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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 23, 2017
Insurer reimbursement rates were exempt from disclosure under Right-to-Know Law because insurer was statutorily required to submit them to Insurance Department, and thus department was construed to have "requested" the documents. Order of the Office of Open Records reversed.
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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 23, 2017
Trial court properly found mother in contempt for relocating with the children in contravention of an order directing compliance with §5337 but trial court erred in finding her in contempt for enrolling child in preschool because there had been no legal determination of custody and abused its discretion in changing custody as a contempt sanction because there was no express notice that custody would be at issue. Affirmed in part and reversed in part.
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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 23, 2017
Husband's failure to make minimum monthly payments on an equitable distribution award constituted contempt, and wife was entitled to judgment for total unpaid installments, plus attorney fees. The issue of double-dipping from the same resource to pay support and the property division payments could have been addressed by a modification proceeding, which husband failed to pursue.
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By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | June 23, 2017
Despite 'Group Pleading' Default Judgment Granted As to Liability on Lanham Act, Breach Claims
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By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | June 22, 2017
Firm Barred From Asserting 'Known' Fraud Claim It Did Not List as Asset in Bankruptcy
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By Amanda Bronstad | June 22, 2017
Hogan Lovells partner Neal Katyal scored a game changing win in a SCOTUS case that fundamentally alters the growing practice of mass tort litigation--starting right now. How'd he do it? Hint: “It's not like I sit in my room and read the briefs.”
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By Jason Grant | June 22, 2017
A Manhattan appeals court threw out a $1.35 million verdict on Thursday, saying a trial judge committed reversible error when she decided from the bench that a breach of contract occurred, thereby stripping the issue from the jury.
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By Noreen Marcus | June 22, 2017
The Florida Supreme Court says home rule doesn't overcome protections in state law for police officers accused of misconduct.
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By Charles Toutant | June 22, 2017
Lawyers handling drug-defect suits say New Jersey courts could see an uptick in volume of pharmaceutical and medical device suits in light of this week's Supreme Court ruling in a California case that narrowed access to jurisdiction for out-of-state plaintiffs.
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By Christopher Simone and Sofya Uvaydov | June 22, 2017
Christopher Simone writes: In the recent year, the First Department has turned over a more lenient leaf for post-note of issue discovery for plaintiffs and defendants alike, slowly relaxing the stringent and somewhat draconian requirements of 22 NYCRRR 202.21(d).
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