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New Jersey Law Journal

In Lawyer's Suicide, 3rd Circuit Upholds Life Insurance Policies' Exclusion Clauses

The Third Circuit said the mere details of the lawyer's death were sufficient circumstantial evidence to show that she knew her actions would end her life.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Broward Lawyer Lands $1.25M Judgment Over Client's Unpaid Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief Work

U.S. District Judge William Dimitrouleas found that a plaintiff contractor hired to help with Hurricane Maria recovery efforts in Puerto Rico had unjustly been enriched by a defendant auto repair company.
6 minute read

The Recorder

GirlsDoPorn Argues That Law Grad's Jet-Setting Instagram Counters Claims of a Ruined Life

Defense attorneys suggest that a lifestyle of high-rolling friends and international travel belie claims of harm from the videos.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Taylor Swift Shines Spotlight on Re-Recordings

This July, Taylor Swift voiced strong dissatisfaction with not owning her early recordings, which were sold by her former record label. Her efforts to purchase the masters for herself reportedly failed when the transaction was conditioned on her remaining with the label, and it has been suggested that she might re-record several albums to compete with the originals. In their Entertainment Law column, Neil J. Rosini and Michael I. Rudell discuss the situation, which has shined a spotlight on re-recording restrictions in agreements between recording artists and their record labels.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Home Depot Can't Transfer Bulk of Contract Dispute to Georgia, SDNY Judge Rules

The lawsuit, filed by mobile electronics manufacturer ESI Cases and Accessories Inc., accused the retailer of reneging on an 2017 agreement to buy $1.8 million worth of custom-made cell phone accessories featuring the Home Depot trademark.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

High Court to Consider Validity of Noncompetes Signed After Employment Begins

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is set to determine whether a restrictive covenant discussed, but not physically signed, prior to the start of work can be enforceable without an offer of additional consideration.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Court: Student's Claim to Want to 'Beat the Record' Following Parkland Shooting Was Terroristic Threat

The Pennsylvania Superior Court has upheld an order of probation for a student found to have made terroristic threats, including stating a desire to "beat the record" for the number of deaths in a school shooting.
3 minute read

The Recorder

4 Years Later, Law Grad Suing GirlsDoPorn Says She's Still Being Harassed

Jane Doe No. 1, the 'ringleader' of actresses suing the adult film site in San Diego, testified that after she threatened legal action, a campaign of harassment at her law school began. Even Wednesday on the trip to the courthouse, she said, she received an unwanted phone call.
8 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: Gibson Dunn Gets Go-Ahead for Malicious Prosecution Suit in Over-the-Top Real Estate Fight

'The court struggles to see how defense counsel could have failed to see the futility of their lawsuit,' wrote U.S. District Judge Andre Birotte Jr.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Ninth Circuit Tells John Steinbeck's Family to Stop Litigating the Same Copyright Claims

"This has to end," wrote Ninth Circuit Judge Richard Tallman. "We cannot say it any clearer."
6 minute read

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