Reasons that make New York a likely target include its scaffold law, which accounts for nearly half of all nuclear verdicts, the report said.
Civil case filings have yet to return to pre-pandemic levels in San Francisco County Superior Court, as some ADR experts see a surge in arbitration and mediation.
Several California district judges also were among the judges who oversaw the highest number of antitrust cases during the time period, including Northern District Judges James Donato, Maxine Chesney and Edward Chen.
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As the stakes increase, the defense strength increase, said Curtis Miner, a partner at Colson Hicks Eidson.
“We’ve always been direct with juries, but now we realize if you can be very direct with juries … they will award numbers that you’re looking for,” said Michael Pansini of the Pansini Law Group.
John A. Drew Schaffer is an attorney in the Orange County, California office of Jackson Lewis P.C. His practice focuses on representing employers in workplace law ma
Reporting by Samuel Adam Lopez, Legal Analyst, USA Herald [CALIFORNIA] – A state long known for its progressive worker protections, California ushered in a new year with a wave of significant legal changes impacting both employment law and personal injury cases. These new laws will undoubtedly have a lasting impact on the lives of workers
Social inflation generally describes verdicts that exceed $10 million but can apply to any unreasonably large award given the facts of a case.
The decision, reached at a time AI regulation is in its formative stages, will have implications beyond the state's borders.
Perez says the firm provides clients “polished, file-ready” briefs for review often a week or more before they’re due. “That’s pretty rare, and it means a lot of hard work for us, but it shows our clients that we value their time.”
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New class action and California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) filings have grown exponentially in recent years and reached record numbers in 2023. This trend is raising concerns for California employers as the state courts have expanded liability risks for more claims and further restricted the applicability of arbitration agreements to PAGA claims.
With the state's mandatory minimum wage for fast-food workers set to increase to $20 an hour, many restaurant chains are preparing to raise prices.
Bank of America totally shirked their responsibilities because they didn't confirm what they were supposed to be confirming, they didn't follow the guidelines, claimed Cristina Pierson, partner at Kelley Uustal in Fort Lauderdale.
The average mesothelioma settlement is between $1 and $1.4 million. Learn more about settlement compensation benefits, process length and payout amounts here.
Ellie Samuels on the current state of reproductive health employment discrimination across the country.
The wide range of Roundup verdicts, from defense wins for Monsanto to a $2.25 billion award, could be due to what jurors hear at trial about the EPA and foreign regulatory agencies.
Michelle Reed and Natasha Kohne, the co-heads of the cybersecurity, privacy and data protection practice at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, discuss the firm’s report finding a jump in the number of cases filed seeking to enforce provisions of the California Consumer Privacy Act, or CCPA, from 91 in 2020 to 145 in 2021.
The California Privacy Protection Agency moved closer in a years-long process of creating rules companies will have to obey about using AI.
Trader Joe’s and SpaceX are among businesses challenging the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Board
Fewer verdicts and settlements reports were submitted to Michigan Lawyers Weekly in 2023 than last year, but 2023’s total dollar amount topped last year’s by a large margin. Thanks to Michigan’s share of a mass tort opioid settlement, the total dollar amount for 2023 exceeded $1 billion.
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