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Amazon has entered the grocery store space with a bang. From the recent opening of its AmazonGo store, to its acquisition of Whole Foods last August, Amazon has threatened to disrupt the grocery store industry and has jolted the stock price of many of its...
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The man suspected of killing a Chicago Police commander Tuesday was wearing body armor and has a long felony record, including a conviction for armed robbery, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. Paul Bauer, commander of the Near North District, was shot several times at about 2...
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The New York Times asked 30 experts to think big but realistically about solutions to the opioid epidemic, imagining that they had $100 billion to spend over five years. The consensus was that any effective strategy should include funding for four major areas: treatment, harm...
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The revelation that the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office has keeps a secret list of suspect police officers elicited outrage as well as uncertainty among defense lawyers, reports Philly.com. One attorney said he was never told that a detective involved in his client’s homicide case, Philip...
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Marking yesterday’s second anniversary of the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, Tony Mauro and Marcia Coyle report at The National Law Journal (subscription or registration required) on “how Scalia admirers, critics and clerks are thinking about Scalia and his legacy, two years later.” Joan Biskupic...
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Francis Kean
Regular readers of this blog know that class action litigation is an important part of the Australian liability environment. Although comparisons between the Australian class action system and the U.S. system are frequent, there are important differences in class action litigation in the two...