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- Toyota prevails in first acceleration claim to go to trial
- March Brings More Job Losses in Legal Sector
- With Bank Settlement, Heller Partners Can Move On
- Federal Judge Slashes Verdict Against West Publishing
- Case Proceeds Against Amex on Currency Price-Fix Charges
- DLA, Jones Day, Ashurst Hit by London Partner Exodus
- A wave of dismissals in wake of Federal Circuit ruling governing patent marking cases
- Online Booksellers Immune in $30M Lawsuit Filed Over Obama Book
- Suit Blames SEC for Stanford Investment Losses
- Broadcast Prompts Threats and Calls for Judge?s Ouster
- In Sealed Opinion, Judge Grants Williams & Connolly Summary Judgment in Discrimination Suit
- Lawyers Quarrel Over Fees in Native American Class Action
- Alligator Case Divides Panel
| Toyota prevails in first acceleration claim to go to trial | Top |
| In the first sudden acceleration case to go to trial, a New York federal jury has found that Toyota Motor Sales was not strictly liable because the product in question wasn't defective. | |
| March Brings More Job Losses in Legal Sector | Top |
| The legal services industry has suffered another month of job losses despite a six-figure employment boost overall for the U.S. economy. Legal jobs dropped by 500 in March after 2,000 positions were lost in February. | |
| With Bank Settlement, Heller Partners Can Move On | Top |
| Though Heller Ehrman's former shareholders say they never lost much sleep over the possibility that BofA and Citibank would come after them as individuals, they were worried enough to negotiate a $6 million defense fund with Heller's estate in case the bank dispute got uglier. | |
| Federal Judge Slashes Verdict Against West Publishing | Top |
| A judge has slashed a $5.1 million defamation verdict against West Publishing down to just $400,000 after finding a jury award of $2.5 million in punitive damages to each of the two law professor plaintiffs was unconstitutionally excessive. | |
| Case Proceeds Against Amex on Currency Price-Fix Charges | Top |
| In a case that turns on a key meeting at Wilmer Cutler & Pickering in 1999, a federal judge has denied summary judgment to American Express on charges of colluding with banks to fix prices for purchases involving foreign currencies. | |
| DLA, Jones Day, Ashurst Hit by London Partner Exodus | Top |
| Three leading international law firms -- DLA Piper, Jones Day and Ashurst -- saw a raft of senior London partners walk out on April 1. Among the seven people leaving the firms: all three of Ashurst's London-based U.S. securities partners. Visit International Legal News | |
| A wave of dismissals in wake of Federal Circuit ruling governing patent marking cases | Top |
| The high pleading standard recently set by the Federal Circuit for whistleblower cases against companies that falsely label products as patented has so far weeded out at least 18 cases from dockets across the country. | |
| Online Booksellers Immune in $30M Lawsuit Filed Over Obama Book | Top |
| Online booksellers can't be sued over alleged defamatory content on their websites if it's created by an outside party, a judge has ruled, in the case of a self-published author who made sex and drug claims about President Obama. | |
| Suit Blames SEC for Stanford Investment Losses | Top |
| Eight individuals and a Louisiana company have filed a Federal Tort Claims Act suit against the federal government, alleging they lost their investments in Stanford International Bank because of negligence by SEC employees. | |
| Broadcast Prompts Threats and Calls for Judge?s Ouster | Top |
| A story on public radio's "This American Life" about the uncompromising manner in which a Georgia judge runs her drug court has prompted calls for her impeachment and even spawned death threats against her. | |
| In Sealed Opinion, Judge Grants Williams & Connolly Summary Judgment in Discrimination Suit | Top |
| A federal judge has granted Williams & Connolly summary judgment in a suit brought by a former firm secretary who claimed she was mistreated, paid less and denied opportunities for advancement due to her race. | |
| Lawyers Quarrel Over Fees in Native American Class Action | Top |
| As lawyers for a class of American Indians fight for potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in fees, an issue has arisen over whether an attorney formerly involved in the landmark suit should receive a cut. | |
| Alligator Case Divides Panel | Top |
| A golf club and homeowners association may be liable for damage inflicted by alligators that frequent a system of lagoons on their property, a divided Georgia Court of Appeals panel has ruled. | |
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