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TV Legal Ads Proving Useful Radar for Next Big Mass Tort Categories
Tracking television legal ads that solicit plaintiffs for mass torts can give general counsel early warning of new trends and gauge the plaintiffs' bar's appetite in product litigation categories.McCarter & English Punitive Damages Question to Be Argued Before State High Court
State and federal trial courts have split on whether punitive damages are available for contract claims outside of the insurance context, according to a recent ruling from U.S. District Judge Michael Shea of the District of Connecticut.Google Accused of Continuing to Route Google Maps Users Through Dangerous Routes, Despite Warnings
This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.Litigation Leaders: Lynn Neuner of Simpson Thacher on the Enduring Value of Being a Generalist
"I've always loved being a student, so I enjoy the chance to educate myself about new fields. The clients appreciate that I bring a broad spectrum of skills to the table."Settled for $3M: Body Camera Footage and Familial Ties Key in Resolving Pedestrian's Case
"Had we not had that first body camera footage, our liability case and claims for punitive damages and attorney's fees under 13-6-11 would not have been as strong," said plaintiff counsel Jeb Butler of Butler Kahn.View more book results for the query "Travelers"
The Crime-Fraud Exception: A Defense Lawyer's Quandary
The crime-fraud exception often presents a quandary to attorney-client privilege. Is your client's question to you—and your advice—protected by that privilege, or must you disclose it to a grand jury should you be served a subpeona seeking information about any conversations you may have had with a client about extradition? If the crime-fraud exception applies, should you have also considered telling your client of that possibility when they first asked you the question and avoiding the issue altogether?Substance Over Form: Application of Anti-SLAPP Statutes in Federal Court
Many states have enacted statutes curtailing lawsuits designed to chill free speech. Known as anti-SLAPP statutes, these laws often include mechanisms to protect defendants from the burdens of litigation—for example, by allowing defendants to obtain a prompt dismissal through a special pre-trial motion, to avoid discovery and to recover their attorneys' fees upon prevailing.Judge Partially Dismisses Negligence Suit Against Trucking Company Over Employee's Road Rage Killing
A West Virginia federal judge partially dismissed a widow's suit against a trucking company after one of its drivers shot and killed her husband in a road rage incident, ruling she failed to prove that the company knew or should have known that he possessed or carried a loaded, improperly stored firearm.'Hyatt Hotels': Are Omissions From Gross Income an Accounting Method?
'Hyatt Hotels v. Commissioner' underscores that even an approach to accounting for income and expenses that has been applied consistently by a taxpayer over many years is not necessarily a "method of accounting" subject to the government's broad power to impose adjustments under Section 481(a).REVERSED: $3.2M Award Undone Amid Lengthy Dissent Over Stray Cow
The trial court found Victor Ybarra's testimony uncredible; the testimony of an interested witness raises a fact issue, and whether to credit that testimony is a question for the factfinder, Justice Gordon Goodman noted in his dissent.Download Now
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