LOS ANGELES - The California bankruptcy judge overseeing Thorpe Insulation Co. and Pacific Insulation Co.’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Feb. 1 signed an order confirming the debtor’s fifth amended joint plan of reorganization and issued her findings of fact and conclusions of law in support of the confirmation (In re: Thorpe Insulation Co., No. 07-20016, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A disability claimant is a prevailing party entitled to a fee award under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act despite a district court’s ordering the insurer to reconsider all of the evidence rather than the district court’s awarding benefits, a disability claimant argues to the U.S. Supreme Court in her merits brief […]
MILWAUKEE - A Wisconsin boy who alleges that he has lead poisoning on Jan. 28 sued six former manufacturers of lead-based paint in federal court, contending that the defendants are strictly liable for his injuries (Cesar Sifuentes, a minor, by his guardian ad litem, Susan M. Gramling v. American Cyanamid, et al., No. 10-C-0075, E.D. […]
RENO, Nev. - An insurer cannot deny coverage to its insured for underlying personal injury and wrongful death claims arising out of carbon monoxide poisoning because the policy’s indoor air and pollution exclusions are ambiguous and susceptible to more than one reasonable interpretation, a Nevada federal judge said March 4 (Century Surety Co. v. Casino […]
STATEN ISLAND, NY - A New York Supreme Court justice refused to reduce or set aside a jury’s $22.5 million award to a man who contracted polio more than 30 years ago while changing his daughter’s diaper after she had received Lederle Laboratories Orimune oral polio vaccine, according to a Feb. 17 opinion (Dominick Tenuto […]
Unfortunately, the ease of access and simplicity of the cloud doesn’t extend to the legal issues supporting it. While traditional software licensing and IT outsourcing agreements can be a model for cloud computing, there are new risks and business practices that must be considered.
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JACKSON, Miss. - The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled Feb. 11 that the term “occurrence” in a commercial general liability insurance policy cannot be construed to preclude coverage for unexpected or unintended “property damage” resulting from a subcontractor’s negligent acts or conduct (Architex Association Inc. v. Scottsdale Insurance Co., No. 2008-CA-01353-SCT, Miss. Sup.; 2010 Miss. LEXIS […]
NEW YORK - The New York federal bankruptcy judge overseeing the Bernard L. Madoff proceedings on March 1 granted approval to the court-appointed trustee’s “Net Investment Method” for determining net equity for individual claimants (In Re: Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, No. 08-01789, S.D. N.Y. Bkcy.; 2010 Bankr. LEXIS 495; See February 2010, Page […]
NEW ORLEANS - Oral arguments are scheduled for April 7 in the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in the defense appeal of a $2.4 million judgment for a welder and his wife who prevailed in a March 2008 trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi; notice of the calendar […]
With technology, a legal department can speak with a single voice, think with a single mind, and act like a partnership even with lawyers dispersed around the world. Consultant Rees W. Morrison discusses 20 techniques that increase coherence and effectiveness in a spread-out department.
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