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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.
October 25, 2021 | Law.com
The New Mexico Supreme Court recently weighed what it means to "use" a deadly weapon and whether a student could be found to have committed aggravated assault with a deadly weapon on a school employee, despite never pointing, brandishing or injuring anyone with the BB gun he brought to school.
By Allison Dunn
5 minute read
October 22, 2021 | The American Lawyer
Lawyers from Kirkland & Ellis, Lewis Brisbois, Reed Smith and Vedder Price have all been caught overcharging clients in recent years.
By Allison Dunn
8 minute read
October 22, 2021 | Law.com
"If lawyers in a firm find out that one of their partners or associates is [overbilling clients following an investigation, they are obligated to inform the ARDC about the attorney's conduct," explained attorney Steve Splitt, spokesman for the Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission of the Illinois Supreme Court.
By Allison Dunn
8 minute read
October 22, 2021 | Texas Lawyer
Sandra Finch Russell, 48, who ran as an independent in November for a judge's seat on Cochise County Superior Court, falsely stated on a declaration of qualification that she would "have been a citizen of Arizona for 7 years" at the time of the November 2020 general election.
By Allison Dunn
2 minute read
October 21, 2021 | Law.com
Sandra Finch Russell, 48, who ran as an independent in November for a judge's seat on Cochise County Superior Court, falsely stated on a declaration of qualification that she would "have been a citizen of Arizona for 7 years" at the time of the November 2020 general election.
By Allison Dunn
2 minute read
October 21, 2021 | Law.com
The lower court found that attorney Karen Hammer, who serves as the co-secretary of the Colorado Bar Association's ethics committee, "fought tooth and nail" to conceal the fact that she—not her former client—was the real party in interest pursuing claims against a debt collection lawyer.
By Allison Dunn
5 minute read
October 19, 2021 | Connecticut Law Tribune
In the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, a jury awarded Gilead Community Services a verdict of nearly $5.2 million—$5 million in punitive damages and $181,000 in compensatory damages—for the town of Cromwell's violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Fair Housing Act.
By Allison Dunn
3 minute read
October 19, 2021 | Law.com
The lawsuit was initially filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in June 2020 after the county prevented the All Muslim Association of America from developing an Islamic cemetery after it enacted an ordinance with new requirements that the county knew the group could not meet.
By Allison Dunn
2 minute read
October 19, 2021 | Insurance Coverage Law Center
This case is the latest in a string of ongoing lawsuits challenging uninsured and underinsured motorist provisions.
By Allison Dunn
4 minute read
October 18, 2021 | Law.com
On Oct. 16, Judge Paul R. Dunkelman was appointed as the interim chief justice, effective immediately.
By Allison Dunn
2 minute read
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