City’s anti-immigration ordinances preempted 
Published: September 10, 2010
Tags: immigration, preemption
Federal immigration law preempts municipal ordinances that prohibit employers and landlords from dealing with illegal immigrants, the 3rd Circuit has ruled.
Juror removed after Facebook post
Published: September 10, 2010
Tags: contempt, Facebook, juries, jurors, jury instructions, social media, technology
A Michigan juror was recently excused from service and fined after she posted a comment on Facebook that it was “gonna be fun to tell the defendant they’re GUILTY” – before the defense even started its case.
Use of GPS device is constitutional
Published: September 10, 2010
Tags: Fourth Amendment, Global Positioning System, GPS, search and seizure
Police didn’t violate the Fourth Amendment when they placed a tracking device on the bumper of a suspected rapist’s work van, the Virginia Court of Appeals has ruled in affirming a conviction.
Woman blinded by drug wins $21M in lawsuit
Published: September 10, 2010
Tags: drug saftey, New Hampshire, prescription drug, product liability, Sulindac
A federal jury in New Hampshire has awarded $21 million to a woman blinded and scarred by a prescription drug she took for shoulder pain.
Probable cause may be needed for cell phone data
Published: September 9, 2010
Tags: search and seizure, Stored Communications Act
Federal prosecutors may need to show probable cause in order to compel the disclosure of a cell phone customer’s cell site location information, the 3rd Circuit has ruled.
$20.5M verdict for welder overturned
Published: September 9, 2010
Tags: Daubert, expert witness, product liability
An expert witness didn’t have a reliable scientific basis to testify that fumes from welding products were the cause of a form of Parkinson’s Disease suffered by a plaintiff, the 6th Circuit has ruled.
Husband may be liable for dead wife’s attorney fees
Published: September 9, 2010
Tags: attorney fees, community property, divorce
A husband may be obligated to pay attorney fees that his deceased wife incurred in a dissolution proceeding that didn’t end in divorce, the Arizona Court of Appeals has ruled in reversing judgment.
Federal employee can sue for retaliation
Published: September 9, 2010
Tags: religious discrimination, retaliation, Title VII
A federal employee wasn’t barred from suing for retaliation by her failure to include in her lawsuit a related religious discrimination claim for which an administrative judge awarded damages, the D.C. Circuit has ruled in reversing a dismissal.
Small firm lawyers win $131M in Ford rollover retrial
By Sylvia Hsieh -
Published: September 9, 2010
Tags: Ford, rollover
The third time was a charm for small firm lawyers who won $131 million against Ford for a rollover accident that killed 22-year-old New York Mets prospect Brian Cole.
University reaches a settlement with shooting victim
Published: September 9, 2010
Tags: Florida, police, shooting, university
The University of Florida has reached a settlement with a doctoral student shot on March 2 by a campus police officer.
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