Live Nation’s chief executive officer got a stay from a deposition order in the 2021 Astroworld Festival multidistrict litigation for what plaintiffs claim is an unjustifiable desire for international travel. On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court granted an emergency motion for temporary relief for Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino.

A jury in Union County, New Jersey, returned a $1.2 million verdict in a suit by a woman who tripped on an uneven sidewalk while jogging. According to a defense attorney, the case is now headed for the Appellate Division. Patrick Flinn, a partner with Levinson Axelrod. Courtesy photo Ellen…

The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that a new constitutional criminal procedure rule involving eyewitness identification can apply retroactively because of the advances in science displaying the unreliability of the evidence. Edgar Tatum, the habeas petitioner, was convicted of murder in 1990 after a jury trial in relation to the shooting…

A federal judge overseeing protracted litigation in a lawsuit brought by Abbott Laboratories over intellectual property and anticounterfeiting of diabetes test strips has agreed to freeze protection trusts held by defendants that were allegedly used to dodge paying a $33 million judgment. Plaintiff Illinois-based Abbott Laboratories sued hundreds of defendants…

The New Jersey Appellate Division weighed in Friday on two putative class actions reaching different conclusions by Camden County judges in suits over contaminated water, clarifying that municipalities charging a water fee do not create an implied contract with their residents. The issue in both cases, Cerkez v. Gloucester City and Hoffman…

President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign possesses a substantial bank account that stands to aid a different candidate, whether it’s Vice President Kamala Harris or another individual, if Biden drops out of the presidential race. However, political law attorneys are divided on how easily Biden’s campaign cash could change hands. Some…