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Summary Judgment
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Drug & Device Law
New Jersey Mesh Summary Judgment Hat Trick
By Bexis
We’re pleased to report that good things continue to happen in Atlantic County product liability proceedings following recent judicial turnover. On February 19, 2016, the Reed Smith Bard/Davol defense team…
Delaware Bankruptcy Update
Summary Judgment Granted in Favor of New Matco Defendants in NewStarcom Holdings Bankruptcy
In the NewStarcom Holdings bankruptcy matter, Miller v. American Capital Ltd., et al. (In re NewStarcom Holdings, Inc., et al.), Adv. Pro. 10-50063 (CSS) (Bankr. D. Del. March 8, 2016),…
Insurance Law Hawaii
Cross Motions for Summary Judgment in Construction Defect Case Denied
The court denied the insurer's and the contractor's cross motions for summary judgment. Core Construction Servs. Southeast v. Crum & Forster Specialty Ins. Co., 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11487 (M.D.…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Nash on Summary Judgment’s Standard of Review
By Robin Effron
Jonathan Remy Nash (Emory) has posted Unearthing Summary Judgment's Concealed Standard of Review to SSRN.The common wisdom has it that the appellate standard of review for summary judgment is uniformly…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Fifth Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment
The Fifth Circuit reversed a summary judgment, but the district court ruling was by Judge Lynn Hughes in Houston. So, perhaps that is not so surprising, after all. I have…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Symposium Articles on Re-Assessing Civil Procedure Published
The Nevada Law Journal's current issue publishes a symposium entitled "Through a Glass Starkly: Civil Procedure Re-Assessed." It contains numerous notable articles and essays: Symposium Introduction: Through A Glass Starkly: Civil…
Employment & Labor
Mach Mining Part 3: Supreme Court Gem Resurfaces In Southern District Of Illinois
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Christina M. Janice, and Alex W. Karasik Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Mach Mining v. EEOC, 135 S.Ct. 1645 (2015), which held that…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Fifth Circuit Disregards Summary Judgment Standards
The point of summary judgment is to dismiss cases that have no genuine chance of winning in front of a jury, or cases that a jury should not even hear.…
Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
Re-examination of Employment Cases & Summary Judgment Trends in the Sixth Circuit
Just over a year ago, we examined the propensity of the Sixth Circuit to uphold district courts’ decisions to grant summary judgment for employers in cases tagged as “Labor &…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
The Question of Experts in Summary Judgments Motions is Now Settled
As happens from time to time, outlier Appellate Division decisions give rise to a new rule of law, which sometimes does not make sense. The question of when a party…