Two important decisions of the Ontario Court of Appeal involving class action franchise disputes were released this summer.
- August 25, 2010Jennifer Dolman and Andraya Frith
This article explores some of the issues of a divorcing family with a special-needs child so that appropriate custodial arrangements and financial resolutions can be fully and appropriately addressed in the divorce process.
August 25, 2010Judith PollerThis article highlights three recent court decisions rejecting plaintiff's efforts at establishing specific causation as a matter of law. These decisions confirm that speculative specific causation evidence is inadmissible.
August 25, 2010Lori B. LeskinWhat happens if, after you file that long-anticipated Daubert/Kumho motion, plaintiff's counsel files a motion to withdraw the original expert and to substitute a new one with superior qualifications and a much stronger theory of liability?
August 25, 2010James H. RotondoA review of Nicastro v. J. McIntyre Machinery America, Ltd., in which the Supreme Court of New Jersey ruled in that a plaintiff could bring a product liability action in a New Jersey state court against an England-based product manufacturer under what is termed the stream-of-commerce theory of personal jurisdiction.
August 25, 2010Roy Alan Cohen and Justin C. HallbergHighlights of the latest franchising news from around the country.
August 25, 2010ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |Highlights of the latest franchising cases from around the country.
August 25, 2010ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |In addressing the issue of whether an arbitration clause made sense for a franchisor client, for years this author waffled on how to advise that client. He is not alone on this problem.
August 25, 2010Rupert M. BarkoffCurrent and former sales representatives for Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. are not exempt from qualifying for overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Second Circuit ruled July 6.
August 22, 2010Mark HamblettWho's doing what; who's going where.
August 22, 2010ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

