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Empowering Your Lawyers: A Marketing Team's Guide to Achieving Goals and Fostering Lawyer Satisfaction

Wed, 2025-01-29 09:49

As a marketing professional, your job isn't just to check tasks off a list — it's to show attorneys why these efforts matter and how they can actually make their lives easier (and more profitable). This guide is packed with strategies to help you bridge the gap, build trust, and turn even the most skeptical lawyers into willing partners.

       

Trump Fires EEOC Commissioners, Kneecapping Democrat-Controlled Civil Rights Agency

Wed, 2025-01-29 08:01

A White House official defended the purge, calling the three women who lost their jobs "far-left appointees with radical records of upending longstanding labor law."

       

Not the Typical Defense: Strategic Motion in Limine Kills $2M Demand

Tue, 2025-01-28 23:14
"The classic defense strategy is to drag things out, file motions for summary judgment and try to prevent trial. Here, we did the opposite."
       

How I Made Managing Partner: 'Educate Yourself About Law Firm Economics,' Says Gregory Hessinger of Mitchell Silberberg

Tue, 2025-01-28 22:59

"I would advise them to focus on three things: 1) maintain excellence in lawyering, which garners the respect of your partners and the legal industry; 2) spend more time listening in firm meetings than speaking; 3) build meaningful relationships with partners that you can lean into when it comes time to make tough decisions—which occur almost daily in my role; and 4) educate yourself about law firm economics. In my experience, many great lawyers don't have the time or desire to invest in the latter two items, but anyone interested in a law firm leadership position must make that investment to be successful."

       

Devin Nunes, Former California GOP Congressman, Loses Move to Revive Defamation Suit

Tue, 2025-01-28 19:50

A three-judge appellate panel affirmed a lower court's ruling that Nunes and his family failed to prove their reputations were damaged by a 2018 Esquire story alleging their farm hired undocumented laborers.

       

Judge Sides With Retail Display Company in Patent Dispute Against Campbell Soup, Grocery Stores

Tue, 2025-01-28 19:22

The court granted the summary judgment motion regarding the alleged direct infringement of the patents, concluding the defendants failed to offer any non-infringement contentions regarding the products before the summary judgment proceedings.

       

Arizona Supreme Court Presses Pause on KPMG's Bid to Deliver Legal Services

Tue, 2025-01-28 18:27

The justices were not ready to act on a committee's recommendation to grant the first Alternative Business Services license to a Big Four firm.

       

Bill Would Consolidate Antitrust Enforcement Under DOJ

Tue, 2025-01-28 18:15

“I think some of the complaints that people have about the actions under the Biden FTC has really raised the profile of these kinds of issues for companies and practitioners, said former Federal Trade Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen. “So I think some of the things the FTC has done in the past four years has raised interest in reining them in.

       

Divided Eighth Circuit Sides With GE's Timely Removal of Indemnification Action to Federal Court

Tue, 2025-01-28 18:06

Judge Ralph R. Erickson found that GE filed a notice of removal within the proper 30-day window after receiving a complaint from Monsanto, now owned by Bayer.

       

Former U.S. Dept. of Education Attorney Suspended for Failure to Complete CLE Credits

Tue, 2025-01-28 18:04

The Supreme Court of Illinois's Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission recommended the 30-day suspension after Lauren Elizabeth Moynihan failed to register and complete minimum continuing legal education requirements over a two-year period.

       

Bittensor Hackers, Accused of Stealing Over $28 Million, Face Federal Lawsuit

Tue, 2025-01-28 17:57

“There are not more than 100 lawyers in the world who even have the expertise to track this stuff down, said Franklin L. Zemel, a partner at Saul Ewing and co-chair of the Florida Bar's Cybersecurity and Privacy Law Committee.

       

In Novel Oil and Gas Feud, 5th Circuit Gives Choice of Arbitration Venue

Tue, 2025-01-28 17:33

The U.S. Fifth Circuit appeals court tackled a novel arbitration dispute where an arbitration forum of choice ceased to exist, finding its replacement might or might not be suitable.

       

Ex-Archegos CFO Gets 8-Year Prison Sentence for Fraud Scheme

Tue, 2025-01-28 17:24

Attorneys for Patrick Halligan and prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York had agreed that an 8-year sentence was appropriate for Halligan, who was convicted on racketeering conspiracy, securities and wire fraud in July.

       

X Faces Intense Scrutiny as EU Investigation Races to Conclusion & Looming Court Battle

Tue, 2025-01-28 16:55

The EU executive is working furiously to conclude an investigation into whether X breached the bloc's tough content moderation standards, but warned that any decision would be challenged in court by top-notch lawyers.

       

'Nation Is in Trouble': NY Lawmakers Advance Bill to Set Parameters for Shielding Juror IDs in Criminal Matters

Tue, 2025-01-28 16:50

A bill setting out the parameters for when a juror's identifying information can be shielded from the public during a state criminal trial is making its way through the New York Legislature. It would follow up on a newly enacted law providing for juror anonymity if there's good cause to do so. A Long Island Democrat said the framework would have come in handy for now-President Donald Trump's 2024 criminal case.

       

Federal Judge Pauses Trump Funding Freeze as Democratic AGs Plan Suit

Tue, 2025-01-28 16:17

"This is a level of chaos I have never seen in my career," said Salena Copeland, executive director of the Legal Aid Association of Califonia.

       

Testing Legal Authority, Trump Fires NLRB Member, Leaving Panel Without Quorum

Tue, 2025-01-28 15:45

In a note to clients Tuesday, Littler Mendelson called the dismissal of Gwynne Wilcox "literally unprecedented."

       

Testing Legal Authority, Trump Fires NLRB Chair, Leaving Panel Without Quorum

Tue, 2025-01-28 15:45

In a note to clients Tuesday, Littler Mendelson called the dismissal of Gwynne Wilcox "literally unprecedented."

       

U.S. Trustee, Insurers Object to J&J's $10B Talc Bankruptcy Plan

Tue, 2025-01-28 15:38

Objections to Johnson & Johnson's talc bankruptcy plan cite the U.S. Supreme Court's decision last year invalidating nonconsensual releases in Purdue Pharma's $6 billion opioid settlement.

       

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