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How I Made Partner: 'Reliability Is the Cornerstone of Any Legal Career,' Says Jillian Sommers of Perkins Coie

Fri, 2024-04-12 11:00

"Reliability is the cornerstone of any legal career, and something a first-year, fifth-year, or eighth-year lawyer can control equally well."

       

Kirkland, Proskauer, Hogan Lovells Add Partners Amid Brisk Lateral Activity in Big Firms

Fri, 2024-04-12 10:06

Proskauer lured a partner from Kirkland, which gained a partner from Gibson Dunn.

       

Amazon GC Zapolsky Attended Biden's State Dinner, but Is He Still in President's Corner?

Fri, 2024-04-12 08:52

Super-charged antitrust enforcement from the DOJ and FTC is frustrating tech leaders, fraying their support for the president.

       

Litigation Funders' Pitch to Corporate Litigants: Turn Your Lawsuit Into an Asset

Fri, 2024-04-12 05:00

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.

       

A 'Bad Look'?: Legal Ed Professionals Weigh In on US News Rankings Methodology

Fri, 2024-04-12 05:00

Daniel Tobin referred to one aspect of the organization's methodology as U.S. News "throwing a little bit of a temper tantrum."

       

Dean Developments: Hofstra, SLU Among the Latest Law Dean Appointments

Fri, 2024-04-12 00:58

The latest in law dean and other legal education news from across the U.S.

       

Clifford Chance Poland Office Under Investigation, Laptops 'Seized'

Fri, 2024-04-12 00:53

The firm is alleged to have gained a lucrative position as advisors for Polish media as a result of the help it provided.

       

140 Lawsuits: Is This Attorney Monetizing Daniel's Law?

Fri, 2024-04-12 00:07

"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.

       

Deadline Friday: Mental Health Survey

Thu, 2024-04-11 21:00

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.

       

The Law Firm Disrupted: A Fight Over Names That Just Won't Seem To End

Thu, 2024-04-11 18:42

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.

       

Litigation Skyrockets Against CooperSurgical

Thu, 2024-04-11 17:51

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.

       

Litigation Sky Rockets Against CooperSurgical

Thu, 2024-04-11 17:51

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.

       

US Judges in Northern California Get Multidistrict Litigation Over 23andMe Breach, Baby Food

Thu, 2024-04-11 17:48

"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.

       

Virginia High Court Reverses Patient's $1.6M Med Mal Verdict: Low Blood Sodium Levels 'Part of a Wide Range' of Causes

Thu, 2024-04-11 17:20

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.

       

New York Commercial Division Adopts New Rules on Tech Disputes, Nonjudicial Referees

Thu, 2024-04-11 17:00

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.

       

Mayor of Chicago Suburb Sued by Former Employee, Security Detail for Allegedly Covering Up Sexual Assault Reports

Thu, 2024-04-11 16:34

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.

       

UPDATE: Virgin Galactic Files Countersuit Against Boeing's $25M Nonpayment Lawsuit

Thu, 2024-04-11 10:24

"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.

       

Pinterest's Wanji Walcott Returns to the $10M Pay Club, Thanks to Sweeteners in First Contract

Thu, 2024-04-11 08:52

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.

       

Judge Collectively Awards Walmart and Sam's Club $2M Following Breach of Rental Lease

Thu, 2024-04-11 00:02

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.

       

In Talc DQ Hearing, Beasley Allen's Andy Birchfield Testifies: 'It Never Crossed My Mind'

Wed, 2024-04-10 19:24

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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