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New York Law Journal

Equitable Remedies Under Article 9: A Distinction With a Difference

Since 1990, the UCC Permanent Editorial Board (PEB), has issued 27 commentaries interpreting the UCC or its Official Comments, the most recent of which the authors discuss here.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Liquidated Damages Provisions: An Update

Liquidated damages clauses are typically (and increasingly) fertile ground for litigation, as evidenced by an extensive and growing body of caselaw on the topic, discussed here.
7 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Artist Ordered to Pay $100K in Attorney Fees to Art Studio Owner and Greenberg Traurig Counsel

The judge declined, however, to grant the defendants' request for sanctions against plaintiffs counsel Mathew Kidman Higbee and his firm Higbee & Associates, which specializes in copyright law.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Abbott Laboratories Wins $33.4 Million Judgment Against Wholesaler in Brooklyn Federal Suit

Through its lead attorney Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler partner Geoffrey Potter, Abbott sued H&H, Goldman and other parties in 2015, arguing that they had "distributed and sold in the United States diverted international blood glucose test strips that are illegal to sell in the United States."
3 minute read

National Law Journal

'There Shouldn't be Any Carpetbagging': Steve Berman on Local Lawyering and the Myth of Work-Life Balance

"If something hasn't been working before, come up with a new angle. That's, that's how we approach our cases. Thinking outside the box is critical if you want to do cases that change the status quo."
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Court Tosses Judgment Against Scranton in 'Property Loss' Precedential Ruling

The Commonwealth Court vacated a judgment judgment against the city of Scranton in a precedential ruling that provides guidance on the definition of "property loss" under Pennsylvania's Judicial Code.
2 minute read

Law.com

Jury to Consider Whether Weather Conditions Negated Negligence in Truck Accident

"Worthy's tractor-trailer needed more distance to stop than Le Doux's Ford traveling at the same speed. Because of this key difference, the Court is of the opinion that Le Doux and Worthy were not operating their vehicles under the same circumstances, and thus, the issue of whether the weather conditions may have equally negated the alleged negligence of Le Doux and Worthy is also a question of fact for the jury," Senior Judge Norman K. Moon concluded.
6 minute read

Law.com

Thanks to Trolls, Photo Copyright Lawsuits and Lawyers Face Reputational Hurdles

"Photographers are in this impossible position of being snobs about their work and not posting, to being labeled opportunists and copyright trolls because they take offense when people copy their image without getting paid," said David C. Deal, founder and principal attorney at The Law Office of David C. Deal in Charlottesville, Virginia. "At no point are we ever going to apologize for getting compensated for the work."
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

Boies Schiller, Squire Patton Third DCA Defeat Opens FPL to Billions of Dollars in Damages

"This is the largest class action ever in the state of Florida in terms of the number of people affected," John H. Ruiz of MSP Recovery Law Firm said in an interview.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

$12 Million Settlement: Meet the Lawyers Behind the Connecticut Litigation

The litigation involved Connecticut and the alleged negligence of the Department of Children and Families.
4 minute read

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