Lawyer's Weekly USA

So far, there is only a smattering of lawsuits alleging that Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical failed to adequately warn women...

On Monday Aug. 29, attorney Russ Herman was in Memphis, taking a deposition for a major corporate client....

With a new justice in the line-up for the first time in 11 years, the U.S. Supreme Court...

If you sue a nursing home these days, you're likely to receive a rather startling response: Go ahead....

Six months after the passage of the Class Action Fairness Act, the legislation, touted as significant tort reform...

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association is struggling to help displaced members who...

A client referral source called and left the following message: I just met a client who had all...

A claim for attorney fees pursuant to an oral agreement is time- barred because it is subject to...

When I was in law school, I hated the use of the Socratic Method of teaching. But now...

A U.S. trustee should not have been allowed to re-open a Chapter 7 debtor's case to pursue a...

An arbitration clause connected by hyperlink to an online contract for the purchase of computers is enforceable, the...

An automobile insurer was not required to pay for the diminished market value of a wrecked automobile in...

A $108 million punitive award for intimidating abortion doctors violated the defendant's due process rights in light of...

A law banning uninsured motorists from collecting noneconomic damages for their injuries does not violate the state constitution,...

A plaintiff's imprisonment doesn't constitute a legal disability that under state law would toll the statute of limitations,...

The dismissal of a legal malpractice claim on procedural grounds does not constitute a favorable termination for purposes...

A criminal acts exclusion in an auto gap insurance policy precluded any coverage of a claim arising out...

A health insurer may have violated the ADA by refusing to give coverage to an applicant with Crohn's...

Foster parents are not state actors for purposes of Sect. 1983, and therefore a child injured while in...

Police violated the Fourth Amendment when they searched the home of a drug defendant without probable cause, even...