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Judge Tosses Tort Claims Stemming From Deadly Plane Crash in Africa

In its complaint, Lima Delta attributed the crash to faulty breaks and alleged that Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., the Georgia-based aircraft-manufacturer, knew about the defect but failed to report it to federal aviation regulators.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Savannah's Gulfstream Wins Dismissal of Claims From Africa Plane Crash

In its complaint, Lima Delta attributed the crash to faulty breaks and alleged that Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., the Georgia-based aircraft-manufacturer, knew about the defect but failed to report it to federal aviation regulators.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

Everybody's Found Something to Hate in Proposed Changes to Deposition Rules

Defense firms and companies claim that the requirement to meet and confer over the identity of corporate representives for 30(b)(6) depositions.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Everybody's Found Something to Hate in Proposed Deposition Rules Changes

Defense firms and companies claim that the requirement to meet and confer over the identity of corporate representatives for 30(b)(6) depositions will lead to unnecessary fights.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

'Toxic' Miami Businessman Owes Ex-Partner $4.7M Verdict on Online Gambling Venture

The ex-COO of Monster was accused of fleecing his business partner on the development of online gambling websites for Native American tribes.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Atlanta Attorney Lands $4.7M Verdict Against 'Toxic' COO

The trial in Fulton County Superior Court centered on allegations of misappropriated investment funds, competing online gambling enterprises and the defendant's rakish wink at the jury that may have backfired.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Mandatory Budgets? At a Law Firm? You Have Got to Be … Thompson Hine

An Am Law 200 firm overcame internal resistance to a new budgeting tool, which it credits for a strong 2018 financial performance.
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

Binding Nonsignatories to Arbitration Agreements

In their Commercial Division Update, Thomas J. Hall and Judith A. Archer discuss recent cases which show the Commercial Division recognizes that circumstances may require binding nonsignatories to arbitration agreements. The direct benefit theory of estoppel and agency is the most frequent reason that demands for arbitration are granted against nonsignatories. Individuals and businesses would do well to be mindful of these theories when interacting with business partners and affiliates lest they find themselves in an unexpected arbitration.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Lawyer's Trade Secrets Claim Against Pinterest Investor Properly Dismissed, Court Rules

In a forceful and succinct decision, an Appellate Division, First Department panel has provided a laundry list of reasons for tossing out claims of misappropriation of trade secrets and ideas brought by Theodore Schroeder, a lawyer who began developing a concept for a socially networked bulletin board site while at Columbia Law School in 2005.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Deference to Arbitrators Is Not Without Its Limits,' But Those Limits Are Tightly Circumscribed

The Appellate Division's decision in 'Daesang' is an important development for parties involved in arbitration. This decision removed the uncertainty around the attempted expansion of vacatur grounds by the lower court, thus asserting New York courts' long-standing position in favor of arbitration.
8 minute read

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