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Federal Judge Determines Wife's Online Tax Account Creation Does Not Bind Husband to Arbitration Agreement

"While Sessoms's 'permission' that Krysta 'prepare [his] tax returns' could implicitly grant her actual authority to assent to the 2020 Terms of Service on his behalf, a rational factfinder could conclude otherwise," U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said.
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Daily Report Online

'We're Down the Homestretch': Opposing Counsel Say Lin Wood Defamation Trial Could Happen in 2024

"[The latest order] is an unusual ruling insofar as the judge found falsity, which is usually a major factual issue in a defamation case," plaintiff's counsel Andrew Beal said
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New York Law Journal

Former Employees Sue The Messenger for Failure to Pay Severance, Breach of Contract

Two former employees of the now-defunct news website The Messenger filed an employment action against the site's parent company and its former owner this week alleging breaches of their employment contracts and violations of labor law after the company refused to issue their pair's severance payments.
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Law.com

Utah High Court Affirms Lower, 2.29% Postjudgment Rate in $9.5M Arbitration Dispute

"The UFJA provides a means of domesticating a foreign judgment and identifies how Utah courts must treat these domesticated judgments. Although the UFJA does not specifically address the question of postjudgment interest, subsection 78B-5-302(3) supports the district court's conclusion," Justice John Pearce said.
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Texas Lawyer

Defense Win: Kirkland Attorneys Swat Down $100M Claim

The dispute centered on whether a geological formation cited by the plaintiffs was part of an oil and gas field in Ohio known as the Utica Shale, and whether the defendants could develop it.
4 minute read

Law.com

Legal Malpractice Claim Filed Against Attorney's Estate After His Death

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. Sign up today and be among the first to know about new suits in your region, practice area or client sector.
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Daily Business Review

Holland & Knight Lands $7.7M Award for Fertilizer Broker in International Dispute

"The ruling will serve as viable precedent in this jurisdiction moving forward involving this act," said Jason Baruch, a partner at Holland & Knight.
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New York Law Journal

Mortgage Contingency Clauses; Riparian Rights: This Week in Scott Mollen's Realty Law Digest

Scott Mollen discusses "Mason v. Pembroke NY," where a purchaser breached contract by failing to comply with mortgage contingency clause in applying for a larger mortgage than permitted by the clause, and the riparian rights case "Talmidov Inc. v. Marina Holding Corp" involving an action for quiet title, ejectment, trespass and a declaration of easement by necessity relating to land submerged by a body of water near the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn.
19 minute read

New York Law Journal

Let's Imagine a Ban on Prenuptial Agreements

A look at how prenuptial agreements are being interpreted and enforced by the courts in an effort to see why divorce lawyers often see these agreements as "uniquely complex legal instruments that are fraught with the potential for peril."
7 minute read

Law.com

Legal Marketing Services Provider Accuses Former SVP of Misappropriating Confidential Client Information

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
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