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Apple Disputes 'Efforts to Manufacture' Imaging Sensor Claims Against iPhone 15 Technology

Wed, 2025-01-08 16:26

An undisclosed agreement between the parties appears to be a sticking point as to whether the plaintiff could pursue the allegations.

       

‘Old Home Week': Justice Breyer Hears Challenge to Cruise Ship Ordinance in 1st Circuit

Wed, 2025-01-08 16:03

Breyer, as chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit from 1990 to 1994, was involved in the design of the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse 30 years ago.

       

Big Company Insiders See Tech-Related Disputes in 2025

Wed, 2025-01-08 16:02

Concerns over cybersecurity, data privacy and artificial intelligence abound in Baker McKenzie's annual survey of 600 senior legal and risk professionals from companies with more than $500 million in revenue.

       

Big Company Insiders See Tech-Related Disputes Teed Up for 2025

Wed, 2025-01-08 15:45

Concerns over cybersecurity, data privacy and artificial intelligence abound in Baker McKenzie's annual survey of 600 senior legal and risk professionals from companies with more than $500 million in revenue.

       

Persuasive: Facebook Successfully Questions MDL Guardrails

Wed, 2025-01-08 15:45

Facebook secured a sought-after remand that removes a sex trafficking lawsuit from the state's multidistrict litigation purview.

       

Signaling Growth Goals, Some Law Firms Promote Record Partner Classes

Wed, 2025-01-08 15:43

“It's fair to say that most law firms feel a strategic imperative to grow their size and profitability in 2025, explained Kent Zimmermann, principal at legal strategy outfit Zeughauser Group.

       

How to Litigate Before the EU's Top Court, the European Court of Justice

Wed, 2025-01-08 14:14

Brussels-based partners at elite law firms including Gibson Dunn and White & Case—who have acted for multinationals such as Google and Microsoft—share their Do's and Don'ts for litigating the biggest cases at the European Court of Justice.

       

After Solving Problems for Presidents, Ron Klain Now Applying Legal Prowess to Helping Airbnb Overturn NYC Ban

Wed, 2025-01-08 13:58

"I mean having people stay in your home is as old as the American Republic itself. The preamble to our Constitution was written in a home stay by Alexander Hamilton," Airbnb Chief Legal Officer Ron Klain said during a recent Berkeley Law webinar.

       

Legal Departments Dinged for Acquiescing to Rate Hikes That 'Defy Gravity'

Wed, 2025-01-08 10:57

Thomson Reuters' newly released State of the Legal Market report says 2024 was "an incredibly successful year for firms from a rate-setting perspective."

       

Trump Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Halt Sentencing

Wed, 2025-01-08 10:01

The emergency application asks the high court to consider whether presidential immunity extends to a president-elect.

       

Amid Race for Top Talent, Latham Focuses on Lateral Integration

Wed, 2025-01-08 04:59

The firm's integration program is a case study of the time and resources that some firms take to integrate lateral partners.

       

How I Made Partner: 'Avoid Getting Stuck in a Moment,' Says Federico Cuadra Del Carmen of Baker McKenzie

Tue, 2025-01-07 22:59

"The job is hard and the learning curb is steep. You won't get things 100% right the first time you do them. But, as long as you take the time to understand why, you will get better. Avoid getting stuck in a moment. Run the post-mortem, take the lesson, and move on to the next one."

       

DOJ, 10 State AGs File Amended Antitrust Complaint Against RealPage and Big Landlords

Tue, 2025-01-07 19:52

The amended complaint alleges RealPage coordinated with big landlord companies in an unlawful scheme to decrease competition among landlords and force tenants to pay higher rents for apartment housing.

       

How We Won: BraunHagey's $56M Trademark Win Over Molson Coors Upheld by 9th Circuit

Tue, 2025-01-07 18:44

An appellate panel last week rejected the beer giant's challenge of a 2022 jury verdict in favor of San Diego County's Stone Brewing. Lead counsel Noah Hagey says the decision is a road map for future “reverse confusion cases.

       

ExxonMobil Sues California AG Bonta, Environmental Groups for Advanced Recycling 'Smear Campaign'

Tue, 2025-01-07 18:24
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'I've Had a Lot of Fun With Opinions': A Look Back at 10 Quintessential Opening Lines From Vice Chancellor Glasscock

Tue, 2025-01-07 18:20

In nearly 14 years on the Delaware Court of Chancery, Glasscock has tied the specifics of cases to literary references, movies, historical events or anecdotes about life in the state's southernmost county—even occasionally including jabs at his own writing.

       

‘Issue of First Impression': New York Judge Clears Coinbase Appeal Amid Crypto Regulatory Clash

Tue, 2025-01-07 17:53
“The significance of a crypto-asset's digital ecosystem to the Howey analysis, particularly as a point of contrast with collectibles or other commodities, is a difficult issue of first impression for the Second Circuit, U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla ruled in the opinion and order.        

Cozen O'Connor Accused of Overbilling, Duplicate Work

Tue, 2025-01-07 17:20

The client paid Cozen O'Connor a little more than $210,000 for legal services, but ceased payment for new invoices because of the alleged breach of contract, according to the complaint.

       

DLA Piper Adds Former Verizon GC Amid In-House Hiring Spree

Tue, 2025-01-07 16:46

Former Verizon Business Group GC and SVP John Frantz is at least the fifth high-ranking in-house lawyer to head to Big Law this week.

       

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