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• As COVID Cases Rise, Law Firms Push Lawyers and Staff to Stay Home

  20-11-2020 22:14 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  
  Haynes and Boone and Dentons are among firms asking personnel to avoid the office unless absolutely necessary, as the coronavirus surges across the U.S.         
  
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• Live Nation Hit With Wrongful Death Suit Following 'Beyond Wonderland' Festival Shooting

  13-04-2024 00:38 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  "What's so important about this case, is truly holding Live Nation accountable for their complete lack of security, and the history of violence and shootings and drug overdoes, etc., at Live Nation venues across the globe, is truly astounding," plaintiffs' attorney Spencer Lucas of Panish Shea Ravipudi, in Los Angeles, said.       
  
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• Litigation Abound Challenging NY Law That Puts County Elections in Even-Numbered Years

  13-04-2024 00:27 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  In central New York, Syracuse attorney Robert Julien filed a claim on April 9 on behalf of Oneida County against Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul, who signed the law in December, and the state.       
  
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• Shareholder Suit: Meta, Mark Zuckerberg Accused of Keeping Status Quo Despite Increased Presence of Online Child Sexual Predators

  13-04-2024 00:16 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  
  This case was first surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just filed cases in state and federal courts. Law.com Radar now offers state court coverage nationwide. Sign up today and be among the first to know about new suits in your region, practice area or client sector.       
  
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• Tyco Agrees to $750M Settlement Over Contaminated Drinking Water

  13-04-2024 00:08 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  
  On Friday, lawyers in the multidistrict litigation over aqueous film-forming foam announced the Tyco settlement, which would compensate 12,000 public water systems nationwide with contaminated drinking water supplies.       
  
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• Troutman Pepper Kept Revenue Steady in 2023 Despite Early Lateral Departures

  12-04-2024 22:45 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  
  The firm was able to withstand the exit of 26 partners who moved to Goodwin Procter in the first quarter.       
  
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• 'You Don't Fool With Judge Ruehlman': High Court Disqualifies Jurist for Threats of Physical Altercation, Jail Time Against Vexatious Litigant

  12-04-2024 21:35 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  The high court determined that Judge Robert P. Ruehlman, a retired judge sitting by assignment on the Jackson County Court of Common Pleas, General and Domestic Relations Division, was disqualified from presiding over "Jackson v. Ward," concluding that an objective observer would conclude that he was prejudiced against the litigant.       
  
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• Male, Female, X: Indiana Court Denies Attempts to Add Nonbinary Option to Licenses

  12-04-2024 21:30 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  The court determined that until the Indiana General Assembly determined otherwise, it holds that "gender" in Title 9 of the state statutory scheme means "sex."       
  
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• In Win for Securities Industry, Justices Curb Investor Suits Over 'Pure Omissions'

  12-04-2024 20:39 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  
  Investors can bring such suits only when such omissions create "misleading half-truths," Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote for a unanimous court.       
  
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• How I Made Partner: 'Reliability Is the Cornerstone of Any Legal Career,' Says Jillian Sommers of Perkins Coie

  12-04-2024 18:00 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  "Reliability is the cornerstone of any legal career, and something a first-year, fifth-year, or eighth-year lawyer can control equally well."       
  
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• Kirkland, Proskauer, Hogan Lovells Add Partners Amid Brisk Lateral Activity in Big Firms

  12-04-2024 17:06 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  
  Proskauer lured a partner from Kirkland, which gained a partner from Gibson Dunn.       
  
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• Amazon GC Zapolsky Attended Biden's State Dinner, but Is He Still in President's Corner?

  12-04-2024 15:52 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  Super-charged antitrust enforcement from the DOJ and FTC is frustrating tech leaders, fraying their support for the president.       
  
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• Litigation Funders' Pitch to Corporate Litigants: Turn Your Lawsuit Into an Asset

  12-04-2024 12:00 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  
  A $40 million agreement between Quinn Emanuel and Longford Capital illustrates how law firms are seeking to make third-party finance more appealing to their clients.       
  
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• A 'Bad Look'?: Legal Ed Professionals Weigh In on US News Rankings Methodology

  12-04-2024 12:00 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  
  Daniel Tobin referred to one aspect of the organization's methodology as U.S. News "throwing a little bit of a temper tantrum."       
  
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• Dean Developments: Hofstra, SLU Among the Latest Law Dean Appointments

  12-04-2024 07:58 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  
  The latest in law dean and other legal education news from across the U.S.       
  
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• Clifford Chance Poland Office Under Investigation, Laptops 'Seized'

  12-04-2024 07:53 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  
  The firm is alleged to have gained a lucrative position as advisors for Polish media as a result of the help it provided.       
  
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• 140 Lawsuits: Is This Attorney Monetizing Daniel's Law?

  12-04-2024 07:07 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  "While Daniel's Law was passed with the worthy purpose of protecting public servants ... [these] lawsuits have little to do with this goal," one defense attorney wrote.       
  
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• Deadline Friday: Mental Health Survey

  12-04-2024 04:00 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  Our Survey on Mental Health in the Legal Industry is closing, and we need to hear from you—lawyers and all professionals in the legal world.       
  
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• The Law Firm Disrupted: A Fight Over Names That Just Won't Seem To End

  12-04-2024 01:42 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  
  The debate over how to refer to legal industry professionals without law degrees isn't a new one, and it maps onto larger concerns about a "caste system" in Big Law.       
  
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• Litigation Skyrockets Against CooperSurgical

  12-04-2024 00:51 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  
  More than 100 cases have been filed so far this year, according to ALM's Law.com Radar, which tracks new cases filed in state and federal courts.       
  
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• US Judges in Northern California Get Multidistrict Litigation Over 23andMe Breach, Baby Food

  12-04-2024 00:48 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  
  "This mass tort is going to end up being one of the most important litigations in recent history," said R. Brent Wisner, a partner at Wisner Baum.       
  
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• Virginia High Court Reverses Patient's $1.6M Med Mal Verdict: Low Blood Sodium Levels 'Part of a Wide Range' of Causes

  12-04-2024 00:20 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  
  The high court concluded the trial court erroneously refused a jury instruction supporting the defendants' theory that the patient could have sustained a traumatic brain injury from a fall from other means than what was presented by the plaintiff.       
  
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• New York Commercial Division Adopts New Rules on Tech Disputes, Nonjudicial Referees

  12-04-2024 00:00 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  
  Commercial Division was already hearing tech cases, and that litigants have long been allowed to have court-appointed referees preside over their commercial disputes, prior to the chief administrative judge's order. But the court's advisory council recommended adding specific language to its rules to better educate the bar on the court's offerings.       
  
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• Mayor of Chicago Suburb Sued by Former Employee, Security Detail for Allegedly Covering Up Sexual Assault Reports

  11-04-2024 23:34 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  
  The complaint alleges that mayor Tiffany Henyard's former assistant was drugged and sexually assaulted by a trustee for the Village of Dolton, Andrew Holmes, while on a work-related trip to Las Vegas for a conference Henyard was attending.       
  
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• UPDATE: Virgin Galactic Files Countersuit Against Boeing's $25M Nonpayment Lawsuit

  11-04-2024 17:24 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  
  "Boeing repeatedly provided shoddy and incomplete work product ... Boeing also substantially underdelivered intellectual property and technical artifacts essential to the Mothership program," the lawsuit said.       
  
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• Pinterest's Wanji Walcott Returns to the $10M Pay Club, Thanks to Sweeteners in First Contract

  11-04-2024 15:52 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  Walcott jumped aboard Pinterest in November 2022, enticed by CEO Bill Ready, a former colleague, to join the effort to turbocharge the image-sharing platform's performance.       
  
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• Judge Collectively Awards Walmart and Sam's Club $2M Following Breach of Rental Lease

  11-04-2024 07:02 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy J. Sullivan granted Walmart Real Estate Business Trust and Sam's Club Real Estate Business Trust $1.3 million and $837,689, respectively, after the defendant, Quarterfield Partners, promised the companies an option to purchase their leased properties after 10 years, but failed to issue the notices or negotiate the sale of the properties as required under the lease.       
  
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• In Talc DQ Hearing, Beasley Allen's Andy Birchfield Testifies: 'It Never Crossed My Mind'

  11-04-2024 02:24 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  
  Andy Birchfield, of Beasley Allen, took the stand on Wednesday to fend off Johnson & Johnson's allegations that he breached his ethical duties by working with one of its former lawyers to come up with a proposed $19 billion talc settlement.       
  
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• Hogan Lovells Hires 6-Lawyer Team, Including Former French Energy Regulator, in Paris

  11-04-2024 02:04 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  
  In other Paris moves, Herbert Smith Freehills got back a veteran banking and finance partner from a French firm, and a veteran Big Law arbitration partner started his own firm.       
  
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• Washington State Ban on High-Capacity Magazines Declared Unconstitutional, Law Remains Intact Pending Appeal

  11-04-2024 01:53 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  
  ""Since the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, every other court that has considered a challenge to a law restricting high-capacity magazines around the country under the Second Amendment and article I, section 24 of the Washington Constitution has either rejected that challenge, or been overruled," said Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson, noting that two federal district courts have ruled against such laws, and both were stayed b
  
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