Civil Justice Magazine

  The New York Law Journal (7/29, Pierson, 11K) reports that a three-judge panel of the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has “affirmed a $105 million judgment for New York City against Exxon Mobil Corp. over the petroleum giant’s contamination of groundwater with the gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether, or MTBE, used until the […]

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  A Connecticut teenager has filed suit against a summer camp in Massachusetts after she was kicked out for kissing a boy. According to the suit, the girl was allegedly sent home from Camp Emerson in Hinsdale after being falsely accused of “sexually provocative behavior” with a male camper. The girl and boy did nothing […]

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  Congratulations to my friends Jerry Block and Amber Long on their $5.5M verdict today against Philip Morris. For the second time in a year, Jerry and Amber have spanked Big Tobacco.  

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  Class Action Suit Claims Walmart and TracFone Mislead Phone … ABC News A class action suit filed last week in U.S. District Court for Northern California claims that consumers who buy Straight Talk cell phone plans aren't getting straight … See all stories on this topic » Injured soldier class-action should be dismissed, Ottawa […]

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  The announcement by the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department that reaffirmed an earlier ruling by a state Supreme Court judge that blocked a ban on large sugary beverages championed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg received widespread national news coverage, appearing in nearly every major publication, as well as on a major nightly […]

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    I am delighted to let everyone know that our colleagues at Lipsitz and Ponterio prevailed against the ever recalcitrant Crane today after a hard fought trial for 3,000,000 and a reckless finding. This is great lawyering.  

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