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Amistad Project files motion to intervene in Texas suit challenging vote tallies in battleground states
An arm of the national public interest law firm, the Thomas More Society, filed a motion to intervene in the lawsuit brought before the U.S.
SCOTUS's rejection of New York’s worship restrictions will impact legal challenges all over the country
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision blocking New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s strict restrictions against attending religious services will have a profound impact on dozens of other lawsuits challenging similar restrictions in other states.
Investigation warranted into nonprofit's millions for elections in Biden counties, group says
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A nonprofit group, the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL), that granted millions of dollars to local election officials in battleground states under the pretense of ensuring safe and secure elections may have run afoul of both state laws and IRS rules.
Expect 'regulation as springboard for litigation' during Biden presidency, top defense attorney says
A prominent business defense attorney foresees an unprecedented role for trial lawyers in the regulatory aspirations of federal agencies invigorated under a Joe Biden presidency.“The trial lawyers haven’t been this close to any other president in history,” Victor Schwartz, co-chair of Shook, Hardy & Bacon’s Public Policy Practice Group, told Legal Newline.
Defense lawyers: Federal PREP Act offers some protection against COVID injury lawsuits, but more legislation needed
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Protection from liability claims is all but certain in the fight against COVID-19 for the vaccine manufacturers, distributors of the new drugs and pharmacists immunizing the public who follow government-mandated protocols, according to attorneys on a recent conference call sponsored by Lawyers for Civil Justice that discussed the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.
New rash of lawsuits challenging presidential election results imminent
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - Over the next few days, a national public interest law firm plans to file multi-jurisdictional lawsuits centering around the involvement of a self-described nonpartisan group, the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL), in the administration of the presidential elections.
Wisconsin has history of ignoring voter fraud, report suggests
Election officials in the remaining unresolved states are urging voters to be patient as they ensure that each vote is counted.
Mich. election officials can keep private funds but case alleging Democratic influence far from over
A Michigan judge has denied a group of voters their emergency relief request that local election officials in heavily Democratic areas return funds they received from a private source, or redistribute the money equally among all election officials.
After good news in Maryland, defense lawyers eye the way MDLs handling questionable testimony
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Legal Newsline) - Courts are giving defendants a few things to cheer about regarding the admissibility of evidence presented by expert witnesses.
More federal lawsuits filed to block left-leaning group’s influence in administration of elections
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - Concerned voters in four states have filed federal lawsuits to block a mass infusion of private funds from a left-leanding nonprofit, the Center for Tech and Civil Life (CTCL), into the administration of elections in battleground states, and hotly contested congressional districts.
Mark Zuckerberg beneficiaries promoting fair elections not exactly non-partisan as advertised
Earlier this month, media reports announced that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan donated $300 million to non-partisan, good government groups devoted to ensuring that the November elections are conducted safely and fairly.
Trial lawyers drooling over prospect of Democrats in control of Congress, White House
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A Washington controlled by Democrats would be a bonanza for the trial bar longing for changes in law and policy that would expand liability law and increase access to the courts, two national experts in tort law told Legal Newsline
Zuckerberg’s massive donation to 'non-partisan' election group not so non-partisan, challenger argues
A group of Democratic campaign operatives organized as a non-partisan good government group, just received a massive $250 million gift from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan.
Center for Tech and Civic Life: Democratic election operatives masquerading as concerned voters’ group, critic says
The Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) sells itself as non-profit, non-partisan bunch of concerned citizens with the pleasant-sounding mission of helping local and state election officials “implement safe, inclusive and secure elections in November.
Mounting Covid lawsuits will challenge dozens of state liability shield laws and executive actions
It will take a few years before we know the extent of the effectiveness of laws approved in 15 states, and executive actions in 23 more, shielding health care providers and businesses from Covid lawsuits, says Cary Silverman, partner with Shook Hardy & Bacon, and expert in product liability and tort law, and civil justice reform.
'Wacko': Insurance law project puts spotlight on American Law Institute's direction
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - The American Law Institute (ALI) is as powerful as any society with a membership of 3,000 of the nation’s leading lawyers could be. And since its founding in 1923, the Philadelphia-based group of judges and academic and practicing lawyers has been as obscure as a group with so much power would want to be.
Senate Obamacare repeal failures warning sign for business and banking communities on rescinding anti-arbitration rule
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Business and banking interests are working to ensure that an upcoming Senate attempt to rescind the Consumer Financial Bureau Protection’s (CFPB) anti-arbitration rule plays out differently than repeated failures by Senate Republicans to repeal any or all of Obamacare. And they are enlisting help on the state level to do it.
Skiing, biking lawsuits among closed-door topics at AAJ's annual meeting
The convention is scheduled to take place in Boston from July 22-25 and will feature meetings on several areas of the law, including litigation over skiing and bicycling accidents.
Pennsylvania House committee puts off vote on asbestos transparency legislation
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Legal Newsline) - The Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday passed over a scheduled vote on legislation that would require plaintiffs’ attorneys to reveal to a court any claims they intend to make to an asbestos bankruptcy trust involving the same case.
American Law Institute puts off vote on Restatement of liability insurance law for a year
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - In the face of withering criticism from the insurance industry, state officials, and most recently, counsel for some of the country’s largest corporations, the American Law Institute (ALI) yesterday decided to delay a vote on a Restatement of the Law covering liability insurance for a year. The now delayed project was scheduled for discussion before the full ALI body today.