“… by a Red Cross worker. It contained a toothbrush, a comb, a candy bar and an anthology of poetry. ‘I was on that train for three days,’ he said in a 2022 interview for this obituary. ‘I read it
Possible Batson violation may yield a new trial for plaintiff
A personal injury plaintiff may have a new opportunity to prove his unsuccessful claim on the basis that jury selection in this federal case may have been tainted by a Batson violation.The case is Salters v. New York City Transit
Made Fresh Salads Recalls Every Deli Salad and Cream Cheese It Makes for Listeria — the Third Recall from This Plant in Under a Year
On September 6, 2026, Made Fresh Salads Inc. of Bay Shore, New York recalled all of its ready-to-eat deli-style salads and all of its cream cheese because of possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Not one lot. Not one flavor. Everything the plant makes.
America’s Right to Kidnap
“The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.” (Thucydides)1)
On September 3, 2026, lawyers for Nicolás Maduro filed a motion asking a federal judge in Manhattan to dismiss the narco-terrorism indictment against him,
Make Great Lakes Great Again: You Call It “Potato,” We Call It Lake America
The latest naming kerfuffle, in which the established name of that body of water separating Toronto from upstate New York has been summarily changed to Lake America (at least on this side of the border) got us to thinking back
NY Times Copyright suit again OpenAI and Microsoft heating up!
The NewYorkTimes.com reported that “Court filings made Friday in a closely watched copyright trial pitting The New York Times against OpenAI and Microsoft invoked a wide range of material, including relevant copyright law, arts and sports.” The September 4, 2026
Do Contingency Fee Law Firm Partnership Breakups Take the Prize for Most Difficult to Resolve?
One might assume that pending legal matters at the time of a law partnership’s dissolution are firm assets or property. Not so, held the New York Court of Appeals in a ruling that practically guarantees prolonged litigation over the correct
9/11 and the justices
As the world begins to mark the 25th anniversary this week of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York, the UK’s most senior judges are preparing to deal with a claim that the collapse of the
WANTED AN ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY — 5+ YEARS
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Marler Clark has been suing the companies that poison people since 1993 — since a nine-year-old girl named Brianne Kiner nearly died from a hamburger. Sixteen years later it
Foods Alive Recalls Organic Moringa Leaf Powder for Salmonella — and Still Nobody Will Name the Supplier
Foods Alive Inc. of Angola, Indiana is recalling its 8-ounce packages of organic moringa leaf powder because the product may be contaminated with Salmonella. FDA posted the company announcement on September 4, 2026. If you have an 8-ounce stand-up pouch of