What's New in the Courts

August 11, 2017

Judge Morgan, Sitting in the Eastern District of Louisiana, Applies Strict Products Liability under the General Maritime Law, rather than the LPLA, in a LHWCA Third-Party Case

Written by Steve Herman
August 8, 2017

N.Y. State Bar Prohibits Marketing Fees to Avvo

Written by Steve Herman
July 17, 2017

U.S. Fifth Circuit Dismisses Appeal for Lack of Jurisdiction Where Appellant Fails to Timely Object in the District Court

Written by Steve Herman
July 10, 2017

U.S. Fifth Circuit Grants Rehearing, En Banc, to Consider the Appropriate Standard of Review for Factual Determinations Where Plan Does Not Afford Administrator Discretion

Written by Steve Herman
June 26, 2017

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Application of American Pipe Tolling to a Statute of Repose

Written by Steve Herman
June 23, 2017

Louisiana Fourth Circuit Affirms Verdict Against Tractor Manufacturer under the LPLA

Written by Steve Herman
June 19, 2017

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Personal Jurisdiction in Pharmaceutical Case with Respect to Non-Resident Plaintiffs

Written by Steve Herman
June 9, 2017

Magistrate Judge Limits Discovery of E-Mails and Text Messages to Those Directly Relevant to Employment Claims on Proportionality Grounds

Written by Steve Herman
June 1, 2017

Duties Owed by Appointed Counsel to MDL Litigants Whom They Do Not Formally Represent

Written by Steve Herman
May 30, 2017

U.S. Fifth Circuit Affirms Order to Reimburse Plan and to Pay Attorneys Fees, Rejecting Participant’s Challenge to ERISA’s Written Instrument Requirements

Written by Steve Herman