Yahoo! Fees!, Opioid Opposition, TV Justice: The Morning Minute
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April 08, 2019 at 06:00 AM
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WHAT WE'RE WATCHING
|AND WE'RE BACK - Lawyers on both sides of Yahoo's massive data breach litigation will try again today to win over U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh, who in January rejected their $85 million proposed settlement. Koh's thumbs-down was based in part on “unreasonably high” attorney fees of up to $35 million. She also questioned why it took 32 firms to work on legal issues she labeled “not particularly novel.” Yahoo's lead counsel are Ted Boutrous at Gibson Dunn and Anne Marie Mortimer at Hunton Andrews Kurth. Plaintiffs' lead counsel is John Yanchunis at Morgan & Morgan.
FINDING CLIENTS - A bill winding its way through the Texas Senate would strictly regulate lawyer advertising for prescription medication and medical device litigation, and would empower the state attorney general to reach out-of-state law firms looking for clients in Texas, supporters say. Angela Morris reports that the bill seeks to impose civil penalties for violations under the state's Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
OL' JOE - Will the Joe Biden touch-feely issue heat up or die down this week? Any bid he makes for the White House will likely depend on it. The Careerist says there are plenty of Joe Bidens in Big Law, and she wants us all to calm down already.
PAINFUL - Some 39 attorneys general say “it's incomprehensible” that a report coming out of the Department of Health and Human Services on pain management, amid the opioid crisis, weakens and deviates from CDC guidelines aimed at decreasing opioid misuse. Sue Reisinger reports that a letter, signed by the bipartisan National Association of Attorneys General, whose members have been battling the opioid crisis on numerous legal fronts, takes aim at a draft report prepared by DHHS-appointed experts on best practices for pain management. The group's letter was submitted during the comment period for the recommendations, which ultimately will be sent to Congress.
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EDITOR'S PICKS
|House of Representatives Sues the Trump Administration Over Board Wall
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WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
|ADJUSTMENT - U.K-based DWF is closing an office a month after its debut on the London Stock Exchange. Hannah Roberts reports that the law firm at the end of May will shut down its Milton Keynes location in the South East England Region. The office has 17 staffers and one partner.
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WHAT YOU SAID
“The remorse and shame that I feel is more than I can convey.”
— GORDON CAPLAN, FORMER CO-CHAIR OF WILLKIE FARR WHO PLEADED GUILTY IN CONNECTION WITH CHARGES OF PAYING BRIBES TO RIG HIS DAUGHTER'S COLLEGE ADMISSIONS TEST AND WHO HAS BEEN DISMISSEDFROM THE LAW FIRM.
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