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UNLIMITED CHARACTERS -  Nothing makes law firms a lot of money like people with a lot of money fighting over a lot of money. Twitter's lawsuit against Elon Musk, filed Tuesday, was signed by 10 lawyers in three law firms, an early indication of the amount of legal fees and staffing likely to be employed in one of the most high-profile corporate litigation cases of the decade. And, as Law.com's Patrick Smith reports, observers point to a potential eight-figure legal bill coming up as a result of not only the 10 lawyers but droves of associates and others working behind the scenes. Other law firms could also be advising Musk and Twitter's board on the battle. "It will definitely be a scrum of activity," said Tom Redburn, a partner at Lowenstein Sandler and chair of the firm's securities litigation practice who is not involved in the case. "This is going to be a very intensive staffing and HR issue. You'll have a small army of associates to deal with basic discovery, a couple of junior partners handling depositions and drafting briefs, and one or two experienced partners who know Delaware law overseeing the whole thing. And if this case gets to trial, you can add on legitimate trial attorneys."

TITLE FIGHT - The latest round of sweeping proposed changes to Title IX could put universities in the crosshairs of litigation by college and university students accused of sexual misconduct, Law.com's Colleen Murphy reports. "I am deeply concerned that in the guise of giving universities 'flexibility,' the Department of Education is authorizing the roll back or revocation of due process and fairness rights for both parties: full access to evidence, and the right to a live hearing and direct, real-time cross-examination," Patricia Hamill, partner and co-chair of the Title IX and Campus Discipline practice at Conrad O'Brien, said of the proposed changes in an email to Law.com. Brooklyn College Professor KC Johnson, an expert on campus legal issues, said some federal circuits already require a live hearing at public universities. But, in those circuits where the issue has not been settled by the courts, many new lawsuits are likely, he added. "More generally, I'd expect a wave of litigation against universities in the Second, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Circuits, each of which (largely as a response to university applications of the Obama-era Title IX policies that the current regulations revive) has in recent years adopted quite favorable pleading standards for accused students who claim that a school's excessively biased adjudication procedures constituted gender discrimination prohibited by Title IX," Johnson said.

WHO GOT THE WORK?℠ - A Littler Mendelson team including shareholders Kathryn Mrkonich Wilson, Holly M. Robbins, George R. Wood and Emily A. McNee is defending Mayo Clinic in an employment lawsuit related to the hospital's COVID-19 vaccine policies. The complaint, filed May 26 in Minnesota District Court by Mohrman Kaardal & Erickson, is part of a string of cases on behalf of former employees who claim they were wrongly terminated based on refusal to take the vaccine due to religious beliefs. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge John R. Tunheim, is 0:22-cv-01427, Rubin v. Mayo Clinic.  >> Read the filing on Law.com Radar and check out the most recent edition of Law.com's Who Got the Work?℠ column to find out which law firms and lawyers are being brought in to handle key cases and close major deals for their clients.