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Allison Dunn is a reporter on ALM's Rapid Response desk based in Ohio, covering impactful litigation filings and rulings, emerging legal trends, controversies in the industry, and everything in between. Contact her at [email protected]. On Twitter: @AllisonDWrites.
September 19, 2023 | Law.com
"The apex doctrine has not been adopted by any court in this state. We decline to adopt the doctrine because it improperly shifts the burden of proof in violation of our discovery rules and it undermines the right of access to courts," Justice Susan Owens wrote on behalf of the unanimous court.
By Allison Dunn
7 minute read
September 18, 2023 | Law.com
"As a Judge, I had no agenda other than to try to resolve disputes justly and expeditiously under established principles of law," U.S. Senior District Judge Edward F. Harrington said.
By Allison Dunn
2 minute read
September 15, 2023 | Law.com
"[M]y own view is that she should have given [the ring] back," Associate Justice James R. Milkey wrote of the former bride-to-be in a dissenting opinion. "But why should my personal view on this issue matter? To me, the ultimate question this case poses is whether such issues should be resolved in courts of law, or instead left to the interplay between private conscience and social norms."
By Allison Dunn
6 minute read
September 13, 2023 | Law.com
"[A]s appellees have now conceded, there is no qualitative difference between online instruction and in-person instruction. They are the same, we charge the same, it's the same instruction," argued OSU's counsel, John R. Gall, a senior partner at Squire Patton Boggs in Columbus.
By Allison Dunn
6 minute read
September 13, 2023 | Law.com
"By having the guts to fight meritless lawsuits, like this one, and win, Health First is able to preserve its resources to put them to their highest use—serving the needs of its members, versus lining the pockets of parasitic whistleblowers and their lawyers. Suffice it to say, Health First believes that Judge Gorton got it exactly right and is grateful for the vindication it earned," said Bob Rhoad, a partner at Nichols Liu, who served as counsel for one of the named defendants, Health First Medical Group.
By Allison Dunn
6 minute read
September 11, 2023 | Law.com
On Aug. 18, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit vacated the district court's ruling on appeal, and therefore, the "predominance analysis on which MBA relies is no longer good law," a U.S. District Court judge wrote.
By Allison Dunn
6 minute read
September 8, 2023 | Law.com
"Looking at comparators, looking at other things that don't add up, looking at the stories that are being told about your client. [That is] the less shiny sort of stuff but it's the meat and potatoes that end up making of lot of these cases work," said plaintiffs counsel David A. Karman, a senior associate at Gilbert Employment Law in Maryland.
By Allison Dunn
4 minute read
September 6, 2023 | Law.com
"We disagree that the prenuptial agreement is invalid on its face—i.e., we disagree that the prenuptial agreement is categorically unenforceable under any and all circumstances. We also disagree that the prenuptial agreement is unenforceable under the circumstances presented in this particular case," the appeals court wrote.
By Allison Dunn
6 minute read
September 6, 2023 | Law.com
To qualify to serve on the MMRP, attorneys should be impartial, an active and in-good-standing member of the bar, and actively participating.
By Allison Dunn
1 minute read
September 1, 2023 | Law.com
"Under the circumstances, the court sees no alternative but to grant the motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. While that is not an obviously sensible result, it is required by the terms of the policy and by Massachusetts law," Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV wrote.
By Allison Dunn
6 minute read
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