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Jury Sides With Movie Theater Chain in Suit Over 'Wet Floor' Sign
A movie theater chain that lost a trip-and-fall case before a unanimous Georgia Supreme Court has been redeemed by a Clayton County, Ga., jury. After deliberating fewer than 30 minutes, the jury decided that AMC is not liable to a woman who claimed she was injured after tripping on a "wet floor" sign at the company's theater. While he was pleased for his client, the winning lawyer said the verdict didn't override the lesson of the state high court's ruling, which said the trip-and-fall case had to go to a jury.A dozen Am Law firms failed to convince a federal judge in San Francisco to throw out claims that many of the world's leading consumer electronics companies conspired to fix prices for CD, DVD and Blu Ray recordable and rewritable drives.
Casino Ad Ban Goes Bust: Louisiana Broadcasters Prevail on First Amendment Grounds
The Supreme Court's recent invalidation of a federal ban on casino advertising by broadcasters was an important victory for commercial speech, but was not startling. The Court's recent trend is limiting the ability of government to regulate the advertising of legal "sin" industries, such as gambling and liquor.Neo-Nazi in murder trial gets makeover for trial
John Allen Ditullio is a walking billboard with tattoos for the neo-Nazi movement. Jurors will never see any of it though as the judge in the case ruled that the state must pay a cosmetologist up to $150 a day during the his murder and attempted murder trial and apply makeup to cover up the black ink.On Tuesday the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether Monsanto can claim patent protection for later-generation seed grown from its patented line of genetically modified soybean seed. The case has implications for other self-replicating technologies such as stem cells and vaccines.
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