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March 04, 2025
Insurer, Reinsurer Denied Early Wins In Reimbursement Row
Both sides in an inter-insurer dispute over a reinsurer's share of a coverage settlement for environmental damage claims have adopted reasonable contractual interpretations, a New York federal court ruled, specifically finding ambiguities on whether the reinsurer must reimburse a plaintiff insurer with which it didn't directly do business.
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March 04, 2025
American Airlines Seeks Win In Suit Over In-Flight Death
American Airlines on Monday told a Texas federal judge that a suit brought by a woman over her son's death from a medical emergency on a flight should be denied because the teenager's death was not caused by an accident.
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March 04, 2025
Pa. Justices Wary Of 'Limitless Liability' Without Damages Cap
Pennsylvania's $250,000 damages limit on injury claims involving state entities is too low in cases involving catastrophic injuries, the lawyer for a woman hit by a bus told the state Supreme Court on Tuesday, drawing questions from the justices about the potential for state agencies to be crippled by "limitless liability."
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March 04, 2025
Ga. Atty Suspended 6 Months For Sharing Client Information
A Georgia attorney received a six-month suspension from practicing law Tuesday from the Supreme Court of Georgia for his handling of a federal personal injury case, in which he was found to have disclosed client information and litigation strategy in a deliberate attempt to make defense counsel look disingenuous.
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March 04, 2025
Freezer Co. Drops Supplier Suit Over $15M Embryo Loss
Freezer maker Chart Inc. has dropped its lawsuit alleging one of its suppliers should pay part of a $15 million verdict stemming from an implosion of Chart's cryopreservation tanks in 2018, which destroyed human eggs and embryos, according to an order Monday.
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March 04, 2025
Ga. Justices Reject Broadened 'Bad Faith' Claim In Injury Suit
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled Tuesday that a driver who rear-ended another could not be found as acting in bad faith — and thereby on the hook for attorney fees — merely because he may have been talking on his cellphone at the time of the crash.
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March 04, 2025
FCA Hit With Suit Alleging Power-Steering Pump Fire Risk
Automaker Fiat Chrysler was hit with a new proposed class action on Monday alleging it sold Jeep vehicles with defective power-steering pump electrical connectors that increase the risk of spontaneous fires, adding that the issue has led to at least one death.
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March 04, 2025
Lead Testing Operations Chief To Admit Misbranding Charge
The former chief operating officer of Magellan Diagnostics will admit to defrauding the public by hiding flaws in the company's lead testing devices for years, according to a filing in Massachusetts federal court.
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March 04, 2025
Justices Doubt Mexico Can Pin Cartel Deaths On US Gun Cos.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared highly skeptical of a suit by the Mexican government that seeks to hold Smith & Wesson and other American gunmakers liable for cartel violence, with justices from both sides of the ideological spectrum suggesting that the claims are too speculative.
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March 03, 2025
Jay-Z Files Fresh Defamation Suit Against Buzbee In Ala.
Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter on Monday lodged malicious prosecution claims against attorney Tony Buzbee over a "false," "malicious" and "strategically and tactically calculated and timed" rape suit that has since been dropped, this time in Alabama federal court.
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March 03, 2025
Justices Mull If 2nd Circ. Overstepped In Hamas Banking Case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday appeared receptive to a Lebanese bank's bid to reverse a ruling that revived a suit brought by victims of Hamas terrorist attacks, in a case that hinges on how civil procedure rules apply to requests to reopen final judgments.
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March 03, 2025
Calif. Jury Struggling To Reach Verdict In Judge's Murder Trial
The murder trial of Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson took a dramatic turn on the fourth day of jury deliberations when jurors indicated they were at an impasse on whether Judge Ferguson is guilty of second-degree murder for shooting his wife to death in August 2023.
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March 03, 2025
Calif. Court OKs Slash Of $30M Med Mal Verdict To $250K
A California appeals court has agreed with the decimation of a $29.5 million wrongful death verdict against a chiropractor who cleared a teen with a heart condition for strenuous physical activity, saying the state's damages cap applies.
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March 03, 2025
Wrongful Death Claims Go Ahead In Social Media MDL
A California federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation over claims Facebook and other social media companies purposefully addict minors to their platforms has allowed certain allegations, including negligence and wrongful death claims, to go forward in a final ruling.
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March 03, 2025
ICE Contractor Loses Immunity Bid In Family Separation Suit
A California federal judge Monday largely denied a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement contractor's attempt to escape litigation that a father and son brought against the transportation company for its role in a policy that separated them and thousands of other immigrant families during the first Trump administration.
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March 03, 2025
Insurer Says It's Off The Hook In Construction Site Injury Suit
State National Insurance Co. urged a Washington federal court on Monday to find it has no duty to defend a construction firm from a negligence claim brought by a worker who was allegedly hit by a falling object while delivering materials to a Seattle job site in 2021.
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March 03, 2025
Insurer Doesn't Owe Spine Surgery Suit Defense, Judge Says
An insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify an orthopedic treatment center or one of its surgeons in a suit over a botched spine surgery, a Georgia federal court ruled Monday, saying the policy bars coverage for claims reported to another insurer before its effective date.
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March 03, 2025
Insurer Seeks Exit After Doctor Rejects Mistaken Surgery Deal
An insurer for a doctor accused of performing the wrong surgery should no longer have a duty to indemnify him after his refusal to ink a settlement, the carrier told a California federal court, noting the doctor's underlying counsel already obtained settlement authority from the insurer.
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March 03, 2025
NYT Seeks To Ax Baldoni's 'It Ends With Us' Defamation Suit
The New York Times urged a New York federal court to toss defamation claims made by Justin Baldoni over the news organization's coverage of the "It Ends With Us" actor-director's legal battle with Blake Lively over the actress's sexual harassment complaints, saying it is legally protected reporting and opinion made without malice.
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March 03, 2025
Countertop Co. Demands Insurer Cover Over 100 Injury Suits
A distributor of countertops and flooring accused a Liberty Mutual unit in New York federal court of reversing its coverage position on nearly 130 underlying personal injury lawsuits in bad faith, arguing that each underlying plaintiff's alleged injuries should constitute separate occurrences.
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March 03, 2025
Pa. Supreme Court Snapshot: Negligence Damages Caps
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will start and end its March session examining long-standing precedents, beginning Tuesday with an argument that will spotlight damages against government entities, and wrapping up Wednesday with a matter hinging on a rule that lets general contractors share their subcontractors' immunity under the workers' compensation law.
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March 03, 2025
NJ Law Firm Must Pay Fees To Rival Firm For 'Frivolous' Suit
Nagel Rice LLP must pay over $40,000 in attorney fees to Blume Forte Fried Zerres & Molinari stemming from a dispute over work related to a fatal school bus crash, a New Jersey judge has ruled.
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February 28, 2025
J&J Talc Spinoff Wraps Two-Week Chapter 11 Trial
A marathon Chapter 11 trial for Johnson & Johnson's talc liability unit wrapped up Friday, with attorneys defending the $10 billion plan against competing efforts to toss the Texas bankruptcy.
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February 28, 2025
Sterilization Plant Head 'Shocked' By EPA Cancer Risk Report
The former manager of a Colorado medical sterilization plant testified Friday that he was "shocked" by a 2018 Environmental Protection Agency report that identified the area around the facility as having an increased cancer risk, telling a jury that no regulatory agency until that point had informed him a sterilization chemical might be a risk to the community.
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February 28, 2025
Ex-USF Ballplayers In Uphill Battle For Sex Harassment Cert.
A California federal magistrate judge said Friday she is unlikely to certify a class of potentially hundreds of ex-University of San Francisco baseball players in a case alleging that former coaches created a sexually abusive environment, but agreed to hold her decision to review additional information on the claims.
Expert Analysis
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Cos. Must Brace For New PFAS Regulations And Litigation
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently proposed adding over 100 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances to the Toxic Release Inventory — and with increasing scrutiny of PFAS from the states and the plaintiffs bar as well, companies should take steps to reduce risks in this area, say attorneys at Dechert.
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Opinion
6 Changes I Would Make If I Ran A Law School
Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner identifies several key issues plaguing law schools and discusses potential solutions, such as opting out of the rankings game and mandating courses in basic writing skills.
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What To Know About Fla. Civil Procedure Rule Revisions
While some may be apprehensive about the looming changes coming to Florida’s Rules of Civil Procedure on Jan. 1, these essential modifications that affect tenets of civil litigation long taken for granted will increase efficiency and streamline the litigation process, say attorneys at Farah & Farah.
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Firms Still Have The Edge In Lateral Hiring, But Buyer Beware
Partner mobility data suggests that the third quarter of this year continued to be a buyer’s market, with the average candidate demanding less compensation for a larger book of business — but moving into the fourth quarter, firms should slow down their hiring process to minimize risks, say officers at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.
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Teaching Your Witness To Beat The Freeze/Appease Response
In addition to fight-or-flight, witnesses may experience the freeze/appease response at trial or deposition — where they become a deer in headlights, agreeing with opposing counsel’s questions and damaging their credibility in the process — but certain strategies can help, says Bill Kanasky at Courtroom Sciences.
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Think Like A Lawyer: 1 Type Of Case Complexity Stands Out
In contrast to some cases that appear complex due to voluminous evidence or esoteric subject matter, a different kind of complexity involves tangled legal and factual questions, each with a range of possible outcomes, which require a “sliding scale” approach instead of syllogistic reasoning, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.
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Think Like A Lawyer: Note 3 Simple Types Of Legal Complexity
Cases can appear complex for several reasons — due to the number of issues, the volume of factual and evidentiary sources, and the sophistication of those sources — but the same basic technique can help lawyers tame their arguments into a simple and persuasive message, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.
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Plugging Gov't Leaks Is Challenging, But Not A Pipe Dream
As shown by ongoing legal battles involving New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Sean “Diddy” Combs, it’s challenging for defendants to obtain relief when they believe the government leaked sensitive information to the media, but defense counsel can take certain steps to mitigate the harm, says Kenneth Notter at MoloLamken.
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Series
Gardening Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Beyond its practical and therapeutic benefits, gardening has bolstered important attributes that also apply to my litigation practice, including persistence, patience, grit and authenticity, says Christopher Viceconte at Gibbons.
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Nevada Justices Could Expand Scope Of Subrogation Claims
The Nevada Supreme Court's recent decision to hear North River Insurance v. James River Insurance could expand the scope of equitable subrogation claims in the state by aligning with the California standard, which doesn't require excess insurers to demonstrate damages, says Daniel Heidtke at Duane Morris.
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Litigation Inspiration: Reframing Document Review
For attorneys — new ones especially — there is much fulfillment to find in document review by reflecting on how important, interesting and pleasant it can be, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.
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Service Providers Must Mitigate 'Secondary Target' Risks
A lawsuit recently filed in an Illinois federal court against marketing agency Publicis over its work for opioid manufacturers highlights an uptick in litigation against professional service providers hired by clients that engaged in alleged misconduct — so potential targets of such suits should be sure to conduct proper risk analysis and mitigation, say attorneys at Dechert.
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Series
Flying Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Achieving my childhood dream of flying airplanes made me a better lawyer — and a better person — because it taught me I can conquer difficult goals when I leave my comfort zone, focus on the demands of the moment and commit to honing my skills, says Ivy Cadle at Baker Donelson.
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9th Circ.'s High Bar May Limit Keyword Confusion TM Claims
A recent Ninth Circuit ruling that a law firm did not infringe upon a competitor’s trademarks by paying Google to promote its website when users searched for the rival’s name signals that plaintiffs likely can no longer win infringement suits by claiming competitive keyword advertising confuses internet-savvy consumers, say attorneys at Mitchell Silberberg.
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Balancing Health Tech Advances And Clinical Responsibility
To maintain their clinical responsibilities and mitigate potential legal risk, health professionals should incorporate the benefits of new medical technology powered by artificial intelligence while addressing its risks and limitations, says Kathleen Fisher Enyeart at Lathrop GPM.