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California Roundup Case Dismissed Midtrial, Monsanto Declares Victory

Wed, 2024-03-06 13:52

Plaintiffs lawyers on Tuesday voluntarily dismissed a Roundup case in California's Sonoma County Superior Court on the third day of trial.

       

Seattle University Law Partners With UW Tacoma for Hybrid Hub Initiative

Wed, 2024-03-06 10:44

The hub builds on the Flex JD program to make available a "high-quality legal education, and ultimately legal services, to communities that need them but for whom a brick-and-mortar law school is out of reach because of distance, financial, work or family considerations," Anthony Varona, dean and professor of law at Seattle University Law, told Law.com on Monday.

       

How I Made Office Managing Partner: 'Every Problem and Every Case Is an Opportunity to Grow,' Says Reid L. Phillips of Brooks Pierce

Wed, 2024-03-06 10:00

"How do I make a positive impact? To me, this goes to the heart of knowing clients, knowing opposing counsel and knowing colleagues as individuals and as human beings."

       

Colorado Appellate Courts Launch Website to Search Case Law Dating Back to 1860s

Wed, 2024-03-06 09:43

"This new website, offering free and easy access to every opinion by both of Colorado's appellate courts, provides anybody with important information as they make decisions about their own legal matters or simply seek to study the law," Supreme Court Chief Justice Brian D. Boatright said in a statement.

       

Latham & Watkins Helps Colombia Defend Against Arbitration Brought by Canadian Miner

Wed, 2024-03-06 09:01

The dispute stemmed from the Andean nation's ban of mining in moorland ecosystems known as páramos, to the detriment of Red Eagle Exploration Limited's gold mining operation there.

       

Antitrust Cops Sound Alarm Over Private Equity's Buying Binge in Health Care

Wed, 2024-03-06 07:01

"In the aggregate, these roll-up plays can eliminate meaningful competition and allow new owners to jack up prices, degrade quality and neutralize rivals without a competitive check," FTC Chair Lina Khan said.

       

The Dangers of Calling Law's Most Serious Problems 'Industry-Wide Issues'

Tue, 2024-03-05 23:10

Vanessa Ford: Law's mental health crisis is only likely to worsen—but when blame lies with everyone, the buck stops at no-one.

       

Legal Malpractice Claim Filed Against Attorney's Estate After His Death

Tue, 2024-03-05 23:09

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Inside DechertMind, a Proprietary Suite of Gen AI Tools for Law Firm Work

Tue, 2024-03-05 21:08

Thor Alden, associate director of innovation at Dechert, recently gave Legaltech News an inside look at the suite of homegrown generative artificial intelligence tools the firm has been internally rolling out since April 2023.

       

Why a Lack of Black Representation in the Legal Industry Should Concern the Entire Profession

Tue, 2024-03-05 18:46

In this week's Legal Speak episode, Marlon Hill, of Weiss Serota Helfman Cole + Bierman, shares why he thinks Black History Month can be an opportunity to learn about how we can do better and make better policy.

       

Another Oregon Wildfire Verdict Brings PacifiCorp's Total Damages to Over $220M

Tue, 2024-03-05 17:13

An Oregon jury on Tuesday awarded more than $29 million to nine individuals who survived three wildfires in 2020.

       

Kirkland, Weil Contribute to 118% Uptick in Commercial Chapter 11 Filings

Tue, 2024-03-05 17:11

Collectively, the firms took on nearly 300 debtor retentions in two jointly administered bankruptcies.

       

Terraform at Odds With Creditor Committee as SEC Trial Approaches

Tue, 2024-03-05 16:43

The SEC's case against Terraform is scheduled to go to trial March 25, and the debtors' counsel moved last week for the bankruptcy court to allow Dentons to serve as special counsel.

       

Defense Verdict for Monsanto Breaks Roundup Plaintiffs' Philadelphia Win Streak

Tue, 2024-03-05 16:13

"The unanimous Kline verdict is the first to follow significant rulings in the Philadelphia litigation clarifying which scientific and regulatory conclusions could be admitted, a much-disputed issue in prior trials," a Bayer spokesperson said in a statement.

       

Fish & Richardson Saw Growth in Core Practices Despite Revenue, Profit Slump

Tue, 2024-03-05 16:10

A slow year for contingency collections contributed to the IP firm's 2.4% decline in gross revenue, firm president and CEO John Adkisson said.

       

Mistrial Declared in First Post-Bankruptcy Ovarian Cancer Trial Over J&J Talc

Tue, 2024-03-05 15:49

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge William Thomas declared a mistrial after the jury sent him a note Tuesday afternoon that said: "We are hopelessly deadlocked with absolutely, positively, no way to resolve it."

       

Former Phila. Trial Lawyers President Sued Former Law Partner Before Launching Own Firm

Tue, 2024-03-05 15:44

Ken Fulginiti accused Thomas Duffy Jr. of understating profits and spending revenues on "vanity expenses" and personal needs.

       

Appellate Court Sides With Firms Ordered to Disclose Communications in Megachurch Defamation Suit

Tue, 2024-03-05 15:40

"Extending the crime-fraud exception to claims like MacDonald's would risk deterring clients from seeking legal advice, chilling lawyers from giving advice, and eroding the attorney-client privilege's protection of legitimate communications," Justice Michael B. Hyman wrote on behalf of the three-judge panel.

       

Behind 'Unanimous' Trump Vote, a Divided Supreme Court

Tue, 2024-03-05 15:09

"Today, the majority goes beyond the necessities of this case to limit how Section 3 can bar an oathbreaking insurrectionist from becoming President," Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote in a concurrence.

       

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