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NY Top Court Asked to Eliminate Financial Barrier for Corporations to Dispute Tax Bills

Wed, 2024-09-04 16:48

Appellate lawyers from Harris Beach say that this pre-payment requirement is unfair to corporations , and they're asking the New York Court of Appeals to accept the case, and then declare the legislative requirement unconstitutional.

       

This Lawyer Just Overturned an Election—Again

Wed, 2024-09-04 16:29

"This is a big win for the candidates and the voters, both of whom deserve fair elections," said prevailing petitioner counsel Jake Evans of Greenberg Traurig in Atlanta.

       

Several Wall Street Law Firms See Work From SEC's Latest Enforcement Actions

Wed, 2024-09-04 15:32

Moody's Investors Service, which agreed to pay a $20 million civil penalty, turned to S&C partner Stephen Ehrenberg.

       

As Dechert Withdraws From Chicago, Shook Hardy Scoops Up White Collar Leader

Wed, 2024-09-04 14:52

Andrew Boutros has longstanding relationships with clients in the telecommunications, food and beverage, engineering and government contracting industries, he said.

       

In-House Moves of Month: FedEx, Target Pass the Torch

Wed, 2024-09-04 14:21

Declaring he "found retirement boring," former Geico legal chief Seth Ingall returned to the game, becoming chief legal officer of the Crash Champions chain of body shops.

       

Judicial Revamp in Mexico Has Lawyers on Edge

Wed, 2024-09-04 14:12

Plans to fire the country's judges and replace them via popular vote could lead to a deterioration of legal protections and are likely to discourage foreign investment in Mexico, lawyers say.

       

K&L Gates Attorneys Have Put 28,000 Hours Toward Stamping Out Revenge Porn in Past Decade

Wed, 2024-09-04 13:40

The firm's Cyber Civil Rights Project receives an average of 33 requests for help involving revenge porn each week. "The behavior has not gone away. People are still doing the same thing," said program co-founder David Bateman.

       

How I Made Law Firm Leadership: 'Learn to Be Both Comfortable and Confident in Your Decisions,' Says Anthony Froio of Robins Kaplan

Wed, 2024-09-04 11:00

"Respect the past and make careful but decisive change to improve all aspects of your firm. And lastly, learn to be both comfortable and confident in your decisions, especially when it comes to saying no."

       

Disney's Black Eye Over Arbitration Gambit Likely to Linger, Underscoring PR Risks of Spurning Courts

Wed, 2024-09-04 10:23

"What resonates longer is the way that people will feel about Disney, not the recollection of why they feel that way," said Aaron Davis, a partner at Davis Goldman.

       

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Delaware's Highest Court Takes Up Zantac Expert Appeal, Will Convicted Tom Girardi Go to Prison?

Wed, 2024-09-04 10:16

The Delaware Supreme Court has agreed to take up an appeal of a May 31 ruling that allowed 10 plaintiffs' experts into thousands of Zantac lawsuits.

       

Lawsuit Linking Zantac to Cancer Diagnoses Survives Fight Over Jurisdiction

Wed, 2024-09-04 10:04

Waterbury Superior Court Judge W. Glen Pierson ruled that defendants, having registered to do business in Connecticut, consented to the jurisdiction of the state's courts.

       

Associates Say the Darnedest Things: 2024 Edition

Wed, 2024-09-04 10:03

As part of our annual Midlevel Associates Survey, we asked more than 3,600 midlevel associates in Big Law to speak candidly about their firms. Strap in.

       

Lame Laptops, Batteries 'About to Explode': Midlevel Associates Angered by Lack of Tech Investment

Wed, 2024-09-04 10:02

"It's unbelievably difficult to work with tools like these," one associate laments.

       

Amnesia: How to Keep Your Midlevel Associates Happy

Wed, 2024-09-04 10:01

This year's Midlevel Associates Survey indicates a return to pre-pandemic norms isn't cutting it for the first full generation of midlevels to launch their careers during COVID-19.

       

The 2024 Midlevel Associates Survey: The Rankings

Wed, 2024-09-04 10:00

Which firms kept their midlevel associates happiest over the past year? Below is our ranking of firms based on a combined score across 12 different categories.

       

Big Law Lawyers Ready to Drop Big Dollars at SF, LA Events for Kamala Harris

Wed, 2024-09-04 00:28

The events this week featuring former acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates are expected to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for the presidential candidate who honed her legal and political chops in California.

       

Court Orders Martin Shrekli to Hand Over Wu-Tang Album in Misappropriation Case

Wed, 2024-09-04 00:05

U.S. District Judge Pamela Chen of the Eastern District of New York issued a preliminary injunction against Shkreli preventing him from streaming or disseminating copies of the one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album he forfeited as part of his criminal fraud conviction in 2017.

       

Georgia Court Tells Trump Campaign to Stop Using 'Hold On, I'm Coming'

Tue, 2024-09-03 19:26

While many artists have publicly complained about use of their songs by political campaigns, the case filed by the estate of Isaac Hayes is one of the few to reach a courtroom.

       

A Harris Administration Would Likely Review Merger Effects on Workers, Consumers, Antitrust Experts Say

Tue, 2024-09-03 18:38

"Based on her enthusiasm about labor, she will continue the Biden administration's efforts to use antitrust to protect against anti-poaching agreements that suppress wages or noncompetes, or the use of merger law to go after mergers that harm labor," said University of Pennsylvania law professor Herbert Hovenkamp.

       

In 'Really Irresistible' Move, 14 Hunton Andrews Trial Lawyers Jump to Houston's Hicks Thomas

Tue, 2024-09-03 18:33

A group of nine Hunton Andrews Kurth trial partners and five associates joined Houston trial boutique on Tuesday, reuniting many with longtime friends and former colleagues at the midsize firm.

       

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