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Judiciary's Anti-Judge-Shopping Policy Gets Praise, Pushback
The policy requires random case assignment among all judges in a district whenever a litigant seeks a national injunction in a single-judge division. Related StoriesAI in Arbitration? and Judicial Nominations Roundup – Enclosure’Watershed Moment’: Female Federal Judges Reflect on O’Connor’s SCOTUS Appointment, Legacy – EnclosureJudges in the Hot Seat Over Oral Argument Diversity Policies – […]
Don't Be Cranky and Don't Cause Delays: Judge Pushes for Efficiency in Ozempic MDL
“What I want is to avoid asking for continuances and asking for delay and asking for new dates. Just pick your poison and stick with it,” Pratter told the approximately 70 people gathered in her courtroom Thursday.
A 'True Visionary': Ira Millstein, Longtime Weil Partner and Corporate Governance 'Guru,' Dies at 97
While Ira Millstein may be credited as a consequential figure for American corporate life in the latter half of the 20th century, he may be remembered just as well for his work in the public sphere.
Mead Johnson Hit With $60M Verdict in First NEC Trial Over Preterm Infant Formula
An Illinois jury awarded $60 million on Wednesday in the first verdict involving cow’s milk-based infant formula that allegedly has sickened or killed premature babies who contracted a gastrointestinal inflammation called necrotizing enterocolitis, or NEC.