Allison Dunn

February 07, 2024 | Law.com

As Elizabeth Dewar was being sworn in as an associate justice by Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey during a ceremony oath of office Jan. 29, Justice David Lowy was taking any last-minute efforts to step down from the bench Feb. 3. By Monday's oral argument, the changes to the bench were on full display.

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

February 05, 2024 | Law.com

"These misrepresentations also ensured that Siemens was always on the 'right side' of its guarantees (falsely reflecting cost savings) to the HHC, which ensured that Siemens would not be held responsible for failing to deliver the energy savings that it promised when it sought HUD approval," according to the plaintiffs' complaint.

By Allison Dunn

3 minute read

February 02, 2024 | Law.com

"Respondent's conduct undoubtedly harmed the public's perception of the legal profession by making offensive and disrespectful statements in court and in public about opposing counsel, members of our judiciary, and other government officials. Respondent's statements were republished in various news outlets, widely circulating her misconduct and casting a negative light on New Mexico lawyers," the New Mexico Supreme Court said in a per curiam censure order.

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

February 01, 2024 | Law.com

"Defendants acknowledged at oral argument that the record does not tell us whether the alleged hand-soaking occurred before or after the sutures were removed. But if Butts-Franklin had soaked her hand after the sutures were removed, it 'c[ould not] be the basis for a mitigation of damages instruction' because she 'did not act contrary to the advice given,'" Justice Stuart A. Raphael wrote on behalf of the unanimous appellate panel.

By Allison Dunn

6 minute read

January 31, 2024 | Law.com

U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani appointed interim lead counsel in 15 putative class actions seeking to hold Zoll Medical liable after a data breach allegedly affecting more than a million people.

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

January 26, 2024 | Law.com

Based on his hours in the classroom, the adjunct professor earned $75 per hour for teaching the banking law course, and approximately $102 per hour for the second course—rates "far exceeding" Maine's minimum wage and salary-basis requirement in Section 663(3)K, the court determined.

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

January 25, 2024 | Law.com

A judge granted a joint motion to stay the case—which was set for closing arguments Wednesday—for 30 days for the parties to execute a formal settlement agreement.

By Allison Dunn

3 minute read

January 24, 2024 | Law.com

"The commission appears to have taken sides in the political debate roiling institutions across the country. Nothing good will come of this," Michigan Supreme Court Justice David F. Viviano said.

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

January 23, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

"The absence of authoritative state decisions on this issue, and the split at the trial court level, counsel in favor of certification at this point," U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea of the District of Connecticut wrote about parents' claims for loss of filial consortium.

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

January 23, 2024 | Law.com

"I feel the bar sometimes, and the supreme courts that rule on these matters, try to take an easier way out rather than making people pay the price that they should pay," Jeffrey D. Swartz, a professor at Cooley Law School, told Law.com.

By Allison Dunn

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