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New York Law Journal

Pass Your Next Legal Quiz (Or 'How to Ace a Senate Confirmation Hearing')

In her Litigation 101 column, Shira Forman writes: How would you do if faced with the same legal pop quiz as Matthew Petersen? Review this primer on the litigation concepts that eluded one would-be jurist.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

These 6 New York Court of Appeals Cases Dominated in 2017

A look back at some of the major events and rulings from New York's top court, the Court of Appeals, in 2017.
9 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut Supreme Court Rules for Newtown in Shooting at Hospital by Unstable Man

The state's high court finds in favor of Newtown in a case involving an unstable man who shot a nurse. The man went to police headquarters asking to be taken to the hospital, but was never searched by police.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Justices Open New Avenue of Defense Under Old Civil Forfeiture Law

While money's mere proximity to illegal drugs is sometimes sufficient to establish a substantial nexus between the two for the purposes of civil asset forfeiture, it's not always enough, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

New Policy Affects How Public Records Are Accessed, Submitted to Court

With the New Year will come a significant change to how documents are submitted and retrieved in the Pennsylvania courts. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has adopted a new public access policy that establishes uniform standards for all trial and appellate courts in Pennsylvania.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Who Watches the Watchdogs? The Use of Non-Party IME Watchdogs

Alan Levy discusses how New York courts have been struggling recently with what has become a commonplace use of non-attorney staff and outside legal service providers known as "IME Watchdogs" to accompany plaintiffs to their Independent Medical Examinations.
8 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Chancery Adopts Federal Test to Determine Whether to Stay a Civil Case Based on a Criminal Investigation

Neither the Delaware Supreme Court, nor other Delaware state courts have “articulated a specific test” to analyze whether to stay a civil case based on the pendency of a criminal case or investigation.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

First and Second Departments Split on What Is Considered 'Documentary Evidence'

Jordan M. Engelhardt and Muhammad U. Faridi write: The CPLR does not define the phrase “documentary evidence.” Commentators on the CPLR have attempted to fill the void by offering their own take on the issue. And the First and Second Departments have split on whether certain types of paper qualify as “documentary evidence.”
13 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut Supreme Court Upholds Bridgeport's Liability in Fire That Killed Family

The state's high court upholds the Appellate Court and says a jury could have found that Bridgeport was liable for the deaths of a mother and her three young children in an apartment fire.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Rethinking the Harassment Complaint Model

Allegations of sexual harassment and assault have hit the news almost daily over the last several weeks, with fingers pointing at Hollywood “A-Listers,” corporate executives, politicians, journalists, etc., etc., etc.
5 minute read

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