Litigation

$1,200,000 Settlement in Chemung County Supreme Court
I was honored to be selected as local trial counsel by Buffalo attorney Mark Cantor for a Chemung County Supreme Court jury trial conducted this week before Judge Robert Mulvey. The case did not settle until the end of the first day of trial when the jury had been selected and after opening statements [...

Crank Up the Blog (and Firm Memo) Machine: Supreme Court Affirms Stoneridge
Crank Up the Blog (and Firm Memo) Machine: Supreme Court Affirms Stoneridge One of the reasons for the popularity of this blog is because it is one of the very few that covers corporate finance law...

Supreme Court Affirms Right to Own Guns for Self-Defense
In a 5-4 decision, the US Supreme Court ruled in District of Columbia v. Heller (No. 07?290)(pdf) that D.C.'s ban on handguns is unconstitutional. The opinion, delivered by Scalia, in which Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas and Alito joined, holds that: The...

Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Class Action Settlement in Philly Stock Exchange Case
 In the Matter of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., (Del. Supr., March 27, 2008), read opinion here, the Delaware Supreme Court (two days ago) affirmed the Chancery Court's decision to both approve the class action settlement in the case as well as upholding the trial court's bifurcation of the settlement proceedings to address an objector's argument that the settlement proceeds were not fairly distributed among the class members...

Oregon Supreme Court affirms negligence claim against builder for property damage
The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday held that a builder may be liable to a subsequent purchaser for repair costs resulting from negligent construction. The defendant in Harris v. Suniga unsuccessfully urged the court to bar damages under the 'economic...

LAWYERS: "Supreme Court affirms suspension of former county attorney"
Supreme Court affirms suspension of former county attorney herald leader The Kentucky Supreme Court has affirmed the temporary suspension of a former eastern Kentucky county attorney...

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

Tomato Salmonella
Sheetz Convenience Stores agrees to confidential out-of-court settlement with food poisoning victim.

National Association of Realtors
Settlement reached in broker listing antitrust lawsuit, pending court approval.

Missouri Attorney General's Office
$26,000 settlement reached in disability discrimination lawsuit, pending court approval.

Rutland School District
Double pay offered as part of class action wage dispute settlement, pending court approval.