By Amanda Bronstad | February 27, 2024
A third trial opened on Tuesday involving a class action brought against PacifiCorp on behalf of 5,000 survivors of wildfires in Oregon over Labor Day 2020.
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By Amanda Bronstad | February 27, 2024
U.S. District Judge Dan Polster, who is weighing a disqualification motion in the opioid multidistrict litigation, raised concerns this month about Motley Rice obtaining confidential information while representing the state of Hawaii, the District of Columbia and the city of Chicago in other cases.
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By James E. Mercante | February 27, 2024
In his Admiralty Law column, James E. Mercante discusses the collision between Navy warship USS John S. McCain and oil and chemical tanker Alnic MC, as well as the trial that followed in the Southern District of New York.
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By Andrew C. Kassner and Joseph N. Argentina Jr. | February 27, 2024
Continuing our series on distressed real estate cases, we again decided to report on two cases that present different issues. One involves the debtor's sale of real estate over the objection of the secured lender, which was approved. The other involves a debtor's attempt to enjoin a construction bond company from continuing to pay claims by subcontractors after the filing of the bankruptcy case, which was denied.
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By Martin Flumenbaum and Brad S. Karp | February 27, 2024
In 'The Resource Group International v. Chishti', the Second Circuit considered the propriety of a pending arbitration and whether being improperly forced to arbitrate can satisfy the requirements for a preliminary injunction. It vacated and remanded the district court's order denying a motion for preliminary injunction that would have stayed the arbitration.
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By Jeffrey D. Kirby | February 27, 2024
Slip and falls can cause devastating injuries and sometimes even death. Oftentimes, the pain from a slip and fall can be mild initially even though serious and permanent injuries have occurred. Therefore, it is critical that you know what to do if you fall even though your pain and injuries are mild at first.
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By Alex Anteau | February 26, 2024
Raising the stakes, counsel for the excess insurance carrier was hired to sit on the trial where tensions were running high.
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By Michael A. Mora | February 26, 2024
"This judge is lucky to escape with the recommended public reprimand given the volume of such unresolved cases, even after multiple meetings with the chief judge about clearing the backlog," said Andrew Berman, an ethics expert not involved in the matter.
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By Amanda Bronstad | February 26, 2024
The wide range of Roundup verdicts, from defense wins for Monsanto to a $2.25 billion award, could be due to what jurors hear at trial about the EPA and foreign regulatory agencies.
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By Sarah Cummings Stewart, Kristin Parker and Arielle Lusardi | February 26, 2024
On Feb. 16, the Alabama Supreme Court issued a bombshell ruling, holding that a frozen embryo in storage is the legal equivalent of a child under the law.
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