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Crime on college campuses
Amanda Farahany
College campuses might look idyllic in recruitment brochures,
but they can be dangerous places. Most parents aren’t
aware that campuses are fraught with risks, especially
for young women. Many schools’ security measures
fail to live up to promises to provide a safe haven for
learning. Litigation based on premises theories can help
ensure students’ safety and their families’
peace of mind.
Prove notice with standards
and statistics
Melvin L. Hewitt
Does a lack of prior crimes on a commercial property
mean the defense has the case all sewn up? Don’t
be so sure. Statistical models about crimes in the area
and evidence about industry standards can establish foreseeability
even in these tough cases.
Liability for security system
failure
Raymond O. Bodiford
Alarm and security systems are ubiquitous in convenience
stores, banks, and office buildings. These businesses
rely on such systems to keep their employees and customers
safe. But who is responsible when they fail? Products
liability and failure-to-warn theories can help you hold
a negligent security company accountable.
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Feature
Do Mom and Mom and baby
make a family?
William S. Friedlander
Increasingly, same-sex couples who want to be parents
are turning to adoption or reproductive technologies.
But when a couple splits, tricky custody issues and evolving
definitions of parenthood can leave them in legal limbo.
Courts around the country are trying to untangle a thorny
knot of legal questions about the rights and responsibilities
of same-sex parents.
Fighting for military
mothers’ newborns
Laurie Higginbotham and Jamal Alsaffar
The federal government is immune from lawsuits by military
personnel over injuries “incident to service,”
so holding negligent military doctors accountable in birth
injury cases can seem an insurmountable task. But it’s
not impossible: In some jurisdictions, you can get justice
for military families by bringing a claim exclusively
for the child’s injuries.
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News & Trends
Coming to a contract near you: the
predispute jury waiver
Offer of judgment does not derail
class action, Third Circuit holds
Second Circuit puts ‘interacting
with others’ under ADA’s ambit
Disclosure deadline passes as dispute
over NHTSA data continues
Workers’ comp release form
does not block civil claims in California
Fifth Circuit allows case against
thimerosal maker to proceed
Crime witness may claim emotional
distress, says Tennessee court
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Electronic Evidence and Discovery
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