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Accutane verdicts: $2M for one plaintiff out of three
In a trio of cases tried together against Hoffman-LaRoche, the maker of Accutane, jurors awarded just one of the plaintiffs suffering from inflammatory bowel disease $2.1 million.
IRS issues guidance on health care law
The Internal Revenue Service recently issued guidance on a provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that requires employers to report the cost of health coverage on employees’ W-2 forms. The requirement is informational only ...
Ethics: Beware of pitfalls of blogging about cases
Writers are often encouraged to write about what they know. But for lawyers seeking a topic for a blog post, Facebook update or Tweet, should that include writing about their own clients and cases? Norm Pattis, a trial attorney in Bethel, Conn., authors a daily Tweet ...
The federal budget: What lawyers need to know
President Barack Obama released his budget requests for fiscal 2012 on Feb. 14, seeking $3.73 trillion in total spending and claiming $1.1 trillion in spending cuts over the next ten years. Within the 216-page document are numerous items for lawyers to keep an eye on as the budget works its way through Congress.
LegalTech 2011: New products and tools
Despite the snowstorm delaying flights and causing havoc on the roads, lawyers and tech experts flocked to LegalTech 2011 to see new legal technology services and products. Here is a look at some of the interesting new offerings ...
Bankruptcy decision will require ‘creative strategies’
Justice Elena Kagan’s first opinion as a member of the U.S. Supreme Court limited the ability of debtors to take a key deduction and will require strategic planning by bankruptcy practitioners to limit its impact.
When jurors tweet
With more than 500 million people on Facebook, it should come as no surprise that jurors are players in the world of social media. And it seems that each week, a story surfaces about a juror tweeting her plan to convict a defendant, or posting on Facebook that he plans to find for the plaintiff — before deliberations even begin.
Lawyers communicating across generations
Good communication skills are essential for lawyers. But in a multi-generational, increasingly technological world, how should lawyers stay in touch with their clients, colleagues and opposing counsel?
Spoliation eye-opener
A recent e-discovery decision provides important lessons for lawyers and companies about spoliation sanctions. The defendant’s e-discovery failures in Victor Stanley Inc. v. Creative Pipe Inc. — known as Victor Stanley II ...
Book Review: Hello, young lawyer: Welcome to the firm
Call it the non-fiction version of “The Firm” (without Tom Cruise). The American Bar Association’s Law Practice Management Section recently released “Introduction to Law Firm Practice,” by Michael Downey ...
What now? ‘Twiqbal’ and affirmative defense
Should defendants be held to the heightened pleading standard articulated in the Twombly-Iqbal line of U.S. Supreme Court cases for plaintiffs’ complaints? U.S. District Courts across the country are split on the question.
Clients seek gift-giving guidance
It’s been an unusual year for estate planners. The lack of a federal estate tax, and the uncertainty about whether it will return, has encouraged some clients to transfer their wealth by making gifts.
Case Digests
- Fourth Department – Bill of particulars: Harris v. Rome Memorial Hospital, et al.
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Accusations against co-judge: Opinion 22-148
- Fourth Department – Medicaid: Washington Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Home v. NYS Dept. of Health
- Fourth Department – Criminal possession of a firearm: People v. Wilson
- Fourth Department – Promoting prostitution: People v. Watts
- Second Circuit – Class certification: Arkansas Teachers Retirement System V. Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
- Fourth Department – Show-up identification: People v. Waggoner
- Fourth Department – Association: Victory Village Tenants Assoc. v. Evergreen Communities, et al.
- Second Circuit – In personam jurisdiction: Kaplan v. Bank Saderat PLC
- Fourth Department – Labor Law: Verdugo v. Fox Building Group
- Fourth Department – Out-of-possession landlord: Truax v. M.D. Meyer’s Properties
- Fourth Department – Discovery: Sylvester v. Sanders
Law News
- Espinosa named general counsel at Greenlight Networks
- Barclay Damon hires attorney Matt Smith
- Rochester man sues Geneseo police, alleging false arrest, assault
- The Daily Record’s Power List for Intellectual Property 2023
- NY ethics panel says judges can join NRA
- Harter Secrest & Emery LLP names partner-in-charge of Buffalo office
- Banned professor sues SUNY Fredonia leaders
- Hochul signs law requiring unemployment insurance information from employers
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