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Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice

  • July 10, 2025

    Morgan & Morgan Expands With Jersey Shore Office

    Personal injury giant Morgan & Morgan PA, the largest personal injury firm in the country, is growing its presence in New Jersey with an office in Wall Township at the Jersey Shore, the firm announced Wednesday.

  • July 10, 2025

    Oakley Says MSG Ignoring 2nd Circ. Mandate In Assault Case

    Former New York Knicks player Charles Oakley told a federal judge Tuesday that it should reject Madison Square Garden's latest attempt to have his assault and battery claims tossed, arguing the Second Circuit already determined that only a jury can resolve the dispute.

  • July 09, 2025

    Uber Gets Some Driver Sex Assault Bellwether Claims Tossed

    The California federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation accusing Uber Technologies Inc. of failing to prevent drivers from sexually assaulting passengers has partially granted the ride-share company's bid to dismiss 20 bellwether cases.

  • July 09, 2025

    Judge Unlikely To Halt ATF Return Of 'Machine Gun' Triggers

    A Maryland federal judge said she was unlikely to block settlements between the federal government and gun-component manufacturers allowing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to return "forced reset triggers" to their owners and questioned the standing of states that claim the returns would break their laws.

  • July 09, 2025

    Senate Confirms Airline Executive To Lead FAA

    The U.S. Senate Wednesday largely voted along party lines to confirm President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Federal Aviation Administration.

  • July 09, 2025

    2nd Circ. Backs Convictions For $150M 'Psychic' Fraud

    The Second Circuit upheld Wednesday a Canadian man's 10-year prison sentence and fraud convictions stemming from a decades-long $150 million direct mailing psychic scheme that defrauded elderly victims, ruling there was sufficient evidence he intended to harm his customers who received something different from what was advertised. 

  • July 09, 2025

    Split 9th Circ. Upholds Death Sentence In Murder Case

    An Arizona man who authorities say was a white supremacist lost a bid to overturn his death penalty sentence for killing his roommates — one of whom was pregnant — after a split Ninth Circuit panel found Wednesday that his trial attorney's performance did not violate his rights.

  • July 09, 2025

    'Cookie-Cutter' Slip-And-Fall Suit Against Walmart Settled

    Weeks after personal injury law firm Simon & Simon PC was chastised by a Pennsylvania federal judge for letting paralegals file a "cookie-cutter" slip-and-fall lawsuit against Walmart, the plaintiff's counsel have notified the court that a deal was reached ending the claims.

  • July 09, 2025

    Costco Says Insurer Owes Defense In Heavy Box Injury Suit

    A Hartford unit violated Washington state's Insurance Fair Conduct Act by unreasonably denying additional insured coverage for a man's lawsuit alleging he suffered severe injuries when moving a product at Costco, the retail giant alleged in a lawsuit recently removed to Washington federal court.

  • July 09, 2025

    Law Firm Sues Over 'Spartan Law' Trademark Dispute

    A Georgia law firm has filed suit against a California attorney who purports to own the trademark for "Spartan Law" in association with legal services, alleging that he threatened to sue the firm for trademark infringement despite it not being liable for any.

  • July 09, 2025

    $2.5M Awarded In Suit Over Fatal Shooting After Pot Delivery

    A California state judge awarded a $2.5 million default judgment to the mother of a teenager who was fatally shot by a man who delivered him marijuana, allegedly ordered from the website Weedmaps.

  • July 09, 2025

    Insurer Rejects Coverage For Ind. Federal Antitrust Suit

    An insurer for a digging and pipe services company told an Indiana federal court it should owe no coverage for a civil antitrust lawsuit, pointing in part to an exclusion barring coverage for "personal and advertising injury" arising from the "access or disclosure of confidential or personal information."

  • July 09, 2025

    Mich. Justices Nix Ruling On ER Doctor-Hospital Agency

    The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday reversed an appeals court's decision tossing a woman's vicarious liability claim against William Beaumont Hospital, finding she did not need to show she relied on a specific representation from the hospital to establish an ostensible agency relationship between the hospital and her treating doctor.

  • July 09, 2025

    ABA Says Unlawful Discriminatory Jury Selection Breaks Rule

    Lawyers may not knowingly engage in unlawful juror discrimination under the cover of "legitimate advocacy," the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility said in a formal opinion released Wednesday, finding that doing so violates prospective jurors' equal protection rights.

  • July 09, 2025

    Girardi Keese CFO's Chicago Plea Derails Over Repayment

    A Chicago plea and sentencing hearing for law firm Girardi Keese's already-imprisoned former financial chief was abruptly halted Wednesday after his attorney flagged a dispute over whether both restitution and forfeiture should be ordered for his client's role in helping Tom Girardi steal millions from clients.

  • July 09, 2025

    Transport Co. Not Covered In Crash Suits, Judge Says

    A transportation company is not entitled to coverage for personal injury suits stemming from a crash involving a trucking shipment, a Pennsylvania federal court has ruled, saying coverage is excluded because the company was listed on the bill of lading for the shipment.

  • July 08, 2025

    Product Liability Cases To Watch In 2nd Half Of 2025

    The fate of a $2.5 billion punitive damages award against Ford and looming bench verdicts in the first PFAS trials brought by a state are among the cases that product liability attorneys will be following closely in the second half of 2025.

  • July 08, 2025

    Copter Pilot's Death Suit Revived By 4th Circ. After Rehearing

    The Fourth Circuit has once again reinstated a lawsuit by the widow of a crop-dusting pilot whose helicopter became tangled in a steel cable stretched over the property, causing him to crash, ruling that a jury must be the one to decide whether the landlord should have known that the wire posed a danger, according to a published opinion issued Tuesday following a rehearing.

  • July 08, 2025

    11th Circ. Asked To Rehear Carnival Cruise Sex Assault Case

    A teenage passenger has urged the Eleventh Circuit to reconsider its ruling absolving Carnival Corp. of liability for her onboard sexual assault, arguing that the cruise line knew of over 100 prior passenger-on-passenger assaults but failed to take simple steps like implementing curfews or adding security to protect minors.

  • July 08, 2025

    Fla. Addiction Center Must Face Trial In Teen Death Suit

    A Florida state court has found that an addiction treatment center must face negligence claims in a suit from parents of an 18-year-old who died after leaving the facility, holding there are factual questions about whether the center had a duty to him and whether a breach of that duty caused his death.

  • July 08, 2025

    Ex-Knick Oakley Slams MSG's 'Incoherent' Sanctions Motion

    Former New York Knicks player Charles Oakley has called a bid by the owners of Madison Square Garden for monetary sanctions "borderline incoherent" and made his own sanctions request in a lawsuit that accuses the venue of assaulting and humiliating him.

  • July 08, 2025

    Calif. 'Trail Immunity' Blocks Suit Over Bicyclist's Death

    A California appeals court has refused to revive a woman's suit against East Bay Regional Park District over her husband's death, rejecting her argument that the state's "trail immunity" doesn't apply to paved trails.

  • July 08, 2025

    NY Lawyer Wants Jay-Z's Claims In Suit Against Buzbee Tossed

    A New York City lawyer wants a court to dismiss allegations that she took part in a conspiracy with prominent attorney Tony Buzbee to extort Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter via a since-dropped rape case, arguing that the hip-hop mogul's claims against her were brought in an improper forum and that he failed to state a claim.

  • July 08, 2025

    Abuse Reporting Experts See Flaws In Texas HIPAA Ruling

    A Texas federal court ruling that invalidated a Biden-era reproductive health privacy rule has perplexed mandatory reporting experts who say it clearly misconstrues the law around doctors' duties to report child abuse and neglect.

  • July 08, 2025

    11th Circ. Says Circumstantial Proof Backs Gun Conviction

    The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a 51-month sentence against a man who was convicted of possession of a firearm while he was a convicted felon, saying the circumstantial evidence in the case was enough to sustain the verdict.

Expert Analysis

  • 10 Arbitrations And A 5th Circ. Ruling Flag Arb. Clause Risks

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    The ongoing arbitral saga of Sullivan v. Feldman, which has engendered proceedings before 10 different arbitrators in Texas and Louisiana along with last month's Fifth Circuit opinion, showcases both the risks and limitations of arbitration clauses in retainer agreements for resolving attorney-client disputes, says Christopher Blazejewski at Sherin and Lodgen.

  • Aviation Watch: New FAA Chief Will Face Strong Headwinds

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    Once confirmed, Bryan Bedford, President Donald Trump's nominee to head the Federal Aviation Administration, will face steep challenges — including a shortage of air traffic controllers, a recent spate of high-profile crashes, and the difficulty of working within an administration intent on cutting staffing and funding, says Alan Hoffman, a retired attorney and aviation expert.

  • Series

    Power To The Paralegals: The Value Of Unified State Licensing

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    Texas' proposal to become the latest state to license paraprofessional providers of limited legal services could help firms expand their reach and improve access to justice, but consumers, attorneys and allied legal professionals would benefit even more if similar programs across the country become more uniform, says Michael Houlberg at the University of Denver.

  • 10 Soft Skills Every GC Should Master

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    As businesses face shifting regulatory and technological uncertainty, general counsel will need to strengthen certain soft skills to succeed, from admitting when they make a mistake to maintaining a healthy dose of dispassion, says Douglas Brown at Manatt.

  • 6 Criteria Can Help Assess Executive Branch Actions

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    With new executive policy changes announced seemingly every day, several questions can help courts, policymakers and businesses determine whether such actions are proper, effective and in keeping with our democratic norms, say Marc Levin and Khalil Cumberbatch at the Council on Criminal Justice.

  • Learning From COVID-19 Enforcement Against Nursing Homes

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    Five years after the COVID-19 outbreak caused a high number of deaths in nursing homes, an examination of enforcement actions against nursing homes in New York and elsewhere in the country highlights obstacles that may arise when bringing cases of this type, and ways to overcome them, says Kenneth Levine at Stone & Magnanini.

  • An Unrestrained, Bright-Eyed View Of Legal AI's Future

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    Todd Itami at Covington offers a bright-eyed, laughing-all-the-way, skydive look at what the legal industry could look like after an artificial intelligence revolution, which he believes may happen much sooner and more dramatically than we expect.

  • Tracking The Evolution In Litigation Finance

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    Despite continued innovation, litigation finance remains an immature market with borrowers recieving significantly different terms as lenders learn to value cases, which firms need a strong handle on to ensure lending terms do not overwhelm collateral value, says Robert Wilkins at Lightfoot Franklin.

  • Opinion

    Asbestos Trusts' Records Purge Threatens Claims Process

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    Recent announcements by 11 asbestos bankruptcy trusts that they plan to destroy legacy data and documents related to resolved claims risks further damage to the integrity of a compensation system long marked by a lack of oversight and transparency, says Peter Kelso at Roux.

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    Volunteer Firefighting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    While practicing corporate law and firefighting may appear incongruous, the latter benefits my legal career by reminding me of the importance of humility, perspective and education, says Nicholas Passaro at Ford.

  • Takeaways From Alaska Justices' Pollution Exclusion Ruling

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    A recent Alaska Supreme Court ruling that a total pollution exclusion in a homeowners policy didn't bar coverage for carbon monoxide poisoning shows that even when policy language appears unambiguous on its face, courts can still consider the reasonable expectations of an insured to determine applicability, say attorneys at Hunton.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: The Perils Of Digital Data Protocols

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    Though stipulated protocols governing the treatment of electronically stored information in litigation are meant to streamline discovery, recent disputes demonstrate that certain missteps in the process can lead to significant inefficiencies, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Defense Strategies After Justices' Personal Injury RICO Ruling

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    In Medical Marijuana v. Horn, the U.S. Supreme Court recently held that the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act can be invoked by some plaintiffs with claims arising from personal injuries — but defense counsel can use the limitations on civil RICO claims to seek early dismissal in such cases, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Preparing For Corporate Work

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    Law school often doesn't cover the business strategy, financial fluency and negotiation skills needed for a successful corporate or transactional law practice, but there are practical ways to gain relevant experience and achieve the mindset shifts critical to a thriving career in this space, says Dakota Forsyth at Olshan Frome.

  • Strategies To Help Witnesses Manage Deposition Anxiety

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    During and leading up to deposition, witnesses may experience anxiety stemming from numerous sources and manifesting in a variety of ways, but attorneys can help them mitigate their stress using a few key methods, say consultants at Courtroom Sciences.

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