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What's New in the Courts

August 8, 2023

Judge Chhabria, in the Northern District of California, Sanctioned Facebook and Gibson Dunn over $925,000 for Discovery Abuses

Written by Steve Herman
August 8, 2023

Mississippi Bar Association Opinion Prevents Defense Counsel from Insisting that the Plaintiff’s Attorney “Approve” of or “Agree” to Release

Written by Steve Herman
August 8, 2023

U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Reverses Defense Verdict in a Defective Forklift Case based on the Improper Exclusion of Plaintiff’s Expert Testimony

Written by Steve Herman
August 8, 2023

Magistrate in the Eastern District of Louisiana Recommends that Plaintiff be Precluded from Offering Evidence of $837,286.87 in Claimed Damages where Pre-Surgery Requests and an Order for an IME were Disregarded by Arnold & Itkin Attorneys

Written by Steve Herman
August 8, 2023

U.S. Ninth Circuit Reversed Lodestar-Based Fee Award in Connection with Class Settlement that Was Well in Excess of the Benefit to the Class

Written by Steve Herman
August 8, 2023

U.S. Fifth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of LPLA Action Against Biomet on Prescription Grounds

Written by Steve Herman
August 8, 2023

Delaware Chancery Court Rejects “Maga-Fund” and “Declining-Percentage” Approaches in Favor of a 26.7% Award out of $1 Billion Settlement under the “Stage-of-Case” Method

Written by Steve Herman
August 8, 2023

Affirming Sanctions Award for Deletion of Cell Phone Records in Maritime Case, Eleventh Circuit Holds that “Intent to Deprive” under Rule 37(e)(2) is the Equivalent of “Bad Faith”

Written by Steve Herman
January 31, 2023

U.S. Third Circuit Throws Out J&J’s Attempt to Discharge TALC Liability thru “Texas Two-Step”

Written by Steve Herman
January 6, 2023

U.S. Fifth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Class Allegations in Deceptive Advertising Case

Written by Steve Herman