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Top News Clips for August 19-25

August 25, 2017News, Recent NewsClass Actions, Outrageous Lawsuits, TCCWNANJCJI

A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for August 19-25.

 

“Blinded by the Eclipse?”

Walter Olson | Overlawyered

Yes, really; it’s from the Facebook feed of Florida attorney and political hopeful John Morgan of Morgan & Morgan, who has featured in these columns on various occasions over the years. More eclipse-chasing from the firm’s website: “If you’re an eclipse viewer and you’re hurt on someone else’s property, you could have a claim, depending on the circumstance.”

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Eclipse Risk Management

Walter Olson | Overlawyered

Reader R.T. writes: “Don’t know if anyone has commented but my son’s middle school is keeping all students inside from 1-4. My law partner’s kid’s school is releasing them all at 11. Guarantee it is because they don’t want to get sued for scorched corneas.”

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Hardwood Floors Fall Outside Invoicing Law, NJ Panel Says

Jeannie O’Sullivan | Law360

The New Jersey Appellate Division declined to revive the class allegations of Lumber Liquidators Inc. shoppers who contend the flooring retailer’s sales invoices violated state consumer protection laws, ruling Tuesday that the purchased products did not meet New Jersey’s regulatory definition of protected merchandise.

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Companies Face Record Number of Shareholder Lawsuits

Sara Randazzo | Wall Street Journal

When pharmaceutical company Depomed Inc. of the U.S. said this month it is fielding federal and state inquiries over its marketing of opioid painkillers, a stock drop was likely to follow. But it was less expected, legal experts say, that shareholders would then sue the company for securities-law violations, alleging that Depomed made false and misleading statements over a more than two-year period leading up to the Aug. 7 announcement in its earnings statement.

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