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August 20, 2024 The Background In Jones v. SEC, 298 U.S. 1 (1936), the Supreme Court considered the extent of the regulatory power conferred on the newly created Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The sponsors of the J. Edward Jones Royalty Trust filed […]

August 1, 2024 On February 14, 2019, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Child Victims Act (“CVA”) into law. Among other things, the CVA permitted child victims of sexual abuse until age 55 to file suit against their perpetrators for any claims that arose after the law’s enactment. For claims that […]

July 19, 2024 When most people think about the Supreme Court’s impact on the Watergate scandal, they think about United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 (1974), the case in which a unanimous Court ordered the Nixon Administration to turn the White House tapes over to Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski. […]

April 11, 2024 Congratulations to Bruce Raymond, a Partner in MKCI’s Hartford office, on obtaining a defense verdict in a hard fought premises liability matter! The case involved an alleged slip and fall in the ladies room at a regional retailer’s location in Randolph, Massachusetts. The floor had recently been […]

February 16, 2024 On February 8, 2024, MKCI Of Counsel and trial counsel Amelia Dweck obtained a unanimous defense verdict in a transportation matter in the Supreme Court of Kings County, New York. Amelia represented a yellow cab driver that was allegedly involved in a sideswipe collision with a Fed […]

February 7, 2024 Congratulations to Stephen Toner for his well earned recognition as the 2023 American Board of Trial Advocates New York Trial Lawyer of the Year! Steve’ s 12 consecutive defenses verdicts set him apart from a field of accomplished lawyers and earned him the highest honor of The […]

January 23, 2024 In its recent decision in Sullivan v. Werner, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court readdressed its decade-old ruling in Tincher v. Omega Flex, Inc. and held that, in a strict liability design defect case, the focus needs to remain on the product itself and not the “reasonableness” of the […]

November 27, 2023 On November 21, 2023, MKCI Partner and trial counsel Steve Toner obtained a defense verdict in a multi-million dollar medical malpractice claim on behalf of two doctors and their practice Group in Westchester County, New York. The case involved a premature baby who, at an adjusted age […]

October 04, 2023 On October 3, 2023, approximately one week after hearing oral argument, the New Jersey Appellate Division issued an unpublished opinion overturning verdicts against Johnson & Johnson and Johnson & Johnson Consumer, Inc. in four consolidated matters, totaling $37,300,000 in compensatory damages and $186,500,000 in punitive damages, and […]