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December 09, 2002 |

It's a Bawl World After All

Sure, anyone can have a good time at Disney World when the sun is shining and the kids are healthy. But what about when it's pouring rain and both kids come down with ear infections? Is the Magic Kingdom so magic that it can salvage an otherwise disastrous vacation?
11 minute read
June 14, 1999 |

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.
4 minute read
December 12, 2011 |

Teaching in India

William J. Dean, a lawyer and the former executive director of Volunteers of Legal Service, writes: "I approach my first teaching day at the Fabindia School in Rajasthan, India, with all the nervousness of an entering first grader. I rise at 6 a.m. and breakfast on the terrace of the farm where I am staying, and appreciate the splendid view of the Aravalli Mountains towering above the desert landscape. The rising sun appears from behind a peak. A symphony of birds welcomes the new day."
7 minute read
March 12, 2012 |

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.
5 minute read
May 23, 2005 |

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.
15 minute read
January 30, 2002 |

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.
3 minute read
September 25, 2006 |

Inadmissible

4 minute read
February 22, 2011 |

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.
2 minute read
October 25, 2006 |

Claims Against Karate School Over Broken Nose Dismissed

A woman whose nose was broken during a sparring match at a Long Island, N.Y., karate school was an experienced practitioner of the sport and had assumed the inherent risk of injury or "even death," a state judge has concluded in dismissing her lawsuit against the school and its owner. The judge disagreed with the plaintiff's argument that she could not have assumed the risk of her injury, since punches to the face are illegal in sparring and are therefore not foreseeable.
4 minute read

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