The majority said a "physical defect" under Ohio's political-subdivision tort liability statute requires a tangible flaw in property and cannot be pinned to a public employee's decision.

The Sydney, Australia-based lawyer was sued for overcharging.

Trump's appeal, filed by a team at Sullivan & Cromwell, comes as his attorneys seek more discovery at the trial level following comments in which Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, said he felt "coerced" into testifying against his onetime boss. Cohen told Law.com he stands by his comments.

Litigation over shareholder proposals hit a high after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced it would temporarily step aside from overseeing the process. But as public companies finalize their proxy materials, attorneys who represent investors are warning that executives are risking more than a lawsuit if they leave shareholder proposals off the final ballot.

New launch follows Beijing and Shanghai exits as the firm reshapes its Asia strategy and pursues a global tie-up with Ashurst.

"Timely, thorough communication builds trust. People remember who they can count on when deadlines are tight. But responsiveness alone isn't enough. Be proactive. Anticipate needs, identify issues, and take initiative before being asked. Leadership notices those who see around corners. Most importantly, don't just identify problems. Bring solutions. Anyone can flag an issue, but the people who advance come prepared with recommendations."

The U.S. Solicitor General and lead plaintiffs' counsel in Roundup and paraquat MDLs both want to participate in oral argument before SCOTUS later this month in a case over whether a federal law preempts state failure to warn laws.

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Boutrous shared his favorite details of the whirlwind experience with The Recorder, including lessons learned, most memorable moments and why his exposure to such a "great cross-section of the judiciary in a short period of time" restored his faith in the judicial system.

The agency has brought a blitz of religious-discrimination cases, and it's investigating allegations that Nike systematically discriminated against white employees.

Pat Whalen said this merger, and the combinations his firm has done previously, are a result of what's going on across the industry: clients and talent looking for larger firms that can handle a higher volume of increasingly complex work across more locations.

Judge James Ho, joined by Judge Catharina Haynes, wrote that the speed consideration should not have single-handedly overridden factors supporting transfer, such as Google's contention that most witnesses and physical evidence are in California.

The Consolidated Audit Trail is a database that tracks all activity in U.S. equity and options markets. Firms say the size and breadth of the data the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission collected has led to very high costs—about $250 million annually for broker-dealers.

"Morgan Lewis' work on discrete corporate law issues during the 2019 transactions appears entirely unrelated to the issues in the instant patent infringement dispute," the federal judge said.

The appellate court concluded this week that there was sufficient evidence to support the award and that it didn't violate due process.

A new Thomson Reuters report says legal departments tend to highlight tasks completed when they should be highlighting what they're doing to enable the success of the business.

The law firm's cyberattack exposed 10 of its clients' data, the firm confirmed in a statement, and the attack appears to have come from a hacker group that targets law firms.

"This blatant attempt to dissuade a witness from providing truthful testimony through intimidation is intolerable," counsel for defendants Live Nation and Ticketmaster alleged in a motion requesting sanctions against state plaintiffs after a Live Nation fact witness testified at the antitrust jury trial in Manhattan federal court.

The cases combine two trends in digital privacy litigation: using California's anti-wiretapping law in new digital contexts, and bringing claims against software companies over their product design.

"The government says the harms are speculative because the orders haven't been fully enforced, but our members didn't need enforcement to change their behavior, because the risk alone was enough, and that's the key issue here," said 10x Genomics chief legal officer Eric Whitaker, one of the founders of General Counsels United.