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Counsel Financial continues sponsoring legal transactions at Mass Torts Made Perfect Counsel Financial will continue its longstanding commitment as the main sponsor of the Business of Law program during the Mass Vegas Seminar (MTMP) of Mass Torts Made Perfect ™ this week. The three-day virtual conference offers continuing education, informative sessions on the latest litigation … Read more
When you look at what happened in Columbus this season, you’d expect the players to celebrate John Tortorella stepping down. It started with the bench and then spat in public with Pierre-Luc Dubois. Things didn’t go any better for Patrik Laine, who also sat on a bench several times after the trade. Seriously, you’d think … Read more
A new state study of the benefits of crime reform shows that reforming California would save nearly $ 23 billion in savings for state residents and businesses, according to Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (CALA). Without the reforms, frivolous legal cases and those that result in undue harm will cost citizens a “tort tax” of US … Read more
If a plaintiff alleges that they filed a lawsuit in retaliation on a complaint with the Illinois Department of Human Rights (IDHR) and can demonstrate that prior questions were not considered prior to the indictment and then abruptly initiated afterwards, the plaintiff has Plaintiffs The District Court of Appeals overturned and dismissed a ruling by … Read more
A slip and fall injury, also known as a “slip or trip and fall injury,” is a specific type of personal injury caused by one person slipping (or tripping) and falling on another person’s property, and consequently one Suffer injury. This special type of personal injury claim is known as a “premise liability claim”. Slip … Read more
If a District Employee is liable under the Nursing Home Act for failure to treat a resident, the Nursing Home Act replaces Section 2-204 of the Tort Immunity Act, which makes the worker liable and therefore makes the county liable as section 2-109 of the Act on the Illicit immunity no longer applies. The 2nd … Read more
Syngenta headquarters in Basel, Switzerland. Photo credit: Taxiarchos228 via Wikimedia Commons Half a dozen lawsuits were filed simultaneously in federal courts in three states – including Pennsylvania – on April 30th against the makers and marketers of paraquat, a herbicide allegedly linked to the development of Parkinson’s disease. The plaintiffs are represented by lawyers from … Read more
WILLIAMSVILLE, NY, April 13, 2021 / PRNewswire-PRWeb / – Counsel Financial will continue its longstanding commitment as the main sponsor of the Business of Law program during this week’s Mass Torts Made Perfect ™ Virtual Vegas Seminar (MTMP). The three-day virtual conference offers continuing education, informative sessions on the latest litigation from leading lawyers, and … Read more
Virtual extension in the Tort Law Museum; Hartford Firm joins Antiracism Alliance | Connecticut Law Tribune Law.com
TALLAHASSEE – In response to corporations, schools, churches, and health care providers fearful they could be sued for legal liability for people’s exposure to COVID-19, Florida lawmakers are swiftly pursuing action to do what they do know best: limit complaints. The House of Representatives Subcommittee on Civil Justice and Property Rights, which met for the … Read more