PHILADELPHIA — The United States on April 28 said it now takes no position about preemption of drug claims in the Joseph C. Colacicco, et al. v. Apotex Inc., et al. case that was returned to the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Wyeth v. Diana Levine (No. […]
BOSTON - On April 16, a First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel reversed a trial court judge’s ruling to allow “narrowcasting” of the trial in a closely watched online downloading case, finding that a local Massachusetts rule and judicial policies weighed heavily against permitting any kind of courtroom broadcasting except in specific exceptions (In […]
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - An unanimous jury recently found that Aon Re Inc. and one of its insurance brokers were not at fault for the collapse of a reinsurance pool and that they met all of their obligations and fiduciary duties owed to a life insurance company (ReliaStar Life Insurance Co. v. Aon Re Inc. […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) on April 16 annulled an award, finding that it did not have jurisdiction to hear a dispute regarding a contract between the Government of Malaysia and a company it hired to find and salvage cargo on a sunken ship (Malaysian Historical Salvors SDN […]
The good news for lawyers is, less e-discovery can be more, says Baker Hostetler attorneys Frederick Chockley III, Elizabeth Scully and Rebecca Barnes. Through strategic planning, careful organization and technological savvy, costs can be cut significantly by improving efficiency.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Minnesota appellate panel on April 7 ruled that a district court erred by granting summary judgment to a pair of defendants in a medical malpractice action, noting that a plaintiff’s expert linked the failure to diagnose a man’s lung cancer to his early death (Joseph Crosby v. Karla G. Myhra-Bloom […]
CINCINNATI - The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 8 reversed a lower court’s finding that an insurer’s decision to terminate benefits to a doctor with cervical problems was reasonable. The appeals court found the denial of benefits arbitrary and capricious in light of the medical evidence (Lois Kramer v. Paul Revere Life […]
ATLANTA - A trial judge wrongly excluded a traffic engineer’s testimony by strictly interpreting the testing and error rate admissibility factors, the Georgia Court of Appeals held March 23 in reversing summary judgment for defendants in a highway accident case (Lakeisha Hamilton-King, et al. v. HNTB Georgia, et al., No. A08A2246, Ga. App., 2nd Div.; […]
Cloud computing is a potential mother lode of electronically stored information — both in terms of discoverable data and legal issues. Lawyers should work hand-in-hand with IT and business resources to minimize risks without erasing the tremendous efficiencies of cloud litigation.
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The Motion Picture Association of America sued RealNetworks over its DVD-copying software when the product launched last fall. The case highlights the fundamental divide between Hollywood and technology companies and will likely impact the legal status of copying movies under the DMCA.
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