To finalize this set of blogs about the Plaintiff’s Claim in the Construction / Renovation context, I thought it would be worthwhile to give some information about that all-important Schedule A! Schedule A The Plaintiff’s Claim includes space for you to give reasons as to why you think you’re ...

Congrats to my Alma Mater!   PRESS RELEASE February 9, 2010 For Immediate Release Contact David N. Hefner Office of Communications and Marketing Walter F. George School of Law Mercer University 478.301.5000 hefner_dn@law.mercer.edu www.law.mercer.edu   ...

The Ninth Circuit has a little ruling today that rejects a Second Amendment challenge to the federal felon-in-possession prohibition in light of Heller. The ruling in , No. 09-10072 (9th Cir. Feb. 9, 2010) ( ), gets started this way: And here is the heart of the panel's analysis of the Second ...

The Government continued to build its insider trading case against Raj Rajaratnam and Danielle Chielsi, filing a superseding indictment yesterday. U.S. v. Rajaratnam, Case No. 09 mg 2306 (S.D.N.Y.). While the basic contours of the case remain the same, discussed here, the new indictment adds, deta ...

Just in time for Valentine's Day, here's a reprint of my recent article from the Pennsylvania Law Weekly:Spread A Little Love:Being pleasant and considerate is part of being a professionalBy Daniel E.CumminsSpecial to the Law WeeklyDanCummins@comcast.net The New Year is still in its early stages and ...

Mohammed Zazi, the father of Najibullah Zazi, pleaded not guilty to a charge he conspired to obstruct the grand jury investigation into his son's alleged terror-related activities. According to the Indictment, the object of the conspiracy was to destroy or conceal items such as glasses and chem ...

The concept of lesser included offenses is one that can at times prove confusing to defendants, attorneys, and, as the case of State v. Wellman shows, the courts. In Wellman, the defendant was arrested after an anonymous phone call informed police that the defendant was selling drugs in the Nashvill ...

On February 9, 2010, the medical malpractice lawsuit of Marshall v. Moniz, No. CL08-2018 in Circuit Court for the County of York and the Town of Poquoson, Virginia, was heard on the Defendants’ three dilatory pleadings. Plaintiff alleges that various surgery-related acts and/or omissions caused him ...

Maybe Toyota should take a lesson from Bingham McCutchen: don't try to cut corners when producing a hybrid. Back in October, Bingham announced that it would be adopting a new "merit-lockstep" hybrid approach to associate compensation. The plan came with the stamp of approval from Bingham partners a ...

A British Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Andrew Ainsworth, the defendant in a 2008 copyright infringement lawsuit brought by George Lucas’ production company, LucasFilm. As previously discussed in my blog post here, Lucas Film was seeking to enforce a $20 million judgment awarded in 2006 a ...