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'Pay What Is Owed': State Appellate Court Affirms $19M Verdict for Software Contractor

Thu, 2025-01-16 12:50

"We are very pleased with the court's opinion and we hope the decisionmakers at the state will finally come to their senses and pay what is owed instead of spending more taxpayer resources on litigation trying to avoid their debts," Julian Dayal of Akerman in Chicago said on behalf of the plaintiffs.

       

ITC Commissioner Rhonda Schmidtlein Resigns, Joins Wilmer As Partner

Thu, 2025-01-16 12:34

Schmidtlein, a Democrat from Missouri, was first nominated to the ITC by President Barack Obama in July 2013.

       

Sonos' Legal Chief Sees Pay More Than Quadruple Amid Executive Upheaval

Thu, 2025-01-16 12:28

Eddie Lazarus has shown himself to be versatile as a general counsel. Besides also serving as chief strategy officer, Lazarus had been an on-and-off chief financial officer between 2022 and early last year.

       

Avoiding Legal Risks: Crafting a Strong Do Not Call Policy for Compliance

Thu, 2025-01-16 10:16

A strong Do Not Call Policy (DNC) is vital to comply with the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Ensuring robust DNC compliance protects an organization's reputation and increases consumer trust. Below is a practical guide for building and implementing DNC policies that ensure compliance and reduce liability.

       

NLJ 500 Firm Seeks 20-Day Extension for Restaurant Client's Injunction Compliance

Thu, 2025-01-16 09:23

"Little Caesars has made immediate and significant efforts to comply with the court's preliminary injunction order. Although the vast majority of the materials with the term 'Pizza Puffs' have been removed or destroyed, Little Caesars is dealing with some logistical issues relating to physical drive-thru menus at Little Caesars restaurants with drive-thru operations," Little Caesars' Chicago-based attorneys with Crowell & Moring claimed.

       

Shareholder Democracy? The Chatter Elon Musk's Tesla Pay Case Is Spurring Between Lawyers and Clients

Thu, 2025-01-16 07:29

Musk continues to fight the Delaware Court of Chancery's decision to overturn his compensation plan at Tesla, appealing two decisions from the court to the Delaware Supreme Court last week. Since December, there's been growing concern among investors about how the Delaware courts weigh issues around shareholder democracy.

       

Are Counsel Ranks Getting 'Squeezed' as Nonequity and Associate Pay Grows?

Thu, 2025-01-16 04:59

When it comes to compensation raises for counsel, they can end up in “no man's or no woman's land, said Jeff Lowe at CenterPeak.

       

Can a Law Firm Institutionalize Its Culture? Boies Schiller's New Chairman Will Try

Wed, 2025-01-15 23:45

Maintaining Boies Schiller's identity is a central goal of Matthew Schwartz's first leadership term, he told The American Lawyer in a Q&A.

       

Exploring Generative AI's Impact on Intellectual Property

Wed, 2025-01-15 23:44

Highlights of some of the challenges GenAI presents, along with recent developments in copyright law and trademark law in this quickly evolving space.

       

‘Facebook's Descent Into Toxic Masculinity' Prompts Stanford Professor to Drop Meta as Client

Wed, 2025-01-15 18:58

Mark Lemley said he could not “in good conscience represent Mark Zuckerberg given recent decisions to "encourage disinformation and hate speech" on his company's platforms. A suit pending in Northern California alleges Meta infringed the copyrights of several authors by using their works to train its generative AI program.

       

Kraken's Chief Legal Officer Exits, Eyes Role in Trump Administration

Wed, 2025-01-15 17:55

“Just think about all the tough stuff that warrants a division of seventy full-time, stone-cold Socratic assassins, Marco Santori, the outgoing chief legal officer for Kraken Digital Asset Exchange, said about his time at the crypto exchange.

       

A Judge Ordered Squabbling Lawyers to Have Lunch: Here's What Happened

Wed, 2025-01-15 17:13

A judge told attorneys to have a te te-à-te te. Plaintiff counsel paid the $74 bill, and the defense lawyer left a $74 tip.

       

PFAS in Drinking Water: Fabrics Manufacturer Among the Latest Hit With Toxic Tort Suit

Wed, 2025-01-15 17:08

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just-filed cases in state and federal courts. Law.com Radar now offers state court coverage nationwide. Sign up today and be among the first to know about new suits in your region, practice area or client sector.

       

Takeaways From Day One of Pam Bondi's Confirmation Hearing

Wed, 2025-01-15 15:52

“I believe that the Justice Department must be independent and must act independently, Bondi said.

       

AI's Place in Big Law Broadens, As Firms Embrace Fresh Uses of the Technology

Wed, 2025-01-15 15:22

"Practitioners, they have to adapt to this field," said Or Cohen-Sasson, the director of the AI Lab at the University of Miami School of Law. "They will need to understand the very basic mechanisms of how to work with this and what the capabilities are, like the benefits of this technology and the challenges and how to use it."

       

Five Key Predictions on How AI Will Reshape Law Firms in 2025

Wed, 2025-01-15 15:10

This year lawyers will face an overwhelming array of fresh challenges as AI becomes more widely used by clients and firms alike.

       

Manhattan DA Says Trump's Ongoing State and Federal Appeals Are Now Moot

Wed, 2025-01-15 15:08

President-elect Donald Trump's defense team still has active interlocutory appeals before the New York Supreme Court's Appellate Division, First Department and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that were filed prior to sentencing. Trump has not yet appealed his judgment of conviction.

       

AI in 2025: Five Key Predictions on How It Will Reshape International Law Firms

Wed, 2025-01-15 13:31

This year lawyers will face an overwhelming array of fresh challenges as AI becomes more widely used by clients and firms alike.

       

Class Action Accusing Dave's Killer Bread of Mislabeling Protein Contents Cleared to Continue, Judge Rules

Wed, 2025-01-15 12:46

Citing U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit precedent, a federal judge in Illinois determined that Illinois and New York consumer protection claims against Dave's Killer Bread product labeling weren't preempted.

       

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