By Justin Henry | February 28, 2024
The latest target is a former Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher partner whom the firm defended against charges regarding his alleged involvement in an unregistered money transfer scheme.
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By Alex Anteau | February 28, 2024
Plaintiff-appellant counsel Walker Chandler said that this raises "interesting questions" concerning sovereign immunity after Georgia voters approved a 2020 ballot measure that would make it easier for citizens to challenge the constitutionality of state actions.
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By Alex Anteau | February 28, 2024
"The type of harm that occurred … is precisely the type of harm that the statute was designed to guard against," the court wrote in a unanimous opinion.
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By Amanda Bronstad | February 28, 2024
San Diego County Superior Court Judge Kevin Enright on Monday denied Monsanto's posttrial motions and upheld the Oct. 31 verdict, but found the punitive damages were unconstitutional.
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By Mason Lawlor | February 28, 2024
"As our recent decision in Williams makes clear, a district court abuses its discretion in approving a class action settlement when the named plaintiffs lack Article III standing to pursue injunctive relief, yet the district court considers the injunctive relief when determining whether the settlement is fair, reasonable, and adequate," Judge Elizabeth L. Branch wrote the 12-page opinion for the circuit's panel.
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By Michael A. Mora | February 28, 2024
"If there is any chance of the verdict being inconsistent, I would raise that issue with the judge at that time," said Andrew Labbe, a partner at Groelle & Salmon.
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By Jeffrey F. Laffey | February 28, 2024
As a result of the court's ruling, defense attorneys will continue to be barred from introducing evidence of compliance with industry or government standards—not for lack of effort—and plaintiffs lawyers will be able to sharpen their arguments to focus on whether a product was defectively designed, without any fear of notions of "compliance" muddying the jury's focus at trial.
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By Catherine T. Moussa | February 28, 2024
In 1962, Florida courts began expanding the Dangerous Instrumentality Doctrine beyond the typical automobile to include tow motors. More expansion followed, with courts including airplanes, trucks, busses, and, since 1984, golf carts. This vicarious liability is based on how a vehicle was used and not where it was used.
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By Roger Bennet Adler | February 27, 2024
Beyond dealing a major rebuke to New York City Council leadership, the Appellate Division, Second Department's recent ruling that a local law giving noncitizens the right to vote protects the rights of other minorities who played by the rules and would have had their votes diluted by the votes of noncitizens, a Law Journal columnist writes.
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By ALM Staff | February 27, 2024
This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.
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