Pa. Federal Judge Orders Ogletree Client Ikea to Pay Over $560K for Spoilation of Evidence | The Legal Intelligencer Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2024/07/24/pa-federal-judge-orders-ogletree-client-ikea-to-pay-over-560k-for-spoilation-of-evidence/ Credit: mojo cp/Shutterstock NEWS The sanctions motion came following a 66-page opinion Brody entered in May, which said Ikea and its counsel demonstrated “incredible and gross negligence”…

The Davidoff Law Firm, on behalf of the plaintiff, the trading company Damas Equipment, has filed a lawsuit in the Miami-Dade Circuit Court against the defendants, AAG International, Guesbeogo Commodities, and two individuals, Sheldon Burnett of AAG and Fadyl Zeba of Guesbeogo Commodities. Damas Equipment, based in Ontario, Canada, claimed…

Phila. Jury Returns $2.3M Ankle Injury Verdict on Second Day of Trial | The Legal Intelligencer Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2024/07/24/phila-jury-returns-2-3m-ankle-injury-verdict-on-second-day-of-trial/ Kenneth Fulginiti of Fulginiti Law. Courtesy photo NEWS The jury’s decision came on the second day of what was originally expected to be a five-day trial. “It’s interesting that you…

The Connecticut Supreme Court held that a trial court is not obligated to narrow a proposed class to reach class certification. Former residents of Barbour Gardens, an affordable-housing property in Hartford, filed a class action against the apartment’s owner and property management company due to poor condition of the units,…

Sometimes, it’s best to go by the numbers. Each week, Law.com is telling critical legal stories through data visualizations. This week, the Daily Report analyzed the demographics of Georgia’s judicial appointments. The Daily Business Review examined diversity trendlines at Florida’s largest law firms. The National Law Journal unveiled its Elite…

The Federal Trade Commission’s aggressive nationwide rules could conflict with other U.S. agency regulations and state laws, former FTC officials and regulatory attorneys said Wednesday in calling for a more industry-by-industry approach to regulation by the agency.  Nina Frant, a former attorney adviser at the FTC, said the agency’s approach…