The 7th Circuit has determined that insurers for a seller of sippy cups, baby bottles, nipples and other plastic products had no duty to defend the company in a multidistrict class action. Finding that the insurers were not responsible for defending Avent America in a so-called no-injury class action, a panel ruled that the lawsuit alleged only economic damages that Avent’s insurance didn’t cover

A woman lawyer cannot sue her firm for sex discrimination if her status as a shareholder and director gives her the ability to participate in firm governance and a percentage of firm profits, the 3rd Circuit has ruled. The federal appeals court found that Alyson Kirleis, as a Class A shareholder, was unable to qualify as an employee under the multifactor test created by the U.S

A federal appeals court has reinstated criminal charges against plaintiffs attorney Pierce O’Donnell after concluding that the section of the Federal Election Campaign Act on which he was charged applied to conduit, or indirect, campaign contributions, not just to contributions made under false names.

Chalk up a victory for JPMorgan Chase now that a federal appeals court has ruled that the bank never should have been ordered to pay more than $17,000 in attorney fees as a punishment for improperly removing a state court suit to federal court. Voting 2-1, the 3rd U.S.

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