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$200M Takata Penalty Is Traffic Safety Agency's Largest

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has fined Takata Corp. as much as $200 million—the largest amount ever imposed by the agency—for failing to disclose a defect that caused its air bags to rupture. The fines, announced Tuesday, are the latest in a series of increasingly severe penalties that NHTSA has imposed on automobile companies over safety defects.
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National Law Journal

Morning Wrap: Ohio's $1.3M Gay-Marriage Tab | Cosby Redux

Ohio will pay $1.3 million in legal fees to the lawyers who represented James Obergefell in landmark same-sex marriage litigation. Bill Cosby will give a new deposition in the defamation case. And the justices throw a curveball to the lawyers in a Georgia death penalty case. This is a roundup from ALM and other publications.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Litwack v. Dreamline, PICS Case No. 15-1628 (C.P. Chester Aug. 26, 2015) Tunnell, J. (40 pages).

By | November 03, 2015
Defendant home improvement company that misrepresented its credentials was not liable to homeowners for breach of contract, but were liable for plaintiffs' attorney fees under the UTPCPL as actual damages.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Dominguez v. Yahoo, PICS Case No. 15-1617 (3d Cir. Oct. 23, 2015) Ambro, J. (9 pages).

By | November 03, 2015
If an administrative agency issues a declaratory ruling while a case is pending, the Third Circuit can vacate and remand, to permit the district court to reconsider in light of the declaratory ruling. Decision granting summary judgment to defendant vacated in case in which plaintiff seeks damages in the amount of $13.9 million.
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Supreme Court Brief

Justices Weigh Concrete Injuries in a Digital Age

The business community's fear of massive class-action liability and consumers' quest for privacy and accuracy in the Internet age collided before a divided U.S. Supreme Court on Monday in a case that involved the data collection website Spokeo Inc.
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National Law Journal

Op-Ed: What Did VW's Lawyers Know? The Answer Could Be Career-Ending

If attorneys played a part in emissions deceit, they should lose their licenses.
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Litigation Daily

On the Gridiron, the Ice or in Court, Latham Partner Thomas Heiden Plays to Win

In law and sports, fielding the right team is everything. The Illinois High School Association found its champion in Latham & Watkins partner Thomas Heiden, who scored a win last week in a case with far-reaching implications for high school football and other contact sports.
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Corporate Counsel

Feds Name Compliance Expert Bart Schwartz as GM's Monitor

General Motors Co. general counsel Craig Glidden has welcomed a new federal monitor to oversee the company's compliance with its deferred prosecution agreement (DPA), while adding another new job responsibility to the GC office.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Halts Sex Assault Discipline Against PSU Student

A Syrian national who was suspended from Penn State under the university's months-old investigative process for campus sexual-assault allegations can now return to class, a federal judge has ruled, nullifying the risk of his deportation.
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Daily Report Online

Plaintiffs Suing EMCs Blast Retired U.S. Judge for 'Cut-and-Pasted' Special Master Report

Lawyers for the plaintiffs in a high-stakes lawsuit against some of Georgia's power cooperatives have asked that a retired federal judge be removed as special master because he lifted large chunks of the defendants' legal writings in recommending the plaintiffs' case be dismissed.
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