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'I Lost Everything': An Anti-Corruption Judge on Her Escape From Afghanistan

Fri, 2024-01-12 18:37

In this week's Legal Speak episode, Judge Lida Kharooti, who served as a judge on Afghanistan's anti-corruption serious crimes court for 13 years, shares how she fled the country when the Taliban took over.

       

'Strange...'?: Jurors at Davis Polk Retaliation Trial Read Firm's Internal Emails

Fri, 2024-01-12 17:20

An email exchange over a Black Affinity Group event, and another that spotlighted "social awkwardness" of lawyers, were among those the jury were provided access to.

       

'Default Judgment Is an Absolute Last Resort:' Federal Judge Adjusts Order to Allow One More Chance for Defendant's Deposition

Fri, 2024-01-12 15:31

"Though I agree that Mr. Allen offers no good excuse for his non-compliance—and arguably digs a deeper hole through his attempts to deflect blame onto his counsel—I find that a less severe sanction than default judgment is initially warranted for Defendants' and Mr. Allen's misconduct," U.S. District Judge Brendan A. Hurson for the District of Maryland wrote in an order Wednesday.

       

'Judicial Tinkering': 9th Circuit Judge Criticizes Order Blocking Homeless Encampment Sweeps

Fri, 2024-01-12 15:10

Judge Patrick Bumatay dissented from a decision that San Francisco's anti-vagrancy enforcement likely constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.

       

Alabama Law Professor, Vice Dean Chosen as Next Dean of Wyoming Law

Fri, 2024-01-12 14:20

"Most people who know me, know that I think of Wyoming as home," Julie Anderson Hill posted to LinkedIn. "I am happy to be going home."

       

Miami Judge Awards $3.1M in Precedent-Setting Nutraceutical Trademark Action

Fri, 2024-01-12 14:15

"If it's not in the license agreement, you do not have rights of exhaustion after the license agreement is terminated," said Kirk Villalon, a partner at Quintana Portal Villalon.

       

Tokyo Runway Incursion: 34-Year Aviation Lawyer Steven Marks On Causes, Legal Aftermath

Fri, 2024-01-12 13:54

"A runway incursion should never happen, and there are so many backup systems that are supposed to prevent it, that it's really surprising in this environment and today's world that there could possibly have been such an accident

       

Inside Track: Top Global Risk? Dysfunctional US Politics

Fri, 2024-01-12 13:32

Ian Bremmer, a political scientist who issues a list of top 10 global risks at the start of each year, predicts the divergence between red and blue states is only going to get worse.

       

Massachusetts SJC Adopts Standard for Snoozing Trial Counsel's Effectiveness

Fri, 2024-01-12 13:27

"Although any slumber by counsel during trial is distressing and detrimental, counsel's constructive absence during either a significant portion of trial or an important aspect of trial so offends the constitutional protections surrounding the right to assistance of counsel that it renders the entire adversary process 'presumptively unreliable' and creates an uncurable error, 'even if the error was ultimately harmless,'" Chief Justice Kimberly S. Budd wrote.

       

In Defense of DEI: A Rejection of the Misinformation Campaign

Fri, 2024-01-12 12:15

"As we approach the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, we are experiencing an onslaught," Yusuf Z. Zakir of Davis Wright Tremaine writes. "Here, I will seek to correct the record about equity, inclusion, and diversity."

       

'Pig Butchering' and Other Cybercrimes Preying on Human Psychology Rising Fast

Fri, 2024-01-12 10:22

"We are getting good with the technical applications of fighting the stuff. But at the end of the day, it comes down to the human," said Stephen Dougherty, a financial fraud investigator with the U.S. Secret Service.

       

With Scale Top of Mind, More Law Firms Are Willing to Put Merger Option on Table

Fri, 2024-01-12 10:00

"People are just more willing to listen about the future and creating connections, than in previous years," noted one Am Law 200 leader.

       

Hit With Felonies for Terrorizing Newsletter Publisher, eBay Agrees to $3M Settlement

Fri, 2024-01-12 07:28

EBay CEO Jamie Iannone called the 2019 harassment campaign, which included sending live spiders and cockroaches and a bloody pig mask, "reprehensible."

       

What's Going on With These Biden Judicial Picks in Confirmation Limbo?

Fri, 2024-01-12 06:45

"It's election year and that's always tough, but I think the Democrats are committed to filling every possible vacancy," said University of Richmond law professor Carl Tobias.

       

2024 Could Make or Break 'Creative' Mass Tort Bankruptcies: The Morning Minute

Fri, 2024-01-12 05:00

The news and analysis you need to start your day.

       

Rescheduling Letter Release? / Dormant Commerce Clause Case / Cannabis and Citizenship / Connecticut Crackdown

Thu, 2024-01-11 17:15

A cannabis company owner challenging a state license denial "cannot use the Dormant Commerce Clause to demand a constitutional right to participate in an illegal interstate market," wrote U.S. District Judge Tiffany Cartwright of Washington's Western District.

       

2024 Could Make or Break 'Creative' Mass Tort Bankruptcies

Thu, 2024-01-11 17:02

Although advocates for these bankruptcy strategies say they can be more efficient routes to payouts for claimants, some attorneys say judges are likely to shut down these more novel uses of the bankruptcy code.

       

Ozempic Product Liability Litigation Surge Continues: Idaho Suit Alleges Failure to Warn of Digestive Complications

Thu, 2024-01-11 16:58

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The Law Firm Disrupted: Feeling Good About 2024

Thu, 2024-01-11 16:39

A recent survey of law firm leaders looked at the biggest burning issues for the coming year. Respondents honed on perennial concerns, rather than fresh existential threats.

       

M&A Lawyer Takes Second Turn as Global Chair for Norton Rose Fulbright

Thu, 2024-01-11 14:35

Walied Soliman, who has been chair of the firm's Canadian arm since 2017, previously served as global chair in 2019.

       

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