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National Law Journal

Supreme Court Will Decide How Far Plaintiffs Can Go to Return to State Court

The issue before the justices is whether removing the federal question from a complaint requires that the litigation be remanded to state court.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

New Rule on MDLs Should Prompt Courts to Reevaluate Involvement in Settlement

Hollingsworth's Robert E. Johnston and Gary Feldon write that MDL judges who decide merits questions should avoid direct involvement in settlement discussions and detailed reports on the negotiations.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Co-Founder Logan Paul Defends Prime Sports Drink on TikTok as Motion to Dismiss Decision Is Pending

YouTube influencer Logan Paul attempted to dispute class action allegations that Prime Hydration drinks contain dangerous levels of PFAS, posting a TikTok video addressing the suit to his more than 18.4 million followers, less than a week after a hearing on Prime's motion to dismiss in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
4 minute read

Law.com

Maryland Appellate Court: Registered Nurses Shouldn't Be Barred From Serving as Proximate Cause Experts

"A registered nurse may be qualified to attest that breach of applicable standards of nursing care for preventing and treating decubitus ulcers proximately caused the plaintiff's ulcer injury," Judge Donald E. Beachley wrote on behalf of the court.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Federal Court Predicts How Pa. Supreme Court Will Address Unanswered Question About Regular Use Exclusion

Taking into account recent decisions from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the ruling comes to an opposite conclusion from what the same federal court predicted in a similar case two years ago.
4 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Closing 'Unacceptable Loopholes': How Sex Abuse Claimants Could Gain Power in Chapter 11 Bankruptcies

The Boy Scouts of America, which filed for Chapter 11 in the District of Delaware in February 2020 and has since had a reorganization plan confirmed, faced more abuse claims than had been brought in any bankruptcy case before. A new bill in Congress would address such cases.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Standing in Establishment Clause Challenges

In 'Citizens United to Protect Our Neighborhoods, et al., v. Village of Chestnut Ridge', the Second Circuit considered whether the district court properly dismissed plaintiffs' complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction on the basis that plaintiffs lacked constitutional standing.
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

One of Florida's Most Powerful Judges: Justices Select Chief

The jurist is Florida's 57th chief justice, and the 89th justice on the Supreme Court in Florida since statehood in 1845.
3 minute read

Law.com

State Appellate Court Vacates Attorney's Sanctions for Presumed Use of Public Records

"She was seeking through her Petition to vindicate her right to the public records," Tennessee Court of Appeals Judge Jeffrey Usman said. "In general, this is the definition of a proper purpose, and there does not appear to be any dispute that Ms. Reguli genuinely wanted to obtain these public records which she reasonably believed she had a legal right to access."
5 minute read

The Recorder

Beefed Up Bill Takes Aim at Consumer Arbitration Practices

SB 940 by Orange County Democrat Sen. Tom Umberg would place new restrictions on neutrals handling consumer claims
4 minute read

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