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Bankruptcy is one of those areas of the law that a lot of attorneys who practice in the area may feel is so routine, they’ve seen it all. At the very least they may think […]
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Bankruptcy is one of those areas of the law that a lot of attorneys who practice in the area may feel is so routine, they’ve seen it all. At the very least they may think […]
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In law school, res judicata and collateral estoppel were two of civil procedure concepts that most of us figured we’d never need to know. After all, none of us would end up re-trying the same […]
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In Yamada v. Nobel Biocare Holding AG, ___ F.3d ___, No. 14-55263 (9th Cir. Apr. 20, 2016), a dentist brought a class action against the distributor of the dental implants he used in his practice […]
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Late last year, the Supreme Court issued a ruling in Obb Personenverkehr AG v. Sachs, ___ U.S. ___, 136 S. Ct. 390 (2015) that reminded many practitioners that there is more to filing a tort […]
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The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a case earlier this year that has got to leave some people wondering if it pays to do the right thing. In Busch Properties, Inc. v. Nat’l […]
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The Supreme Court decided the case of Montanile v. Bd. Of Trustees of the Nation’ Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan, 135 S. Ct. 1700, 191 L.Ed.2d 675 (2016) earlier this year. In Montanile, the victim […]
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The old children’s rhyme taught us that words couldn’t physically hurt us. However, the one rule lawyers should know is that a choice of words does matter. The recent case of Ertl v. Ertl, 871 […]
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Early in 2015, the Consumer Finance Protection Board submitted a report to Congress in response to their request, “to study ‘the use of agreements providing for arbitration of any future dispute . . . in […]
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