The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey is an active jurisdiction, but it’s only grown more so as Am Law 50 firm Kirkland & Ellis has recently begun filing large-scale Chapter 11 bankruptcies in the district. Many view the firm as a market leader in the space and…

The Connecticut Supreme Court narrowly construed the savings statute in a 7-2 decision. The plaintiff’s attorneys say the interpretation could complicate the reliance on abode service. Paul Laiuppa, the plaintiff, brought a lawsuit against Mary Moritz due to a major motor vehicle collision between the two. The marshal served the…

Attorneys with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan recently filed a breach-of-contract suit in a Massachusetts state court on behalf of a biotech manufacturer seeking $100 million in damages for its efforts in securing regulatory rights for another company’s branded over-the-counter COVID-19 test. The Aug. 14 complaint, filed in Middlesex County Superior…

While Latham & Watkins will require New York lawyers to work four days in the office next year,  the move to mandate more time in the office isn’t immediately catching on elsewhere in Big Law. Representatives at several other big law firms based in New York and other cities confirmed…

In Challenge to $45M Verdict, Temple Health Claims Plaintiff’s Causation Theory Contained ‘Critical Gap’ | The Legal Intelligencer Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2024/08/21/in-challenge-to-45m-verdict-temple-health-claims-plaintiffs-causation-theory-contained-critical-gap/ Philadelphia City Hall. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM NEWS “The jury explicitly found that the plaintiff was negligent, and the verdict is inconsistent with that finding,” Temple Health general…

A New York federal judge on Tuesday declined to set aside a partial verdict for the state Attorney General’s Office against the Wisconsin-based makers of Prevagen, a significant order that affirms the attorney general’s broad authority to investigate and regulate repeated acts of fraud. U.S. District Judge Louis L. Stanton,…