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'Threatened Injury Is Too Speculative': Federal Judge Tosses Elephant Insurance Data Breach Class Action for Lack of Standing

The district court looked to case law out of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit for guidance.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

How Much for Emotional Distress? Court Grapples With Valuation

"Referees have no authority to adopt a presumptive valuation range that ... produces emotional distress damages awards far lower than permitted by law," the dissenting justice wrote.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

CUNY Prof Who Filed Lawsuit Invoking 'Revenge Porn' Law Seeks $10 Million in Damages

Dr. Spring Cooper is requesting a jury trial to determine damages after a Judge Arlene Bluth granted her partial motion for summary judgement.
3 minute read

Law.com

'Flagged Just by Association': Another IP Attorney Files Defamation Suit Over Amazon's 'Blacklist'

It's unknown how many attorneys may have been similarly affected, but this is the second example in a matter of weeks of IP lawyers taking on the world's largest online marketplace over its so-called blacklist.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

$4M Dallas Verdict: Jury Form Contained Only 1 Question

The victory came for a plaintiff who had established a client breached a licensing agreement.
5 minute read

Law.com

Scotts' 'B Gon' Brand Files Trademark Suit Against 'Confusingly Similar' 'BuzzBGone' Mark

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

How DeKalb Attorneys Leveraged Criminal Defense Connections in $1.87M Premises Liability Settlement

Andrew Lynch was familiar with the area from his early days as a criminal defense attorney. Co-counsel Mike Maloof described it as "a war zone."
3 minute read

Law.com

Judge: DC Resident Barred From Smoking Marijuana In, Outside Duplex Due to Neighbor's Loss of the 'Use and Enjoyment' of Her Property

Josefa Ippolito-Shephard, a public health scientist, argued that the smoke's strength impacted her ability to use the first level of her home where she cooks, eats and relaxes, when she filed the complaint against Cackett, her neighbor. She described the smell of the cannabis as "horrible" and believed that Cackett's daily use resulted in toxic fumes entering her home, the opinion said.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Supreme Court Rules Offer-of-Judgment Is 'Not a Prevailing Party Statute'

The Florida Supreme Court held that the ruling would not result in a "flood of frivolous appeals," as R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. argued.
3 minute read

Law.com

Jury Adds Punitives to $72M Wildfire Verdict, Another $28.1B Possible Against PacifiCorp

A jury in Oregon came back with nearly $18 million in punitive damages to a $72 million verdict it awarded on June 9 to 17 named plaintiffs in a class action over wildfires in 2020.
4 minute read

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