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High court upholds ruling in injury case involving bleachersBangor Daily NewsIn a 4-3 decision, the law court last week rejected the appeal from John W. Searle whose Superior Court complaint claimed that the town and high school had … View full post on Injury Law News RSS feed

MyFox Atlanta Georgia high court hears photo ID law challengeAtlanta Journal ConstitutionGeorgia's law requiring voters to show a valid photo identification at the polls violates the state Constitution and does nothing to prevent …Top Ga. court considers voter ID lawAtlanta Journal ConstitutionDemocrats tell court Ga. photo-ID law unconstitutionalThe Augusta ChronicleTop Ga. Court Considers Voter ID [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Recommending that the U.S. Supreme Court deny certification of the question of whether the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) is subject to the anti-preemption provision of the McCarran-Ferguson Act, the U.S. solicitor general on Aug. 26 said, among other things, that the issue is not in conflict in the circuit courts (Louisiana Safety [...]

Starting a new school can be a frightening and anxiety producing experience, for the student and her parents ! McLean and Fairfax County lawyer Doug Landau was an orientation volunteer today as girls reported from all over the world to the Madeira School to start the Fall semester. While the busy injury trial lawyer has [...]

Pre-Paid Legal Services Climbed To Another New HighRTT News(RTTNews) – Pre-Paid Legal Services (PPD: News ) posted early gains Thursday and climbed for the majority of the afternoon. The stock closed higher by 2.93 …Pre-Paid Legal Services: A Short Squeeze Waiting to HappenSeeking Alpha (blog)Options Activity for Pre-Paid Legal Services (PPD)Market Intellisearchall 3 news articles » [...]

The Federal Circuit has ruled that a defendant’s successor companies are liable for an $8 million default judgment in a patent infringement case. The panel rejected the district court’s decision to apply South Korean law concerning successor liability, ruling that New Jersey law should apply because Daewoo Electronics’ U.S. subsidiary has headquarters in New Jersey. [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bank that contends that transportation ownership expenses are not permitted in a bankruptcy when a debtor has no car payment filed a brief on Aug. 6 in the U.S. Supreme Court, insisting that “phantom” expenses cannot be deducted from disposable income (Jason M. Ransom v. MBNA America Bank, No, 09-907, Chapter [...]

Patent practitioners say the Federal Circuit’s decision that whistleblowers have standing to sue companies that falsely label their products as covered by patents probably won’t save cases filed based on the bare fact that products contain false markings. The unanimous panel ruling, which reversed a New York federal court decision, directs the lower court to [...]

A campaign is under way to win the hearts and minds of state attorneys general in the run-up to a major Supreme Court case testing the constitutionality of limits on the sale of violent video games. Representatives of the video game industry, with $10 billion in annual sales nationwide, have been in contact with state [...]

MyFox Washington DC Legal expert: Defendants in high profile cases like Flint serial stabber have …The Flint Journal – MLive.comFLINT, Michigan — It could be hard for suspected serial stabber Elias Abuelazam to receive a fair trial in Genesee County, a legal expert said. …Suspected serial stabber Elias Abuelazam's attorney Brian Morley says it could [...]