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“After TwIqbal, defendants don’t have to take scattershot pleading lying down”

The Supreme Court’s admirable Twombly and Iqbal precedents give a federal district court the means to turn back a shotgun lawsuit against a horde of undifferentiated defendants [McFarland v. APP...

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Hard times for “DIAL L-A-W-Y-E-R-S” founder

Longtime Twin Cities attorney John Murrin lost money in a dodgy business deal, and started out by pressing what critics agree were some meritorious complaints arising from it. But courts began to look...

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New Jersey woman sued over sending text to someone who was driving

A judge in Morris County, N.J. is expected to rule soon whether to dismiss Shannon Colonna as a defendant in a lawsuit over a car crash. Colonna was far from the scene at the time, but plaintiffs said...

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Torts roundup

Despite sparseness of evidence, lawyers hope to pin liability on hotel for double murder of guests [Tennessean] Celebrated repeat litigant Patricia Alice McColm sentenced after felony conviction for...

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“86 fraternity members sued over Yale-Harvard game death”

Sue ‘em all: “Eighty-six current and former members of a Yale University fraternity are being sued over a deadly tailgating crash at the 2011 Yale-Harvard football game. … [Lawyers] say insurance for...

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Pharmaceutical roundup

War on painkillers finds new casualty in ailing veterans [Washington Post, Brian Doherty] “Woman says ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ lube doesn’t deliver, should be registered with FDA” [Legal NewsLine]...

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Great moments in blame: prisoner cellphone access

Prison inmate orders attack on guard at guard’s home in Bishopville, South Carolina. Surviving guard Robert Johnson and wife “did not, however, sue the typical defendants – i.e., the shooter or any...

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Liability roundup

Mikal Watts trial begins over claims of fraud in BP gulf spill claims [AP, Miriam Rozen/Texas Lawyer, Alison Frankel/Reuters, earlier] If someone spilled hot coffee on you, would it take you two years...

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September 12 roundup

Peer-to-peer car sharing platforms could reduce the costs of car usage, unless elements of rental car industry manage to strangle it through regulation [Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica on Illinois...

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“Mom whose tot started deadly Bronx fire sues for $1B from stove maker, city”

“The woman whose toddler sparked a 2017 Bronx blaze that killed 13 people and whose own actions might have fanned the deadly flames is now demanding a total of $1.1 billion — citing the ‘negligence’ of...

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