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Allison Dunn is a reporter on ALM's Rapid Response desk based in Ohio, covering impactful litigation filings and rulings, emerging legal trends, controversies in the industry, and everything in between. Contact her at [email protected]. On Twitter: @AllisonDWrites.
February 4, 2025 | Law.com
"The legislature can, and did, reopen the doors to the courthouse in order to rectify this problem. The enactment was not just constitutional, but essential," said Andrew S. Janet, a partner at Janet, Janet & Suggs, who joins two other firms in litigating against the archdiocese.
By Allison Dunn
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February 3, 2025 | Law.com
"A plaintiff's underlying claim exists regardless of any procedural time bars the General Assembly prescribes for bringing it. The running of the statute of limitations blocks the plaintiff from suing. It does not relieve the defendant of liability, nor does it create or alter property belonging to the defendant," said North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby.
By Mason Lawlor and Allison Dunn
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January 31, 2025 | Law.com
Courts across the country continue to weigh in on whether banks can be held liable for funds erroneously transferred to incorrect accounts or purported scammers.
By Allison Dunn
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January 23, 2025 | Law.com
Addressing a circuit split over whether insurance solvency funds are considered a "primary plan," U.S. District Judge Robert W. Gettleman concluded the Illinois Insurance Guaranty Fund was not responsible for a decades-old medical bill covered by Medicare.
By Allison Dunn
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January 21, 2025 | Law.com
Throughout the lengthy litigation, the plaintiff brought in dozens of attorneys from nationally-ranked firms like Nixon Peabody to boutique Chicago firms such as O'Rourke & Moody and Luetkehans, Brady, Garner & Armstrong, among others.
By Allison Dunn
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January 16, 2025 | Law.com
"Little Caesars has made immediate and significant efforts to comply with the court’s preliminary injunction order. Although the vast majority of the materials with the term 'Pizza Puffs' have been removed or destroyed, Little Caesars is dealing with some logistical issues relating to physical drive-thru menus at Little Caesars restaurants with drive-thru operations," Little Caesars' Chicago-based attorneys with Crowell & Moring claimed.
By Allison Dunn
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January 15, 2025 | National Law Journal
Chief U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV recalled advice he received as a new judge: "Never, ever allow a junior [attorney] to utter a word in your courtroom." Saylor didn't take the suggestion.
By Allison Dunn
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January 15, 2025 | Law.com
Chief U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV recalled advice he received as a new judge: "Never, ever allow a junior [attorney] to utter a word in your courtroom." Saylor didn't take the suggestion.
By Allison Dunn
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January 8, 2025 | Law.com
An undisclosed agreement between the parties appears to be a sticking point as to whether the plaintiff could pursue the allegations.
By Allison Dunn
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January 3, 2025 | Law.com
"The fact that attorneys' fees can quickly exceed the value of disputes is both a sad fact of litigation and also precisely the reason that attorneys' fees for unreasonable and bad faith litigation are awarded," said U.S. District Judge April M. Perry, noting the Seventh Circuit recognized in Wisconsin v. Hotline Industries that "'improper removal prolongs litigation (and jacks up fees).'"
By Allison Dunn
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