New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Ben Rubinowitz and Evan Torgan | March 15, 2018
Trial Advocacy columnists Ben Rubinowitz and Evan Torgan write: Concurrent or overlapping surgeries are becoming more common in major teaching hospitals. Although studies have suggested that the practice can be performed without endangering patient safety, the attorney prosecuting such a case should focus on the motives behind the practice. Developing “case frames” such as profit over safety will certainly answer questions in the minds of jurors as to who benefits from double booking.
National Law Journal | Expert Opinion|Investigation|News
By Amanda Bronstad | March 6, 2018
A special master looking into potential overbilling in a $75 million attorney fee request has delayed the findings of a report he said could have “serious and far-reaching adverse ramifications” for plaintiffs firms in the case and “for the practice of the plaintiffs' class action bar.”
By Amanda Bronstad | February 26, 2018
Plaintiff's lawyers who allege that baby powder caused a woman's mesothelioma have voluntarily dismissed their case against Johnson & Johnson less than a month before a scheduled trial.
By Cogan Schneier | February 16, 2018
"Look, the president is unhappy with CNN. We don't dispute that. But AT&T wants to turn that into a get out of jail free card," a U.S. Justice Department lawyer told a Washington judge Friday in court.
By Josefa Velasquez | December 18, 2017
The state Court of Appeals on Dec. 14 issued an uncorrected opinion, "People v. Boone," No. 55, stating that during final instructions a trial court is required to give, upon request, a jury charge on cross-race effect.
By Jason Grant | November 14, 2017
A state appeals court has tossed out a jury verdict and damages of $837,000 in an anti-competition case pursued by a Westchester County taxi company that claimed other companies disparaged it over the dispatch radio for years.
By Amanda Bronstad | November 6, 2017
A Georgia-Pacific LLC unit is blaming “abuses in the tort system” for the skyrocketing number of lawsuits that forced it to file for Chapter 11…
By Charles Toutant | October 27, 2017
The judge in the corruption trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, is expected to rule Monday on a defense motion for a mistrial.Thursday's…
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion|News
By Jason Grant | October 25, 2017
Bronx Supreme Court Justice Howard Sherman “properly permitted” counsel for defendant Sally Abouel-Ela to cross-examine the witness about his chiropractic school suspension “for falsely reporting that he had seen patients.”
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Michael Hoenig | October 6, 2017
In his Complex Litigation column, Michael Hoenig discusses rulings in 'Lyons v. Leatt Corp.' The rulings are lengthy and detailed, but the reader should not bail out on reviewing them. There are valuable lessons to be learned.
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