By Michael A. Mora | March 20, 2024
"When the perpetrators are removed and a receiver is appointed in their place, the corporate structures are no longer the 'evil zombies' of the perpetrator; they are '[f]reed from his spell' and regain standing to sue for the return of money fraudulently transferred," the appeals court held.
By Cedra Mayfield | March 20, 2024
"We usually don't make people subject themselves to criminal prosecution or contempt or stuff like that to vindicate their constitutional rights," said Justice Sarah Hawkins Warren during oral arguments Tuesday.
By Jane Wester | March 19, 2024
The three-judge panel of Circuit Judges John M. Walker Jr., William Nardini and Steven Menashi affirmed Liman's judgment in a 12-page summary order issued just two weeks after oral arguments.
By Alex Anteau | March 19, 2024
The court had to interpret a 1973 statute in the context of a technology that has only recently become ubiquitous.
By Alex Anteau | March 19, 2024
In deciding the slip-and-fall case, the appeals court used a two-prong analysis created by the U.S. Supreme Court but hadn't yet been used in Georgia.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Linton Mann III and William T. Russell Jr. | March 19, 2024
The Court of Appeals recently clarified that insurance policies providing coverage for "direct physical loss or damage" to an insured's premises do not apply to business interruption losses sustained as a result of COVID-19 absent some actual, material alteration to those premises or a complete and persistent dispossession from the premises.
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Emily Cousins | March 18, 2024
"The plain import of that provision confirms that, while the palliative use of marijuana is authorized under Connecticut law, employers nonetheless may prohibit qualifying patients from being under hits influence in the workplace," the Appellate Court concluded.
By Allison Dunn | March 18, 2024
Associate Justice Gregory I. Massing said that Fairfield Inn's alleged knowledge about the plaintiffs' business stay and its "failure to tell them in advance that they could not do business there was unlike neglecting to warn that an elliptical machine in the hotel gym was out of order, and more akin to neglecting to tell arriving guests that rooms are not furnished with beds."
By Brian Lee | March 18, 2024
In one of a number of key lawsuits to watch against Waste Management of New York, the Appellate Division, Fourth Department issued an unsigned memorandum decision in favor of the trash collector on March 15, reversing a lower court judge's ruling.
By Avalon Zoppo | March 18, 2024
"I think there's going to be a huge number of reverse discrimination type cases filed this year and in subsequent years," said employment lawyer Jason Schwartz.
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