Under New Jersey’s heightened standard of exigency for an automobile search (tied with a preference for telephonic warrants where exigency is lacking), the state showed exigency because of actions of confederates or potential interlopers. State v. Lewis, 2010 N.J. Super. LEXIS 21 (February 8, 2010): ...

The First Two Delaware Decisions. In the past two months, I have reported on decisions by two Delaware bankruptcy judges in the In re Washington Mutual, Inc. case and in In re Premier International Holdings, Inc. (aka, the Six Flags case), taking opposing views on whether Federal Rule of Bankruptcy ...

Under New Jersey’s heightened standard of exigency for an automobile search (tied with a preference for telephonic warrants where exigency is lacking), the state showed exigency because of actions of confederates or potential interlopers. State v. Lewis, 2010 N.J. Super. LEXIS 21 (February 8, 2010): ...

Image via CrunchBaseAfter a two-month production delay, New York-based bookseller Barnes & Noble, Inc. expects its Nook electronic book reader to be available for purchase in most of its bookstores this week, Reuters reports.Until now, the rival to Amazon.com, Inc.'s Kindle reader could only be had ...

Are the general characteristics of a snowman a fit subject for judicial notice? The Second Circuit Court of Appeals says yes in the copyright infringement case of Eden Toys, Inc. v. Marshall Field & Company, 675 F.2d 498 (1982). The Court did a thorough job of comparing two snowman toys by dif ...

As she walked toward the supervisor's office, Tyson Foods employee Gwendolyn Miles says she slipped on a wet floor and fell. Miles claims a leak in the roof caused the floor to become a hazardous condition. Miles filed a personal injury lawsuit against Tyson Foods Inc. on Feb. 2 in the Marshall Div ...

IMPORTANT NOTE: To anyone who was planning on attending MI's live event on Capitol Hill this afternoon, at which we were to unveil the newest Trial Lawyers, Inc. report, Trial Lawyers, Inc.: K Street--A Report on the Litigation Lobby 2010,...

A former secretary at an Illinois asbestos plant, Union Asbestos and Rubber Company (UNARCO) was awarded $17.87 Million as a result of contracting an asbestos related disease, mesothelioma. The woman was employed from 1967 to 1969 at UNARCO as a secretary. The lawsuit alleged that Pneumo Abex LLC ...

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In a February 3 Wall Street Journal op-ed, I argued that the current law forbidding homosexual military members to discuss their sexual orientation ought to remain in place. I based my contention on the importance of non-sexual bonding as the glue of unit cohesion, which is an important contributor ...