Legal Solutions  Blog

The new Westlaw Journals blog brings you litigation headlines in over 30 substantive areas of law.  Here are some highlights from the past week:

Debes, pro ami v. Saint Vincent’s Medical Center-Staten Island, a hospital of Saint Vincent’s Medical Center of New York, Inc.; Grecco, M.D.;

Many commentators are abuzz over the FBI’s decision to forego reading Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev his Miranda rights. However, Supreme Court precedent seemingly supports the decision.

Part II: the California appellate court provides insurers with a road map for how to avoid California Supreme Court’s “Stacking” ruling

The California appellate court provides insurers with a road map for how to avoid California Supreme Court’s “Stacking” ruling

In its long-awaited ruling in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., a five-justice majority of the Supreme Court announced that the 200 year-old Alien Tort Statute (ATS) presumptively does not apply to conduct occurring outside of the United States.

Two parents are suing Wal-Mart over the death of their seven month old son, which was caused by suffocation while sleeping in a drop-side crib purchased from Wal-Mart.

Westlaw Topical Highlights for Labor and Employment provides summaries of significant federal and state judicial decisions and legislative and administrative activities affecting labor and employment law

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc yesterday, which will determine whether human genes are patentable.

Family Oriented Cmty. United Strong v. Lockheed Martin Corp. (M.D. Fla.) $3M Verdict in Suit for Breach of Contract for Environmental Monitoring