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February 11, 2009 |

Judge decertifies off-label drug use class action

7 minute read
July 04, 2002 |

Toxic Mold Litigation Is in the Air

It has been well-anticipated among the legal community that mold litigation may be the next new wave of toxic tort to be litigated on a mass scale. Unlike their asbestos and latex counterparts, mold plaintiffs will represent a variety of people from all walks of life.
14 minute read
June 23, 2008 |

From New Haven To Guantánamo

While millions of Americans spent Memorial Day barbecuing in their backyards, New Haven attorney Elizabeth P. Gilson was preparing a meal of beef, rice and vegetables for two brothers far from home. Every three months, Gilson flies to Cuba to visit Bahtiyar Mahnut, 31, and Arkin Amamud, 40, at the Guant�namo Bay naval base where the men are among 270 detainees held by the U.S. because of suspected ties to terrorist organizations.
6 minute read
November 21, 2000 |

Reported $10M Settlement in New Jersey Turnpike Shooting Case Called Too High

Lawyers well-steeped in civil suits by police-shooting victims are raising eyebrows over reports that New Jersey might pay $10 million to the men shot by troopers when their van was stopped on the New Jersey Turnpike in 1998 -- especially considering that the indictments against the state troopers involved in the case have been dismissed.
7 minute read
April 29, 2003 |

Settlement With Analysts Could Fuel Litigation

The California Department of Corporations expects a new wave of securities litigation now that regulators have reached a historic settlement with investment banks over analyst conflicts of interest. Although regulators pitched it as a "global settlement," the deal allows investigators to share with the private bar the evidence they collected -- including thousands of e-mails -- and does not protect the participating investment banks from claims.
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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.
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November 09, 1999 |

Amazon.com as Plaintiff and Defendant Fighting to Protect Patent

Amazon.com has been in court over its 1-click patent -- and its name. If the online bookseller succeeds in its patent case against Barnes & Noble, the decision may affect many other Internet businesses. Technology akin to that described in Amazon.com's patent for "one-click" online ordering is widely used. In another case, a dispute with a Minneapolis bookstore over rights to the Amazon name was settled.
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September 14, 2010 |

Court Nixes Challenge to Special Master in Prudential Fraud Suit

Former Prudential Life Insurance employees have lost a bid to remove a special master from their suit accusing the company of bribing their lawyers to keep their employment claims out of court. A New Jersey appellate court denied an emergent interlocutory appeal of the appointment of former U.S. Magistrate Judge William Hunt to oversee discovery. The plaintiffs' arguments included an objection to Hunt's $77,265 bill for his first three weeks, which they called a "princely sum," equal to about half a judge's annual salary.
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June 12, 2006 |

Exit Strategies

The applicability and enforceability of prepayment premiums and exit fees for commercial loans has been the subject of recent litigation around the country, with lenders and borrowers advancing contrary positions based upon their particular reading of the relevant loan documents.
7 minute read
July 28, 2003 |

An Oasis of Liquidity in an Arid Funding Environment

The continuing and increasing interest in the U.S. Small Business Administration's Small Business Investment Company program is being driven by the shrinking availability of venture capital from the private sector in the current down cycle of the market. For those fund managers who qualify, an SBIC license confers access of up to $113.4 million in 2-to-1 matching below-market-rate capital, known as leverage.
13 minute read

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