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The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Asbestos Plaintiffs Firm Faces More RICO Claims

A Philadelphia law firm is facing renewed claims that it withheld evidence in asbestos cases.
6 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Fight Over $73M in Humvee Joint Venture Profits Drives On

A long-running fight over the distribution of nearly $73 million in profits generated by a joint venture to make Humvees will continue, after the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled that a contract governing the arrangement was open to more than one interpretation.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

4 Automakers Agree to Pay $553M on Takata Air Bag Claims

Toyota, Subaru, Mazda and BMW agree to the settlement affecting more than 15 million consumers.
25 minute read

National Law Journal

Employers Face 'Unprecedented' Uncertainty, Littler Survey Finds

Uncertainty is a common theme among employers this year thanks, in part, to new technologies, an unpredictable Trump administration and a web of new compliance standards on every government level, according to an annual survey from the law firm Littler Mendelson.
10 minute read

Daily Report Online

'Odyssey' of Litigation Sparks Lawyer's Popular Tire Safety Project

A final, confidential settlement with Ford Motor Co. has ended a multidefendant suit involving a woman injured when a tire that was supposed to have been recalled nearly 12 years earlier blew out.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

New Federal Trade Secrets Law Yields First Award

In the first award of its kind under a new federal law on trade secrets, a jam maker was granted more than $5.2 million in treble damages. Dalmatia Import Group Inc. of Miami won the award.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

While Trump Spoke Nearby, Lawyers Stayed Focused at NRA Legal Seminar in Atlanta

Here's a question you don't hear at most continuing legal education classes: How many of you are carrying guns right now? At the National Rifle Association's legal seminar in Atlanta on Friday, a handful of the 255 attendees raised their hands to that query, posed by instructor Massad Ayoob. When he asked how many wouldn't say if they were carrying, about half raised their hands. "Your law school tuition wasn't wasted," said a satisfied Ayoob.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Russian Oligarch Loses Back-to-Back Motions Tied to $270M Note

The case involves a $270 million promissory note signed during a drunken night in Vienna.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Parties Face Off Over Reach of Fair Share Act

Does the Fair Share Act require juries in strict liability cases to determine the portion of liability to be imposed against each defendant, or can a judge simply apportion liability equally? The issue is a question of law trial courts have struggled with across Pennsylvania, and one that was squarely before the state Superior Court when it heard arguments Tuesday in
14 minute read

Texas Lawyer

King & Spalding Nabs Tort, Medical Device Group in Austin

Six lawyers, including three partners, are leaving Norton Rose Fulbright for King & Spalding's office in Austin, Texas.
22 minute read

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