By ALM Staff | April 18, 2024
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By Riley Brennan | April 16, 2024
"The city picked the DiCello Levitt team, along with Saltz Mongeluzzi, following a competitive selection process, finding that our team was the team best-suited to lead this important litigation—one of the largest maritime cases in U.S. history," DiCello Levitt co-founder Adam Levitt said.
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By Edward T. Kang and Kyle T. Garabedian | April 12, 2024
While asserting claims in federal court against local government is a powerful tool, it is one that should be used sparingly and carefully. Like most other litigation, such claims come with significant risks and financial costs.
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By Riley Brennan | April 10, 2024
"While a decision in J.S.'s favor will open the courthouse doors to all sexual abuse survivors regardless of their age, this does not necessarily mean that lawsuits against the government will increase. In fact, we hope for the opposite," Jason Javie of Friedman & Levin Associates said.
By Avalon Zoppo | April 9, 2024
"Generally speaking, the practitioners will tell you that the rule needs to change. How the rule needs to change remains somewhat of a debate," said U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon of the Western District of Pennsylvania.
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By Riley Brennan | April 8, 2024
"Here, it is undisputed that the trial court did not announce the jury's intended $0 damages award in open court."
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By Aleeza Furman | April 3, 2024
"What's at stake is the question of what the proper application of the forum non conveniens doctrine is and what it's going to be going forward," said David Senoff, a partner at First Law Strategy Group.
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By Riley Brennan | April 3, 2024
"This poses a problem for Honda's attempt to 'dismiss' solely the allegations of recklessness throughout plaintiffs' complaint, as opposed to moving to dismiss the negligence claims (or any other claim) asserted against it wholesale," Gibson said.
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By Riley Brennan | April 2, 2024
As the plaintiffs alleged they were "evicted" from park due to their complaint of racial discrimination, they "sufficiently alleged that the act of being removed from the park by Kaman's interfered with their right to 'enjoy the fruits of a contractual relationship' arising out of their admission tickets to the park," U.S. Magistrate Judge Daryl F. Bloom wrote.
By Riley Brennan | March 29, 2024
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