Alaska Law Blog
Posts about business contracts and both legal and trivial issues of interest to the Alaska legal community.
Author: Jerome Juday practices at Atkinson, Conway & Gagnon in Anchorage, Alaska.
Blawg Related Categories: States • Alaska • Solo / Small Firm • Business Law
Recent Posts from Alaska Law Blog
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A Rogue Blog Post
The Alaska Law Blog is completely apolitical. We withhold our campaign contributions from the left and the right in equal measure. We have no agenda, save that which advances the cause of unmuddied legal thinking…
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Civil Rule 68 Offers of Judgment Must Be In Good Faith In Both Timing And Amount
Under Alaska Civil Rule 68, a litigant who beats their offer of judgment at trial can recover additional attorney’s fees and costs. On Friday, September 25, 2009, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled that an offer…
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ACG Lawyers Selected For 2010 Best Lawyers In America
Atkinson, Conway & Gagnon, Inc. is pleased to announce that seven of its attorneys have been named to the 2010 edition of Best Lawyers In America. Best Lawyers In America is the oldest peer-reviewed publication…
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Alaska Supreme Court Eliminates Comparative Fault From Misrepresentation Claims
The Alaska Supreme Court recently issued an opinion in Asher v. Alkan Shelter, LLC, which is a case involving an employee’s embezzlement of funds from his employer. The Alaska Supreme Court reversed the trial court’s…
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Alaska Supreme Court: Punitive Damages Available With Equitable Claims
In a recent decision,
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Summary of Alaska Supreme Court Opinions
In the interest of truth in advertising, I will no longer describe these posts as "weekly" summaries of Alaska Supreme Court opinions. Nonetheless, here is a selection of some relevant and interesting opinions issued by…
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Arms And The Law
We’ve hit a “perfect storm” of sorts for guns and the law. First, we had heavily armed attorney Wayne Anthony Ross rejected for the post of Alaska Attorney General. This one made you catch your…
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Justice Eastaugh Retiring
Folks who ought to know are saying that Justice Robert Eastaugh is retiring from the Alaska Supreme Court. My information is that Justice Eastaugh is going to be hanging up the black robe in early…
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John M. Conway (1936-2009)
It is with heavy hearts that we report the death of John M. Conway, one of this firm’s founding members and its guiding hand for many decades. John suffered a stroke while at his second…
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Weekly Summary of Alaska Supreme Court Opinions
We are covering two weeks worth of opinions today. Last week, the court issued Irby v. Fairbanks Gold Mining, Inc., where it held that a workers’ compensation claim was not untimely when the family of…