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U.S. District Court Southern District of New York Judge Keenan Presently before the Court are two separate actions in which plaintiffs claim defendants are guilty of n
District Judge Paul A. Crotty U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Appearances: For the Plaintiff: Daniel O'Conner; David I. Roche, Baker & McKen
An unlikely collaboration between an appellate heavyweight, a big-firm associate, and a Long Island criminal defense lawyer produced a landmark Second Circuit ruling this week in a closely-watched off-label drug marketing case.
Fertilizer Manufacturers Not Liable for World Trade Center Bombing
Fertilizer manufacturers can't be held legally responsible for the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York City even if it could be shown that they had known for years how to make a product that wouldn't detonate when combined with fuel oil, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. ``Manufacturers have no duty to prevent a criminal misuse of their products which is entirely foreign to the purpose for which the product was intended,'' U.S. Circuit Judge Jane R. Roth wrote.TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.At issue in this appeal is the scope of an exception to Puerto Rico Law 80, 29 L.P.R.A. � 185a, which provides the exclusiveremedy under Puerto Rico law
Sentence Guidelines Panel Stalled by Vacancies
After allowing the U.S. Sentencing Commission -- the 7-member body that writes federal sentencing guidelines -- to remain paralyzed with vacancies for nearly a year, the White House and key Congressional Republicans appear close to agreeing on candidates to replenish it. The commission has not had a four-member quorum since last summer. Meanwhile, federal legislation on child sexual abuse, telemarketing fraud and identity theft has gone without guidelines.An appellate court ruled on Thursday that the Federal Aviation Act preempts the state regulation of all airlines. The decision came in a long-running litigation in which major carriers have been accused of conspiring to keep cargo shipping rates artificially high.
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