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Disney Attorneys Find a ‘Fine Print’ Loophole After Doctor’s Death

A wrongful-death lawsuit is unfolding in Orange County Circuit Court between Disney and the husband of a woman who died at Disney Springs after eating at a restaurant that leased space in the Orlando food and adventure complex. Brian Denney, attorney with Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley. Photo: Melanie…

NY Appeals Court Widens Scope of Allowable Child Victims Act Claims

An intermediate New York appeals court on Thursday opened the door for people who came through the juvenile delinquency system to bring Child Victims Act claims of negligent placement against the state government. The pivotal ruling by Appellate Division, Third Department Justice Sharon A.M. Aarons denied the office of New…

Federal Judge Rejects CVS’s Attorney-Client Privilege Claims, Orders Retailer to Turn Over Communications in Qui Tam Action

A federal judge in Pennsylvania rejected CVS Health’s “ploy” of claiming privilege and work-product protection over communications with a third party about flash freezing shipping processes in a qui tam action against the retail pharmacy chain. Concluding a majority of the communications did not pertain to any legal advice or questions that…

Covington Defeats Jones Day: AstraZeneca Escapes 7.5M Verdict

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, arguing posttrial against a jury finding that two of plaintiffs’ patents were valid, got an opposite finding, erasing a $107.5 million verdict. At conclusion of a five-day jury trial in May in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, a jury found AstraZeneca infringed on…

Federal Judge Sanctions Pittsburgh Firm for ‘Campaign of Deception’ in Debt Collection Disputes

Federal Judge Sanctions Pittsburgh Firm for ‘Campaign of Deception’ in Debt Collection Disputes | The Legal Intelligencer Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2024/08/15/federal-judge-sanctions-pittsburgh-firm-for-campaign-of-deception-in-debt-collection-disputes/ U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon of the Western District of Pennsylvania. Courtesy photo NEWS “Counsel are well advised to heed one lesson from this experience in particular, among the…