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Decision summaries from the NLJ
Stock ownership doesn't mean asset ownership- and other recent decision summaries fromThe National Law Journal.Experts see trouble ahead for developed world
CERNOBBIO, Italy AP - Is the global economy out of the woods Two years after near-meltdown, with the U.S. looking sluggish, equity markets groggy and Europeans fighting a debt crisis, experts gathered in Italy offered a generally gloomy outlook - especially for the United States and much of the industrialized world.Ford Can't Claim 'Federal Officer' Status to Move Landfill Suit to Federal Court
Ford Motor Co. and other defendants, in a suit over landfill contamination, can't claim they were akin to "federal officers" in their efforts to comply with environmental consent orders, a federal judge says. Judge Joel Pisano of the District of New Jersey rebuffed Ford's attempt to rely on a statute that allows suits against U.S. agency officials and those acting under them to be removed to federal court. The ruling is a boon for those seeking friendlier state-court forums for environmental damages claims.Certifying Professionals May Be Subject to Lawsuits
In their Real Estate Trends column, Adam Leitman Bailey, the founding partner of Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C., and John M. Desiderio, a partner at the firm, write that questions of Martin Act preemption are still raised in cases involving architect and engineer certifications that the attorney general's regulations require to be included in offering plans filed by developers of condominium and cooperative apartments in newly built or renovated buildingsChallenge Readied Over OSHA Rule
Businesses are gearing up to challenge the new Occupational Safety and Health Administration rule aimed at reducing repetitive-stress and musculoskeletal injuries. Under the rule, about 1.9 million employers would have to hire trainers and pay wages and benefits during convalescence for repetitive-stress injuries. Business groups are expected to ask the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which has jurisdiction over any challenge, to reject the proposals once they are final.Bondurant fights Senate filibuster
Atlanta attorney Emmet Bondurant (above) says the U.S. Senate's filibuster rule is an accident of history that is not embodied in the U.S. Constitution and should be struck down.ServiceJuris goes to Vine City
MORE THAN 800 MEMBERS of Atlanta's legal community last month exchanged briefcases, timesheets and computers for paintbrushes, hammers and shovels to take part in this year's ServiceJuris program.The 8th annual event, coordinated by Hands on Atlanta and primarily sponsored by Sutherland Asbill Brennan, focused on the historic Vine City neighborhood not far from the Georgia Dome.Trending Stories
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