and 'Bruen': Two Amendments Collide

Recently, a judge in the Eastern District of New York announced a new legal standard for probable cause in gun cases in New York. Essentially, the court concluded that a significant increase in lawfully possessed guns in New York City has altered the probable cause equation in these cases. The government is seeking reconsideration of that ruling.
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Attorney Not Responsible For Giving Notice of Court Dates to Opposing Counsel

This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Supreme Court's Decision in Mifepristone Case Could Depend on Doctors' Standing

The justices' intense questioning suggested skepticism, even by members of the court's conservative majority, of the plaintiffs' theory of standing in the case.
7 minute read

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