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Cutting Partner Compensation Becomes Routine in Big Law

Mon, 2024-10-14 11:00

Some firms are making sharper pay cuts of partners, helping them pay their top performers.

       

How I Made Office Managing Partner: 'Take a Genuine Interest in Your Clients, Your Community and Your Colleagues,' Says Jacey Prupas of Snell & Wilmer

Mon, 2024-10-14 11:00

"Take a genuine interest in your clients, your community, and your colleagues. This will help you connect with people and nurture your relationships."

       

How I Made Office Managing Partner: 'Take a Genuine Interest in Your Clients, Your Community and Your Colleagues,' Says Jacey Prupas of Snell & Winter

Mon, 2024-10-14 11:00

"Take a genuine interest in your clients, your community, and your colleagues. This will help you connect with people and nurture your relationships."

       

Big Firms Add Energy and Litigation Lateral Partners

Mon, 2024-10-14 10:10

The moves in energy-related practices come as more firms are seeing an uptick in work within the renewable space in light of federal legislation.

       

Photronics GC Placed on Leave in June Departs—With Company Paying an Extra Year of Salary

Mon, 2024-10-14 09:04

The maker of semiconductor components had said it was sidelining Richelle Burr "during the pendency of an ongoing internal review regarding certain Company transactions and other matters." But it never provided details on the inquiry or shed light on its outcome.

       

How Many Legal Jobs Will Be Affected by AI? Law Firms Can't Agree

Mon, 2024-10-14 05:58

The divergence of opinion is affecting the way firms are implementing AI technology, with some firms continuing to trial programmes while others remain more sceptical of adopting the tech firmwide.

       

Roy Black, 79, Taught Me About ChatGPT and 'Jury Magic'

Mon, 2024-10-14 05:52

If people wonder whether a senior attorney can adapt to technology, Black is a trailblazer for his generation and maybe even those years younger.

       

Are Single-Tier Partnership Law Firms Fighting the Wind?

Mon, 2024-10-14 05:00

Recruiting and retaining senior associates—that gold mine of Big Law leverage—may now be more challenging to single-tier firms.

       

Joseph Saveri Law Firm, Co-Counsel File 9th Circuit Appeal in Lawsuit Targeting GitHub's Use of Code to Train AI Models

Fri, 2024-10-11 21:01

The appeal questions whether liability under § 1202(b) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is limited to the "removal or alteration of Copyright Management Information from an identical copy of a work."

       

Johnson & Johnson's 3rd Talc Bankruptcy Will Remain in Texas

Fri, 2024-10-11 18:39

A bankruptcy judge ruled on Thursday that Johnson & Johnson's third Chapter 11 case to resolve thousands of talcum powder lawsuits would remain in Texas.

       

Historic Flooding, Power Outages, Debris From Hurricane Milton Forced Florida Tampa Law Firms to Go Remote

Fri, 2024-10-11 18:17

The St. Petersburg office of Johnson Pope was damaged by a collapsed crane, but other area law firms expect to resume business as usual Monday morning.

       

Haynes and Boone Ends 4-Year Antitrust Case on Summary Judgment for Defense

Fri, 2024-10-11 18:03

Haynes and Boone antitrust partner Ron Breaux led the trial team with support from partners Benjamin Goodman and Bill Morrison, along with associates Ashley Koos and Ben Breckler. Appellate partner Andrew Guthrie helped to lead the briefing effort and to develop the legal strategy.

       

US Fifth Circuit Departs From Sister Courts on Copyright Infringement Damages

Fri, 2024-10-11 17:47

Grande Communications asked the Fifth Circuit to modify the damages award to $22,066,446 based on 662 copyright works, versus the 1,403 sound recordings cited in the verdict.

       

Marriott's $52M Data Breach Settlement Points to Emerging Trend

Fri, 2024-10-11 17:39

"Treat your data like you would treat your money. Your personal data is just like currency—take the same precautions," warns an attorney not associated with the FTC action but experienced in data breach.

       

'Substantive Deficiencies': Judge Grants Big Law Motion Dismissing Ivy League Price-Fixing Claims

Fri, 2024-10-11 17:16

"The deficiencies in the Complaint that are the basis for granting the motion to dismiss are substantive in nature," U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson wrote in the court order, "and nothing in the plaintiff's papers suggests that they could amend the Complaint to overcome these substantive deficiencies."

       

Ex-Girardi Keese CFO Christopher Kamon, Shackled and Sniffing, Pleads Guilty

Fri, 2024-10-11 16:02

Christopher Kamon, 51, pleaded guilty to felony charges that he stole funds from Girardi Keese's operating accounts and conspired with founder Tom Girardi to embezzle at least $15 million in client funds.

       

Soft-Spoken But No-Nonsense: Retired Del. Supreme Court Justice Vaughn Dead at 75

Fri, 2024-10-11 15:39

"Justice Vaughn has left an indelible mark on Delaware's legal landscape," said Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz Jr.

       

NC Attorney Earns Nearly $570K for $3.5M Reverse Discrimination Verdict, Appeal Against Health Care Employer

Fri, 2024-10-11 15:10

"Time entries for the unsuccessful issue of punitive damages has been deducted above. Otherwise, plaintiff achieved substantial success—both at trial and on appeal—and further reduction is unwarranted here," U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan C. Rodriguez wrote, awarding plaintiff's counsel more than $550,000 for representation in a reverse discrimination suit.

       

NY Appellate Court Holds Anti-SLAPP Protections Apply to Private Litigation

Fri, 2024-10-11 15:04

The Appellate Division, First Department affirmed a 2023 ruling that was the first of its kind to apply anti-SLAPP protections in an action where there were no issues of public interest.

       

Bitnomial Exchange Preemptively Sues SEC Over Alleged Enforcement Conflict With CFTC

Fri, 2024-10-11 14:21

"This is about future contracts and who has jurisdiction over the trading of futures contracts," said Matthew F. Kluchenek, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman.

       

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