'Simplistic and Deeply Flawed': JPMorgan Chase Wants Workers' Benefits Suit Axed
The banking giant, represented by Goodwin Procter, argued that the workers seeking to represent a class of JPMorgan employees enrolled in its health care plan hadn't suffered the type of concrete injuries required to support the lawsuit. The employees had signed up for benefits and received them, and were just speculating on how much their premiums and costs could have been, its lawyers said in a motion to dismiss in Manhattan federal court.
How I Made Office Managing Partner: 'Get Immersed in the Business and Industry of the Clients,' Says Dan Goettle of BakerHostetler
"My advice to my younger self of 15 or 20 years ago is to get immersed in the business and industry of the clients. It is simply not enough to efficiently solve the problems the clients are currently having and to produce great work product. The interesting and repeat work goes to the lawyers who not only can solve the problem de jure but understand where the client wants to go, what the roadblocks are, who the competition is, etc."