The Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, affirmed a quantum meruit award based on contract-negotiation representation that attorney Todd Musburger provided to talk show personality Gary Meier.
September 29, 2009Stan Soocher
Although alien tort claims are still relatively novel, long-standing principles of insurance law, and judicial precedents established based on more familiar fact patterns, should provide helpful guidance to companies facing these claims.
September 29, 2009Seth A. TuckerCases of interest in neighboring states.
September 29, 2009ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |This article discusses the Ninth Circuit's recent decision in Rodriguez v. West Publishing Co., 563 F.3d 948 (9th Cir. 2009), that specifically considered the viability of incentive awards and their impact on the adequacy of class representatives.
September 29, 2009Ronald J. Levine and Aviva WeinThe first part of this article about the Supreme Court's ruling Ricci v. De Stefano discussed what statisticians really have to say about disparate impact. The conclusion herein addresses the results of, and lessons to be learned from, the Ricci case.
September 29, 2009Jonathan FalkNational rulings you need to know.
September 29, 2009ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |This article examines the little-known and infrequently granted remedy of expungement in federal courts.
September 29, 2009Steven F. ReichOur Incisive Media affiliate, New Jersey Law Journal, published the following commentary on the New Jersey legislature's attempt to react to the "sexting" issue by making Web site operators liable for what users write.
August 27, 2009New Jersey Law Journal EditorialAs obvious as this distaste for lawsuits may be to anyone who has ever been deposed, it nonetheless is often critical for businesses, and particularly technology firms, not only to be prepared to go (metaphorically) to war in the battlefield of the courtroom, but to actually take that step.
August 27, 2009Stanley P. Jaskiewicz