Litigation

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The Supreme Court decided less than a handful of product liability cases last term. But those it did decide will have great significance in the areas of personal jurisdiction over foreign manufacturers, and federal preemption of state law.

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Cozen O'Connor's landlord says its building is completely up to par, despite complaints from the law firm that the elevators are dangerous and do not work; the roof leaks; and the plants look shabby.

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Analysis of key rulings.

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Recent rulings of importance.

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In a recent decision in a domestic bribery case, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, after canvassing the law relating to extortion as a defense to federal bribery charges, identified the principal reasons why extortion is so rarely raised, and even more rarely effective, as a defense.

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In a recent opinion issued in the Chapter 11 case of <i>In re Lemington Home for the Aged</i>, the Third Circuit revived claims of breach of fiduciary duty and deepening insolvency against directors and officers of a nonprofit Pennsylvania corporation.

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In a recent, unpublished decision, the Fourth U.S. Court of Appeals held that an employer may be responsible for the sexual harassment of one of its employees by the employer's client. This is an interesting issue that the Fourth Circuit had failed to address ' until this decision.

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It's probably not a stretch to say that e-mail has been the single biggest factor in the creation of the electronic discovery industry as we know it today. e-Mail has been seen as almost synonymous with e-discovery, in many ways to the detriment of other valuable forms of ESI. But, that race has tightened up.