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Federal Standard Does Not Apply to Searches Incident to Arrest
This year, the Court decided numerous precedent-setting cases that are going to guide the lower courts in a variety of areas. Several search cases were decided by the Court this past term, with the Court in one refusing to adopt under the New Jersey constitution the federal standard applying to searches incident to arrest.Cyanamid Settlement Rattles Class-Action Cases in Two States
Farmers who won a major decision before the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week may never get to enjoy the fruits of victory. A Tennessee state court -- just a week before the federal ruling -- approved the settlement of a similar class action, resolving all state and federal claims. At stake, aside from antitrust claims potentially worth more than $100 million, are constitutional questions about competing class action cases.Plan Now to Manage Fracturing Risk
Opponents of hydrocarbon development have been doing a good job of linking hydraulic fracturing to every alleged environmental problem in oil and gas production areas, as well as questioning the extent of shale reserves, write Frank Perrone, Roger Patrick and Andrew J. Stanger.View more book results for the query "Brown Law Firm"
The Tax Authority, Inc. v. Jackson Hewitt, Inc.
The identical retainer agreements signed with the same attorney by all 154 plaintiffs in the underlying litigation, which contained a provision whereby each plaintiff agreed in advance to any settlement approved by a weighted majority of plaintiffs, is contrary to RPC 1.8(g) of the Rules of Professional Conduct and unenforceable; the order enforcing the settlement negotiated on behalf of all plaintiffs over plaintiff-appellant's objection is reversed.Judge May OK Napster Antitrust Claims Against Record Industry
Court transcripts show Northern District of California Judge Marilyn Hall Patel may have jump-started settlement discussions between Napster and the recording industry earlier this month when she gave the music-swapping service a green light to look into claims of antitrust violations. Napster argued the labels misused their copyright by imposing restrictive terms on licensing their music in violation of antitrust rules.Seeger Weiss Sues Claiming Google Stole 'Click to Call' Tech From VoIP
Christopher Seeger of Seeger Weiss is usually thought of as an aggressive mass torts plaintiffs lawyer. But apparently, Seeger couldn't resist a juicy trade secrets case against Google -- even though the case has a bit of a checkered history. Last week, Seeger Weiss filed a New York State Supreme Court trade secrets and breach of contract complaint against Google on behalf of the defunct Internet telecom VoIP and its parent, WABEC.Trending Stories
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