"The message from Silicon Valley and Wall Street is unmistakable: at this scale, infringement liability isn't so much an existential threat as a line item," Aaron Moss, a partner at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, wrote in his Copyright Lately blog.

       

"During your initial 10 years, do as much as you can to reach out to anyone you can to gain real world experience—don't just sit in your office and expect opportunities to come your way. For example, as a litigator, I had opportunities to take depositions, try cases in a first- or second-chair role, and argue appellate cases during my first 10 years. Seek out these opportunities; partners value associates who are both competent and demonstrate they want to take on more responsibility with clients."

       

       

"Going down the street and getting a 10% or even a 5% bump in compensation, or more autonomy in how they manage their practice, is going to go a long way in making the lateral market more frothy," noted Greg Hamman of Decipher.

       

LSU appointed Caprice Roberts to succeed Alena Allen, whose last day as dean was Sept. 19 following a settlement she reached with the school on Sept. 12 after being asked to step down last month.        

The U.S. Supreme Court took a major step Monday toward realizing the conservative vision of eliminating independent agencies.

       

Monday's ruling by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carolyn Kuhl allowed 10 of the 11 plaintiffs' experts on general causation to testify at trials.

       

The law school has been out of compliance with the American Bar Association's required minimum ultimate bar passage rates since 2020.

       

Amazon filed its lawsuit a few days after the Teamsters asked newly empowered New York officials to investigate the e-commerce giant's firing of a Staten Island warehouse worker.

       

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"Companies that are not initially competitors may become competitors as product and service lines change and markets evolve," Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison cautioned in a client note.

       

D.C. Circuit Judge Robert Wilkins seemed skeptical of the government's argument that employees contesting their terminations must to do so on a case-by-case basis before the Merit Systems Protection Board.

       

The changes would revert to 2017 rules, casting aside changes adopted during the Biden administration.

       

Legal observers expect other major companies to copy Exxon, lured by the opportunity to move a portion of their shareholder bases that rarely vote on proxy matters solidly into management's corner.

       

In an interview, S&C leaders said that, while the firm doesn't make hasty changes due to market conditions, the reality is that the landscape has changed.

       

Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing also gave a $10,000 salary raise to second-year associates.

       

Johnson & Johnson's rehearing petition follows the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit's July 30 decision affirming class certification of a shareholder lawsuit involving statements made about its talc products.

       

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The policy shift goes against decades of SEC history blocking companies from mandating shareholder arbitration. But securities litigators are unsure whether the policy change will be a bomb or bust.

       

Nock made the move following his reelection in November to a 10-year term on the civil court bench. He said he'd been thinking about returning to private practice and it was the right time.