DuBose Miller, LLC 01/23/2024Daily Report TO: ALL MEMBERS OF THE BAR AND ALL CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA The Atlanta Judicial Commission is now accepting nominations for the position of Municipal Court Judge for the City of Atlanta Municipal Court. Members of the bar may nominate themselves or others,…

Rafael Leite, a federal judge in Brazil, grew up surrounded by innovation. His father worked in technology, so his house was the first in the neighborhood to get a computer and internet. It seems natural then that, when Leite became a judge stationed in the Amazon town of Manaus, he turned…

A damning internal report on Cruise’s handling of an October accident in which one of its self-driving taxis struck and severely injured a pedestrian in San Francisco blames “deficient leadership at the highest levels of the company”—including members of the C-suite and legal department. The 195-page report, issued by law firm…

As I’ve previously written, Pennsylvania products liability law remains thoughtfully true to the letter and intent of the Restatement of Torts 2d, Section 402 A (1965). Current standard civil jury instructions provide this astute directive to jurors deciding the question of a product’s defect: “Under the law, a [specify type of supplier:…

On Jan. 1, 2024, the Biden administration’s Department of Labor (DOL) issued its final regulation on who is an employee versus who is an independent contractor, Part 795 – Employee or Independent Contractor Classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 89 F.R. 1741, No. 7 (Jan. 10, 2024). The regulation…

New Jersey: A New Venue for Monsanto Roundup Trials? | New Jersey Law Journal Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/njlawjournal/2024/01/29/new-jersey-a-new-venue-for-monsanto-roundup-trials/ Roundup weedkiller on shelves at Walmart in Baltimore, Maryland. Photo by Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM NEWS Motley Rice’s Daniel Lapinski filed the Jan. 22 request for multicounty litigation designation of 10 Roundup cases,…