A New York attorney who won a $100,000 judgment for workplace sexual harassment is alleging in a new lawsuit that the state Assembly’s refusal to foot the bill runs afoul of Public Officers Law indemnifying employees for liability within the scope of their employment. The legislative chamber’s in-house attorney, Rebecca Mudie,…

A federal judge in Massachusetts awarded a software company nearly $17,000 in sanctions after the party had to file numerous requests for documents and then received tens of thousands of pages of nonsearchable documents. In an Aug. 29 opinion, U.S. District Judge Jennifer C. Boal for the District of Massachusetts granted Massachusetts-based…

A decision by Vice Chancellor Nathan A. Cook signals a default judgment for a plaintiff doesn’t mean a clean sweep for damages if those damages aren’t properly supported. The opinion, issued Wednesday grants Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss and their investment fund, Winklevoss Capital Fund, $170,000 in compensatory damages, a fraction of the $1.3 million they claimed…

Split Pa. High Court Rules Anti-Hate Lawn Signs Targeting Neighbor Were Protected Speech | The Legal Intelligencer Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2024/08/22/split-pa-high-court-rules-anti-hate-lawn-signs-targeting-neighbor-were-protected-speech/ Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices. Courtesy photo NEWS According to the defendants’ lawyer, the ruling delves into an area where little case law exists: “what rights you have as a…

Argentina must turn over more than $300 million in cash to bondholders, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled on Wednesday. A unanimous three-judge panel affirmed a lower court’s finding that investors were owed reversionary interests in collateral backing the bonds, which recently matured.

The partner of ex-FTX executive Ryan Salame has been charged with campaign finance violations, according to an indictment unsealed on Thursday. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan allege Michelle Bond—who unsuccessfully ran as a Republican to represent a Long Island Congressional district—entered into a “sham consulting agreement” with the now-defunct FTX for…