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By Andrew Denney | May 16, 2017
Holding the Jordan-based Arab Bank liable for damages caused to the victims of terror attacks could deal a blow to legitimate banking operations in the Middle East and could negatively affect American interests in the region, an attorney for the bank argued Tuesday before a federal appeals court.
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By Jason Grant | May 16, 2017
An insurer who underwrote mortgage-backed securities that failed during the 2008 housing crisis must prove all the elements of common-law fraud in its suit against Countrywide Home Loans, a Manhattan appeals court has ruled. "There is no merit to Ambac's contention that Insurance Law §3105 dispenses with the common-law requirement of proving justifiable reliance and loss causation," Justice Richter wrote for the panel.
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By ROBERT STORACE | May 16, 2017
Remington and Bushmaster claim the families lack standing to bring the liability lawsuit, and that they are protected by a federal law.
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By Greg Land | May 16, 2017
Lawyers on both sides of a debate over the authority of the state's sheriffs to bar private process servers from working in their counties were pressed by an active Georgia Supreme Court bench.
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By Marcia Coyle | May 16, 2017
The consequences of discrimination follow transgender students and their classmates into the legal profession, warned the American Bar Association in an amicus brief that urged a federal appellate court to find that such unfairness violates federal civil rights.
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By Jenna Greene | May 16, 2017
It was a sad, sordid case, and it came to a merciful end on Friday, when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit dismissed it with prejudice, handing a win to lawyers from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.
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By Tony Mauro | May 15, 2017
David Stras once wrote that U.S. Supreme Court justices should not have term limits. Instead, he said they should be incentivized to leave when they get old, through "golden parachute" pensions and a heavier workload, including being forced to hear cases around the country by "riding the circuits." Stras, 42, an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, may be able to continue his scholarly scrutiny from the inside. President Donald Trump this month announced plans to nominate Stras to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
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By Amanda Bronstad | May 12, 2017
Five plaintiffs who saw a $502 million jury verdict cut to $150 million last year say the state law unconstitutionally discriminates against the old and the poor.
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By Charles Toutant | May 12, 2017
Allegations in a legal malpractice suit that a lawyer failed to obtain discovery in a timely manner are not so readily apparent that the plaintiff is exempt from obtaining expert testimony on proximate cause, the Appellate Division ruled Friday.
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By Michael Booth | May 11, 2017
A New Jersey appeals court won't disturb a $1.1 million judgment against a bankrupt Montclair abortion clinic owner who allegedly fired three employees after they became pregnant.
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