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Employment Lawsuit Against LA Times Alleges Retaliation After Rebuffing Co-Worker's Sexual Advances

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Corporate Counsel

Another Big Lender Slapped with Suit Over Loan Officer Pay

Six former Bank of America loan officers says the financial institution "systemically" misclassified loan officers as exempt from overtime.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

'These Are Really Just the Beginning': 4 More Lawsuits Against CooperSurgical

"There could be more instances of this out there, and we absolutely need to know the full scope of this problem in order to hold CooperSurgical and the Cooper Companies accountable for the harm that they've caused," Clarkson Law Firm's Tracey Cowan said.
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Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: Shaving a $366M Retaliation Verdict Against FedEx to Less than $249K

Kyle Hawkins and Leah Bower of Lehotsky Keller Cohn secured a ruling from the Fifth Circuit last week taking a $365 million punitive damages award to $0 in a case where a former FedEx manager claimed she was fired in retaliation for bringing claims of discrimination.
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Daily Report Online

Case Over Non-Economic Damages Cap Is Transferred to Ga. Supreme Court

A wrongful-death medical-malpractice case out of Macon gave rise to the issue over whether a cap is constitutionally valid.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Upheld: Connecticut Supreme Court Affirms $34 Million Victory

The litigation involved medical malpractice claims against the University of Connecticut Health Center.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Plaintiff's Lawyers: Beware of Fictitious Defendants

"The issue, therefore, was the interrelationship between R. 4:26-4 (amendments to state the true names of fictitious defendants) and R. 4:9-3 (when such amendments relate back to the date of the initial pleadings)," writes Court Watch columnist Louis F. Locascio.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Attorney Claims Law Firm Ruined His Reputation, Drove Him to Drink

The alleged vexatious litigation damaged his reputation, and led to the loss of his professional liability insurance, the lawyer claimed. As a result, the attorney allegedly struggled to represent clients and make a living.
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Law.com

Appellants' 'Intermixed Concepts' of Contributory Negligence, Failure to Mitigate Don't Succeed in $1.18M Med-Mal Appeal Attempt

"Defendants acknowledged at oral argument that the record does not tell us whether the alleged hand-soaking occurred before or after the sutures were removed. But if Butts-Franklin had soaked her hand after the sutures were removed, it 'c[ould not] be the basis for a mitigation of damages instruction' because she 'did not act contrary to the advice given,'" Justice Stuart A. Raphael wrote on behalf of the unanimous appellate panel.
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The Recorder

Suits Alleged JPMorgan Chase Committed Elder Abuse in Allowing 'Pig Butchering,' Fake IRS Scams

A pair of lawsuits filed against JPMorgan Chase in Los Angeles and San Mateo superior courts alleged that the bank committed elder abuse by facilitating the theft of a combined $2 million from two elderly women's life savings through "pig butchering" schemes and fake Internal Revenue Service agent scams.
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