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State High Court Bucks Trend Favoring Insurers, Sides With Restaurants Seeking COVID-19 Coverage

In more than 800 cases nationwide, federal and state courts have interpreted the phrase "direct physical loss" as requiring some physical alteration or damage to property. The North Carolina opinion's author, Justice Anita Earls, put the onus on the insurance companies to clearly indicate what is covered and excluded.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Appellate Div. Follows Fed Reasoning on Recusal for Legislator-Turned-Judge

“A compensation judge who formerly sponsored a bill enacted into law is not per se disqualified from presiding over cases implicating or interpreting that law," Appellate Division Judge Lisa Puglisi said.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Sides With Saltz Mongeluzzi in Suit Over Former Paralegal's 'Voluntarily Offered' Vaccination Status

"Once information is public, it remains public. The Americans With Disabilities Act protects employees from employer disclosure of their confidential medical information. But it doesn't protect information that an employee shares with co-workers, including superiors, outside of an employer-conducted inquiry," said U.S. District Judge Joshua D. Wolson.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

COVID-19 Death Suit Against Nursing Home Sent to State Court, 11th Circuit Affirms

"We, like our sister circuits that have addressed nearly identical arguments, therefore conclude that Defendants were not acting under a federal official," Judge Babara Lagoa said. "Instead, Defendants operated as a private assisted living facility that may, or may not, have complied with federal recommendations and regulations concerning COVID-19."
7 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Suit Against Norton Rose Over Vaccine Mandate Dismissed

A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a discrimination lawsuit filed against Norton Rose Fulbright US by a former IT worker who alleged he was fired for failing to comply with the firm's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

After the Decision in 'Ungarean,' Is the Battle of Insurance Coverage for COVID Losses in Pa. Over?

Many will interpret the Ungarean decision as the death knell for insurance policyholders' hopes of obtaining business interruption coverage for COVID-19 losses under Pennsylvania law, but a careful reading reveals the decision's limited scope.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Court Officials Say Reforms Are Coming to Speed Up NYC Criminal Cases

The measures are geared toward more effective and efficient oversight of the discovery process, whlle ensuring that cases are trial-ready by identifying and resolving obstacles earlier, and monitoring timelines.
6 minute read

Pro Mid Market

North Carolina's Brooks Pierce Elects New Managing Partner

Veteran commercial litigator James "Jimmy" Adams will take office Feb. 1, 2025.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

The State of Cost Recovery—Post COVID

"These results show a decline in every measure of recovery for firms since 2018," writes Rob Mattern.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Forward-Looking Statements Don't Support Securities Case Against Peloton Following Pandemic Spike

U.S. District Judge Andrew L. Carter Jr.'s opinion ends nearly three years of stock-price drop litigation which shareholders filed after Peloton's 2021 announcement that its demand growth had slowed more than previously projected. Latham & Watkins represented Peloton in the case.
2 minute read

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