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Did the ILTA Conference Deliver?

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Legal Technology editor Sean Dohery weighs in from the exhibit hall of the International Legal Technology Association’s annual meeting. Doherty measures how the conference delivers on this year’s theme, “Global Perspective, Peer Advantage,” and highlights the news heard on the floor.
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A Sampling From the Varied Legal Blogosphere

Friday, August 29th, 2008

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New Rule 502 to Protect Against Privilege Waiver

Friday, August 29th, 2008

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Presenting the ILTA Conference in 2008

Friday, August 29th, 2008

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Timely Notice Of Claim To Agent Was Notice To Insurer, Panel Affirms

Friday, August 29th, 2008

SEATTLE - Directors and officers sued an insurer for bad faith because it denied coverage on the basis that it had not received timely notice of a claim, when, in fact, it did receive timely notice through a broker acting as the insurer’s agent, a Washington appeals panel found Aug. 25, affirming a lower court’s […]

Medtronic ICD Claims Preempted; Plaintiff Didn’t Show ‘Narrower’ Claim That Escapes Riegel

Friday, August 29th, 2008

MINNEAPOLIS - A plaintiff’s product liability claims involving an unrecalled Medtronic Inc. implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) are preempted because the plaintiff relied on res ipsa loquitur and because he did not show a “narrower,” non-preempted claim, a federal judge ruled Aug. 18 (Demetrus Claude Clark v. Medtronic, Inc., No. 06-4078, D. Minn.).
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11th Circuit Reverses, Rules Pollution Exclusion Applies To Site Assessment

Friday, August 29th, 2008

ATLANTA - The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Aug. 20 vacated a decision that the pollution exclusion does not apply to an environmental consultant’s failure to locate debris, drums and a tank in a site assessment, instead ruling that the damages sought are directly related to environmental contamination and that construction debris constitutes […]

1st Circuit Will Decide Insurer’s Obligations Under Pleadings Test

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Case: Emhart Industries Inc. v. Century Indemnity Co., Nos. 07-2806 and 07-2821, 1st Cir. Appellant brief: Filed March 26 by Century Indemnity CoBrief available 50-080828-026B
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Pricey Web Scam May Be Targeting U.S. Law Firms

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

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Curtis-Mallet Turns to Facebook for Recruiting

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

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