Marianna Wharry

3 days ago | law.com | Marianna Wharry

The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts recently celebrated the official appointment of a new magistrate judge in an investiture ceremony. The ceremony, held Thursday at the federal John J. Moakley Courthouse in Boston, celebrated U.S. Magistrate Judge Jessica D. Hedges and included speeches from her colleagues and family.

6 days ago | law.com | Marianna Wharry

A Chicago-based law firm did not harm or engage in legal malpractice against a litigation funding company when it provided legal advice to a former company executive, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held Friday. The three-judge panel said that Signal Funding, the plaintiff in Signal Funding v.

1 week ago | law.com | Marianna Wharry

A lawsuit against Stop & Shop alleging the grocer improperly enriched itself by having different prices online and in-store can only continue on statutory claims that the store violated Massachusetts and Connecticut consumer laws, a federal judge held Friday. U.S. District Judge Julia E. Kobick for the District of Massachusetts dismissed a class action's unjust enrichment claim against Stop & Shop and said the class could only pursue its Massachusetts and Connecticut state law claims.

1 week ago | law.com | Marianna Wharry

Silence may be considered golden, but for one former NLJ 500 attorney in Chicago, it also turned out to be costly. On April 29, U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Kendall for the Northern District of Illinois granted plaintiff Wendelle E. Weaver's motion for over $7,500 in sanctions against Robert Ayres, an associate at Cassiday Schade.

2 weeks ago | law.com | Marianna Wharry

A former Simmons University student athlete filed a class action lawsuit this week, alleging that the school and former University of Michigan and Baltimore Ravens football coach Matthew Weiss gained unauthorized access to college athletic trainers' databases at more than 100 colleges and universities.