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Belgium Becomes 1st EU Country to Criminalize Ecocide

Fri, 2024-03-01 10:17

Companies that cause severe and irreparable harm to the environment could face fines of up to 1.6 million. Belgium also classified ecocide as an international crime, on par with war crimes, crimes of aggression, crimes against humanity and genocide.

       

How I Made Partner: 'You Can't Become an Effective Partner If You Haven't Spent Time in the Trenches,' Says Daniel S. Jo of Silver Golub & Teitell

Fri, 2024-03-01 10:00

"[A] common mistake is when attorneys prioritize their career advancement over hard work. This leads to seeking out only plum assignments and tasks while avoiding more tedious (yet critically important) work, such as many aspects of discovery in litigation."

       

National Association of Attorneys Generals Calls on Congress to Reform Pharmacy Benefit Managers Practices

Fri, 2024-03-01 09:54

"With stronger federal law, state and federal regulators can work together to better meet their shared responsibility to hold PBMs accountable and improve the country's health care system overall," the coalition said.

       

Employers Try Novel Tactic to Blunt New Rules Lowering Hurdles to Unionizing

Fri, 2024-03-01 07:28

Since last fall, employers have filed hundreds of petitions requesting union elections, a strategy aimed at thwarting workers' efforts to organize.

       

Vanessa Ford Death: Inquest Rocks Legal Community, Reignites Mental Health Debate

Fri, 2024-03-01 07:00

Following the outcome of Monday's inquest, scores of people have taken to social media to discuss what one commenter called a 'toxic culture'.

       

Judges Receive More Recusal Guidance on Stock Ownership Conflicts

Fri, 2024-03-01 06:45

Ten percent ownership of a subsidiary is a recusal threshhold. Senate panel moves five district court nominees.

       

ALM Market Analysis Report Series: Nashville's Rapid Growth Brings Increased Competition for Law Firms

Fri, 2024-03-01 04:21

As Nashville continues to boom economically, law firms looking to enter the market can proceed, but with caution

       

Big Law Finds Growth Opportunities Through IP Hires

Fri, 2024-03-01 04:00

Sidley, Orrick, Squire, Sheppard Mullin and Spencer Fane have all added IP hires this week. "Growing with the right people begets more growth," said Spencer Fane chair Pat Whalen.

       

Chinese Law Firms Announced 40 New Offices in 12 Months. Will the Investment Pay Off?

Thu, 2024-02-29 20:31

Chinese law firms are expanding aggressively within China, but top-tier Chinese firms have focused outward to international markets. With the Chinese cross-border deal market growing increasingly quiet, will these firms pivot toward mainland expansion?

       

Focused on Long-Term Profit Growth, Blank Rome Sees Strong 2023

Thu, 2024-02-29 18:16

This is the fifth consecutive year in which net income growth surpassed 8.5%, coinciding with the course of the firm's five-year strategic plan.

       

SEC Calls Terraform's Dentons Retainer 'Opaque Slush Fund' in Bankruptcy Court

Thu, 2024-02-29 17:27

The SEC has asked Judge Brendan Linehan Shannon to deny the application unless Dentons returns to Terraform the $81 million still available from its retainer and files engagement letters and agreements about payment with the court.

       

Inside Track: FTC Exasperating Merger Partners With Never-Ending Probes

Thu, 2024-02-29 17:24

"The regulatory delays can seem completely arbitrary and byzantine at times," Yale School of Management's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian said in a recent commentary.

       

JetBlue Accused of Kicking Jewish Group Off of Flight When Requesting Religious Accommodation

Thu, 2024-02-29 16:46

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.

       

Ex-Davis Polk Associate Files Notice of Appeal to Second Circuit in Retaliation Lawsuit

Thu, 2024-02-29 16:34

The 10-person jury in the Southern District of New York rejected Cardwell's claims in January after about three hours of deliberations.

       

9th Circuit: Tribal Court Has Jurisdiction Over COVID-19 Business Interruption Suit

Thu, 2024-02-29 15:45

"The transaction had tribe and tribal lands written all over it," the appeals court said.

       

Greenberg Traurig Sees 6% Growth in Revenue Amid Nonequity Tier Expansion

Thu, 2024-02-29 15:39

The moderate growth came after two years of faster pace in revenue growth, but CEO Brian Duffy says it's only a slowdown because 2021 and 2022 were such extraordinary years for the firm.

       

SEC Schedules Wednesday Vote on Climate Disclosure Rule Amid Staunch Opposition

Thu, 2024-02-29 15:07

Twenty law and finance professors sent the SEC a letter expressing their view that "the true agenda for the rule [is] to pressure companies to adopt certain climate policies, rather than to inform the market."

       

This Judge Hoped to Be Reversed: Good News for Plaintiffs in Asbestos MDL

Thu, 2024-02-29 14:52

Frank Burford worked as an aluminum smelter at an Alcoa plant in Rockdale. However, it was his wife Carolyn who died in 2015, allegedly because for 25 years she had been washing her husband's contaminated work clothes.

       

NJ Preemption Suit / NY Targets Unlicensed Vendors / Perlmutter Lobbies / Jersey City Cops Sue Over Pot Use

Thu, 2024-02-29 14:45

"I think that upholding the supremacy of marijuana scheduling under the Controlled Substances Act is a weak argument," said McCarter & English partner Ryan Magee.

       

'The Wrath of a Holy God': Plaintiffs Worry About the Future of IVF

Thu, 2024-02-29 14:21

Couples struggling to conceive, particularly the plaintiffs in the CooperSurgical lawsuits, are worried their only option to have children is hanging by a thread, according to Tracey Cowan of Clarkson Law Firm, counsel for the plaintiffs.

       

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