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  September 5, 2013

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2013 Legends CLE: "Tales From the Crypt" October 30 - 31 in Austin

Back by popular demand, our Second Annual Legends Seminar brings you "Tales From the Crypt," October 30 - 31, 2013 in Austin at the Four Seasons Hotel. This year's underwriters - Fibich, Hampton, Leebron, Briggs & Josephson; The Gallagher Law Firm; Payne Mitchell Law Group and Watts Guerra - dug deep to bring you the power of over 800 years of legal experience to add to your cauldron of trial strategies. Click on the headline to learn more and register.  

 

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Class-Action Suit over Estee Lauder Face Cream

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A class-action suit being filed against Estee Lauder challenges the claims that their face cream can repair DNA. The anti-aging cream, which costs $92 a bottle, promises to repair DNA and the lawsuit accuses the company of misleading customers. The case will not move forward until a judge approves the class of litigants and there has not been a specific amount of money requested yet.
Staff Report, CBS - New York Local 09/03/2013   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon

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Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Filed Against Convicted Ex-Priest

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A lawsuit was filed on Wednesday in Chicago Cook County Circuit Court by a 21-year-old man who claims a convicted ex-priest sexually abused him as a child. The plaintiff says the priest touched him twice when he was a student at St. Agatha Catholic School. The ex-priest is currently in the custody of the Illinois Department of Human Services after being released on parole after serving two and a half years of a five year sentence. The suit is seeking over $50,000 in damages from Cardinal Francis George.
Mitch Smith, Chicago Tribune 09/04/2013   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon

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Texas High Court Axes Common Law's Unlawful Acts Doctrine

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Defendants in wrongful death and personal injury suits can no longer use the common law unlawful acts doctrine as a complete bar to a plaintiff’s recovery because it conflicts with a statutory requirement to apportion blame, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday. In a 6-3 decision, the court said that under a state law that replaced the former all-or-nothing system of contributory negligence with a proportionate-responsibility scheme and a statutory affirmative-defense law that replaced and limited many common law defenses, the unlawful acts doctrine can’t serve as a total defense to tort claims when the plaintiff was committing a crime at the time of the underlying incident.
Jess Davis, Law360.com 09/05/2013   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon

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