As expected,
the plaintiffs in a law suit claiming that federally funded research on human embryonic stem cells (hESC) is illegal have appealed a ruling that dealt them a defeat earlier this summer.
Not exact matches
David Sanford, chairman of Sanford Heisler Sharp, the
law firm that argued the largest - ever employment gender discrimination case to go to trial — a class action
suit against Novartis Pharmaceuticals that resulted
in a $ 253 million jury award for
plaintiffs in 2010, reduced post-trial to $ 175 million — noted that
in that case, the company had just three investigators for a workforce of thousands.
While a federal lawsuit unfolds, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has agreed not to enforce certain provisions of a new state ethics
law passed requiring charitable organizations giving money to lobbying campaigns to disclose far more of their donors, according to the
plaintiffs in the
suit.
Earlier this year, the city's major police unions called for Emery's dismissal over his private
law firm's role
in a
suit against the city on behalf of a former CCRB
plaintiff.
In a suit filed Wednesday night, the plaintiffs are seeking a declaration that the law is unconstitutional and an injunction prohibiting enforcement of the provisions by the attorney's general's office and the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, which are the defendants in the cas
In a
suit filed Wednesday night, the
plaintiffs are seeking a declaration that the
law is unconstitutional and an injunction prohibiting enforcement of the provisions by the attorney's general's office and the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, which are the defendants
in the cas
in the case.
The 80 minutes of occasionally spirited argument at the high court this morning focused on the two main issues
in the greenhouse gas litigation: For the case to go forward, the
plaintiffs must prove that the case has legal standing (they must show that the court is the right venue for resolving this dispute), and that the common
law definition of nuisance can support
suits over greenhouse gases.
As bloggers have noted, this case will be one of the first tests of a new Texas
law designed to discourage capricious libel
suits by putting the burden on the
plaintiff (Wakefield
in this case) to prove that the defendants» speech has caused damage before the
suit can go forward.
Plaintiffs in the Robles case are the California School Boards Association, the state PTA, the association of California School Administrators, the California Teachers Association, the Youth & Education
Law Project at Stanford
Law School and 60 individuals, including the lead
plaintiff, Maya Robles - Wong, who was a junior at Alameda High School when the
suits were filed.
Plaintiff attorneys previously used this tactic
in a handful of class - action
law suits against some lenders.
Apple and five major publishing houses are being sued by a Seattle - based
law firm, Hagens Berman, on behalf of two
plaintiffs named
in the
suit and on behalf of consumers as a... [Read more...]
Apple and five major publishing houses are being sued by a Seattle - based
law firm, Hagens Berman, on behalf of two
plaintiffs named
in the
suit and on behalf of consumers as a whole.
Chong Park, a partner at Ropes & Gray
law firm, is representing the ABA and the individual
plaintiffs in this
suit against the USDE.
Exxon and other fossil fuel companies could face «a huge universe of potential
plaintiffs»
in civil liability
suits in coming years, said Carroll Muffett, a lawyer who is president and CEO of the Center for International Environmental
Law, with offices
in Washington and Geneva.
A number of legal bloggers roundly condemned Jones Day for bringing the
suit, with Public Citizen lawyer Paul Alan Levy leading the backlash with his post at the Consumer
Law & Policy Blog in which he said that the lawsuit deserved a prize for «grossest abuse of trademark law to suppress speech the plaintiff doesn't like.&raq
Law & Policy Blog
in which he said that the lawsuit deserved a prize for «grossest abuse of trademark
law to suppress speech the plaintiff doesn't like.&raq
law to suppress speech the
plaintiff doesn't like.»
(New Jersey
Law Journal, Hiring Lawyers Before Buying Product Stews
Plaintiff in Arizona Iced Tea
Suit)
Our firm has handled class action
law suits involving
plaintiffs numbering
in the thousands.
A typical example of forum shopping, according to Black's
Law Dictionary, is where the
plaintiff institutes a
suit in the jurisdiction with a reputation for awarding high damages, disdain for political gimmicks or filing several similar
suits and keeping the one with the preferred Judge.
In this week's issue of Forbes, Cardozo
Law Professor Lester Brickman asserts that
plaintiffs firms» use of contract lawyers and markup of their fees has «turned [shareholder]
suits into ATM machines.»
In this groundbreaking case, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled that the trial court correctly dismissed a legal malpractice
suit against the attorney and his
law firm because the underlying product liability claim
plaintiffs» asserted should have been pursued was statutorily preempted under the federal Medical Device Act («MDA»).
In a release, Juroviesky and Ricci LLP says the
suit, which has yet to name a lead
plaintiff, alleges «class - wide violations of various statutory and common
law duties to the students of York University.»
In some cases, a defendant in a civil law suit will retaliate against the plaintiff by filing a counter law suit, often of a dubious or spurious natur
In some cases, a defendant
in a civil law suit will retaliate against the plaintiff by filing a counter law suit, often of a dubious or spurious natur
in a civil
law suit will retaliate against the
plaintiff by filing a counter
law suit, often of a dubious or spurious nature.
«
plaintiffs filing class action
suits could be refused a hearing
in state court if they came from several different states, and then bounced out of federal court because their complaint called for applying the
laws of multiple states.»
Generally, the
law of standing requires that a «party» or «
plaintiff» have sufficient personal interest
in the
suit and have suffered an injury.
In an injured seaman's
suit against the owner of a commercial fishing vessel, a Gloucester County Circuit Court excludes
plaintiff's expert because defendant had no duty under maritime
law to perform a «job hazard analysis» on vessel - to - vessel ingress and egress,...
In a statement to Law Blog, Katherine Barrett, the general counsel for Anheuser - Busch's U.S. operations, said, «It's certainly possible that the $ 3.5 million fee collected by the plaintiffs» attorneys will outsize the benefit paid to consumers, an outcome that is increasingly more common in class action suits such as this.&raqu
In a statement to
Law Blog, Katherine Barrett, the general counsel for Anheuser - Busch's U.S. operations, said, «It's certainly possible that the $ 3.5 million fee collected by the
plaintiffs» attorneys will outsize the benefit paid to consumers, an outcome that is increasingly more common
in class action suits such as this.&raqu
in class action
suits such as this.»
And
in the seminal case Buckman Co. v.
Plaintiffs Legal Committee (U.S. Supreme Court), we persuaded the Supreme Court that private tort
suits predicated on purportedly false statements made to the F.D.A. are impliedly preempted by federal
law.
White & Case is the only
law firm to have defended successfully at trial pharmaceutical clients against both FTC and private
plaintiff reverse payment
suits, and we were counsel
in the landmark SCOTUS ruling on reverse payments
in FTC v. Actavis.»
Since joining Branch MacMaster
in 1998, Don has acted for the defence and for
plaintiffs in numerous class action
law suits, including products liability, life insurance and health claims.
In a reverse class - action
law suit, there is a single
plaintiff who essentially is arguing that it has been harmed by the actions of multiple defendants.
In other words, the state can collect revenue for valuable social projects without deterring
plaintiffs and their
law - yers «from bringing
suits and deterring difficult - to - detect or intentional torts.»
The controversial Honourable David Emerson featured
in one BC
law suit Wright v. British Columbia Trade Development Corp., (1994), 3 C.C.E.L. (2d) 254 (BC S.C.) where an employee alleged that he had been wrongfully dismissed
in a letter from Emerson for a tasteless scam
in which the
plaintiff had forged the signatures of senior executives on gift cards accompanying skimpy lingerie to female employees, given on Valentine's Day.
Admission of copying proves one of the elements that the
plaintiffs would normally need to prove
in an infringement
suit, making a
law suit less risky from their perspective.
McKercher LLP was acting for the representative
plaintiff in a class action
law suit against CN Railway, for whom the firm was acting on other matters.
Attorneys for both
plaintiffs and defendants will find comprehensive coverage of such matters as: the advantages and disadvantages of
suits based on strict liability, negligence and breach of warranty; the use of state consumer protection statutes; the duty to warn and its innumerable ramifications; the liability of the manufacturers, retailers and other potential defendants
in the distribution chain; successor liability; federal preemption of common
law claims; monitoring product safety during design, manufacturing and distribution; causation theories
in actions involving multiple manufacturers; product misuse and alteration; the elements of proof needed
in an action; recovery for economic loss; punitive damages; and the government contractor defense.
Jacob Zowie, the
plaintiff, is being represented by Komlossy
Law and Levi & Korinsky LLP
in the
suit.
Both
plaintiffs were savvy and strong, and they got foreclosure defense lawyers
in their states to advocate for them, which has ended up
in these
law suits we are monitoring.