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By Jason P.W. Halperin and Amanda B. Asaro | November 20, 2019
In what can only be called a highly significant decision, New York's top court issued a stark reminder about the fundamental fairness of trials, aiming this warning shot at a group of trial participants who are pivotal to a criminal defendant's Sixth Amendment right to fair and impartial fact-finders—jurors.
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By Christina Gomez and Jessica Smith | November 20, 2019
In 'Harte v. BOCC', the Tenth Circuit explains how to apply the law of the case doctrine and the mandate rule when there is no majority reasoning for a remand.
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By Suzette Parmley | November 20, 2019
Defense attorney Sean Marotta of Hogan Lovells argued that the decision below "contravenes decades of precedent," while plaintiff attorney Christopher Placitella of Cohen, Placitella & Roth argued that "the policy reasons for imposing duty to warn here are significant."
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By Robert Storace | November 19, 2019
The estate of a 25-year-old woman killed instantly in a truck-vs.-car crash in Waterbury in June 2017 has settled the case for $1 million.
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By David N. Cinotti | November 19, 2019
New York courts have generally taken a pro-arbitration approach. A series of decisions in a long-running investor-broker dispute, however, is counter to that trend.
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By Raychel Lean | November 19, 2019
Irons Law Group in Miami's agreement with a former client said the firm was entitled to 50% of the accumulative amount of any recovery in the case, even if they switched counsel.
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By Jenna Greene | November 19, 2019
'We don't just neutralize the other side's best facts; we incorporate them as part of our affirmative story. '
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By Jenna Greene | November 19, 2019
'We don't just neutralize the other side's best facts; we incorporate them as part of our affirmative story. '
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By John M. Baker and Katherine M. Swenson | November 18, 2019
it was not until October 2019 that the Eighth Circuit analyzed the unconscionability of an arbitration clause in a retainer agreement between a law firm and its client. The court concluded, without fully addressing the issue of unconscionability, that the law firm cured any potential substantive unconscionability by offering to pay the client's share of the arbitration costs—but left open the possibility that arbitration fees might render an agreement unconscionable in another case.
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By Jonathan Erway | November 18, 2019
Reed Smith announced that Chauncey M. Lane has joined the firm as a partner in its global corporate group in the firm's Dallas office.
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