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December 11, 2024 | Law.com

State Appellate Court Relies on 'Cancellation Rule' for Expert's Conflicting Testimony

"Dr. Sherri Studstill indicated that damages were a possibility but that she had not made any determination that Mr. Simmons had suffered any actual damages," Tennessee Court of Appeals Judge Jeffrey Usman wrote in a Dec. 3 opinion.

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December 09, 2024 | Law.com

Pop-Up Window Does Not Prove 'Clearly Communicated' Arbitration Clause, 8th Circuit Says

The Eighth Circuit noted several problems with the defendants' reliance on a pop-up window during contract signing, including a lack of information on where an agreement's arbitration clause may be, how many clicks were needed to find it, and whether their website changed.

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December 05, 2024 | Law.com

Bojangles Restaurant Chain Faces Several Lawsuits Following Data Breach

Most recently, the national law firm Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman filed four actions Tuesday and Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina on behalf of employees and customers who claim their personally identifiable information was exposed during a cyberattack in March.

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December 05, 2024 | Daily Business Review

Miami Firm Reaches $1.9M Settlement for Protester's Injuries, Pursues Class Action for Others

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December 03, 2024 | Law.com

Uvalde Shooting 'Fresh in Everyone's Mind:' Lone Dissenting Judge Disagrees with School's Disciplinary Decision Over Pellet Gun

In a 2-1 decision, a dissenting judge concluded school officials in Illinois allowed recent school shootings, including in Uvalde, Texas, to influence its punishment of a middle school student.

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December 02, 2024 | Law.com

Hagens Berman Accused of Withholding Share of $13M Award in Pharmaceutical Settlement

An agreement between Hagens Berman and the plaintiff called for Walter L. Nixon, in-house counsel and chairman of the board of the Professional Drug Co., to receive 15% of attorney fees in return for serving as the lead plaintiff in litigation against Wyeth's prices for Effexor XR.

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November 27, 2024 | Law.com

Federal Judge Weighs In on School's Discipline for 'Explicitly Copying AI-Generated Text' on Project

"Plaintiffs cite no case law to suggest that a student has a constitutional right to receive a certain grade on an assignment, to avoid a Saturday detention, or to gain membership in an extracurricular group such as the National Honor Society," U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul G. Levenson said in a Nov. 20 opinion.

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November 21, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Woman's Suit Alleging Negligence to Sex Trafficking by Hotel Tossed by Federal Judge

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia dismissed a suit in an opinion issued Nov. 15, finding that the Jane Doe plaintiff's allegations did not contain enough "non-conclusory" factual support to justify a claim under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act.

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November 19, 2024 | Law.com

Hospital Succeeds in Denying Vaccine Religious Accommodation Through 'Undue Hardship' Defense

According to the case law from the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, courts may consider indirect costs such as health and safety along with direct economic costs when determining an "undue hardship" from granting an accommodation.

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November 15, 2024 | Law.com

Federal Judge Rejects Teams' Challenge to NASCAR's 'Anticompetitive Terms' in Agreement

"At this stage, the teams are no closer to irreparable harm than they are to the command, 'Drivers, start your engines,' at the first race of the 2025 season," U.S. District Judge Frank Whitney wrote in a Nov. 8 order.

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