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Connecticut Law Tribune

Wiggin and Dana Faces Off Against Cicchiello & Cicchiello in Walmart Lawsuit

"Defendant's true reason for terminating plaintiff's employment was because of her medical disability and its desire to no longer be burdened by accommodating this plaintiff's disability," the complaint alleged.
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Daily Report Online

Georgia Court of Appeals to Hear Questions of Discovery, Taxable Property and Sovereign Immunity in Coffee County

Presiding Judge Christopher McFadden and Judges Trent Brown and Todd Markle are set to hear three oral arguments, including discovery questions, sovereign immunity and taxes.
8 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

The Court Just Hired a Forensic Financial Adviser for Alex Jones' Bankruptcy Case

The law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld also volunteered to advise the committee on a pro bono basis.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

South Texas Jury Returns $41.8M Verdict: Meet the Law Firms Behind the Result

Damages were based on the presence and movement of acid gas injected into the ground for storage in South Texas.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas Supreme Court Weighs Right of Jury Trials in Federal Preemption Challenge

Kita said the STB has exclusive jurisdiction of economic regulation and a negligence-based jury award "for not being reasonable under the circumstance, that is effectively a tacit economic regulation."
3 minute read

Law.com

Divided State High Court Reverses $1M Jury Award Against Virginia Beach Officer Involved in Fatal Shooting

"Protecting the integrity of the jury system is critical, so we will pursue a petition for rehearing to make sure that the Court is fully aware of the dangerous precedent that this opinion represents," said Kevin Martingayle, who represented the Tyree family. "If we change one vote, the Estate will prevail, as it did at trial and should have in the Court's opinion."
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Here Come the Lawsuits: Antitrust Litigation on the Rise Over 'No Poaching' Agreements

"We're pleased that the court has denied the motion to dismiss and that the case will proceed," counsel for the plaintiffs, David Slossberg of Hurwitz, Sagarin, Slossberg & Knuff, said. "We think it's an important case. There have been a lot of aerospace workers who have been adversely impacted and we're going to continue to fight to obtain compensation for their damages."
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Norm Pattis Continues to Fight 6-Month Suspension

"There is a substantial public interest in protecting the public and other litigants from the misconduct of an attorney who not only fails to label or identify medical and other protected records, but also intentionally improperly disseminates the records, despite the warnings of the court, plaintiffs' counsel, and his own clients' prior attorney," the order said.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Federal Judge Rejects Plaintiffs' Expert Causation Testimony in BP Oil Spill Cleanup Suit

"Nowhere in Dr. Cook's 19-page report does he explain how he reached his causation opinion, and it is clear from the report that Dr. Cook did not identify a harmful dose of any chemical that could cause the [later manifested physical conditions] at issue and did not follow any epidemiological methodology," U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers said.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

'The Year of Survivors Pushing the Court Doors Open'

Two attorneys fight for sexual assault victims and the stigma that comes with it.
10 minute read

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