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War of the Words: Pleaded vs. Pled
There is a bitter, friend-splitting debate raging among lawyers about whether to use "pleaded" or "pled." Both words get a lot of play in legal writing. We think that it's time for one usage to rule them all — but we disagree about which word to send to the dustbin. Chandler always uses "pled." Boone always uses "pleaded." The gloves are off.Citing Politics, Thomspon Quits Southeastern Legal Foundation
Saying the fight over Atlanta's affirmative action program has become too political, the only black member of the Southeastern Legal Foundation's legal advisory board resigned Thursday. Larry D. Thompson, a former U.S. Attorney appointed by Ronald Reagan, became the third person to cut ties with the conservative legal foundation in two days. Two businessmen resigned from the group's board of trustees on Wednesday after the Georgia Black Chamber of Commerce targeted their companies for boycotts.In a 6-5 en banc decision handed down on Friday, the Federal Circuit revived two patent infringement cases—one brought by Akamai Technologies Inc. against Limelight Networks Inc., and another by McKesson Corp. against Epic Systems Corp. More significantly, the court refined the theory of "induced infringement," ruling that inducement applies even when the steps recited in the patented method were performed by multiple parties.
After a three-judge appellate panel reinstated a property owner's class action alleging that oil and chemical companies contributed to Hurricane Katrina's ferocity, the Fifth Circuit granted the defendants' motion to rehear the case en banc. Then, because it couldn't muster enough judges to hear it, the appellate court dismissed the appeal.
11th Circuit Affirms Brits' Right to Sue U.S. Over Wreck
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a $1.2 million judgment against the United States in a case brought by British soldiers. The decision in Whitley v. United States marks the first time foreign servicemen have successfully sued the U.S. military under the Federal Tort Claims Act and is seen as a further paring of the Feres doctrine.State AI Legislation Is on the Move in 2024
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