http://www.scourlawyer.com Legal News Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:25:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ScourLawyerhttp://feedburner.google.com Case: M&F Fishing Inc., et al. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyds, et al., No. 08-56788, 9th Cir. Appellants' brief: Filed April 1 by M&F Fishing Incand M/V KooraleBrief available 50-090716-004B Full story on lexis.com Original post by LexisNexis® Mealey's� Legal News http://www.scourlawyer.com/9th-circuit-to-decide-dispute-over-coverage-for-detained-vessel/ CHICAGO - An independent medical exam is an option, not a requirement, under a group disability policy, a federal judge in Illinois ruled July 8, finding that an insurer's decision to terminate benefits to a claimant with fibromyalgia was reasonable (Alice Geiger v. Coordinated Youth and Human Services, Prudential Insurance ... http://www.scourlawyer.com/reliance-on-consultant-reviews-reasonable-illinois-judge-holds/ Extrasensory technologies collect and process information beyond the human senses. These technologies, such as license plate reading, which uses infrared cameras to capture digital images of plate numbers, raise privacy concerns similar to the warrantless use of GPS in Weaver.Original post by LexisNexis® Mealey's� Legal News http://www.scourlawyer.com/weaver-and-the-future-of-extrasensory-tech/ The Internet's key oversight agency, ICANN, is considering a centralized database of trademark holders to cut down on questionable registrations of Internet addresses. Backers of the idea say it will keep trademark holders from spending thousands defensively registering domain names.Original post by LexisNexis® Mealey's� Legal News http://www.scourlawyer.com/icann-mulls-database-for-trademark-holders/ On June 29, California's Electronic Discovery Act became a law. Although the legislation largely follows the 2006 e-discovery amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, it differs somewhat in its treatment of inaccessible information and in its safe harbor for lost information.Original post by LexisNexis® Mealey's� Legal News http://www.scourlawyer.com/a-closer-look-at-calif-e-discovery-law/ NEW YORK - A federal district court erred in determining that an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) would receive a windfall as the result of a damages award against the plan trustee for allowing the ESOP to purchase stock at an inflated price, the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ... http://www.scourlawyer.com/prohibited-transaction-ruling-against-trustee-in-esop-case-vacated-remanded/ CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The judge overseeing ASARCO LLC's bankruptcy on June 5 approved five settlements resolving approximately $6.5 billion of environmental claims, while ASARCO's parent on June 15 filed a notice of appeal (In re: ASARCO LLC, et al., No. 05-21207, S.D. Texas Bkcy.). Full story on lexis.com Original post ... http://www.scourlawyer.com/asarco-receives-approval-of-5-settlement-agreements-for-environmental-claims/ MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Supreme Court unanimously ruled July 14 that white lead carbonate pigment is not defectively designed, affirming the rulings of the trial and appellate courts in dismissing the strict liability and negligence lawsuit filed by a boy who was poisoned by lead (Ruben Baez Godoy v. ... http://www.scourlawyer.com/wisconsin-high-court-white-lead-pigment-not-defectively-designed/ COVINGTON, Ky. - Two disbarred Kentucky attorneys were ordered to forfeit $30 million June 17, and a variety of bank accounts and real properties were ruled subject to seizure in the wake of guilty verdicts stemming from allegations that the attorneys defrauded former clients of as much as $94 million ... http://www.scourlawyer.com/disbarred-kentucky-lawyers-ordered-to-pay-30m-to-defrauded-fen-phen-clients/ PHILADELPHIA - Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Co. is not collaterally estopped from enforcing an arbitration clause in a settlement agreement pertaining to asbestos-related injury claims because a prior arbitration order in a Pennsylvania state court suit pertained to a co-insurer whose interests were not aligned with Nationwide's interest, the Third ... http://www.scourlawyer.com/insurer-is-not-collaterally-estopped-from-arbitrating-claims/