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Did Voge deserve to be ousted from Latham? Partners split on firm's action over misconduct

Survey results reveal many partners believe 'pendulum has swung too far' in response to allegations of inappropriate behaviour amid scandal over Latham chief's exit
5 minute read

International Edition

Did Voge deserve to be ousted from Latham? Partners split on firm's action over misconduct

Survey results reveal many partners believe 'pendulum has swung too far' in response to allegations of inappropriate behaviour amid scandal over Latham chief's exit
5 minute read

Legaltech News

The Essential Ingredients to Rolling Out a Global E-Discovery Playbook

You need experienced people, advanced technology and targeted processes—and there isn't one that's more important than the others.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

An Injunction for Copyright Infringement Can Depend on if the Property Is the Software or the Underlying Source Code

In their Technology Law column, Richard Raysman and Peter Brown discuss a recent decision in which the court partially granted and partially denied an injunction, while laying out the difference between injunctive relief as applied to software itself and the core source code.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

When the Criminal Lawyer Shields the Client

In his Ethics and Criminal Practice column, Joel Cohen discusses whether Trump's lawyer, John Dowd, could have personal criminal exposure if what the The New York Times reported is true—that early on in the Mueller investigation, he communicated to Paul Manafort and General Michael Flynn that Trump would ultimately pardon them.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

AT&T/Time Warner: How Judge Leon's Experience in 'Comcast/NBCU' May Shape the Trial

In their Antitrust Trade and Practice column, Shepard Goldfein and Karen Hoffman Lent continue their discussion of the DOJ's suit to block AT&T/DirecTV's proposed acquisition of Time Warner. At the approximate midpoint of the trial, they return to consider how a vertical mega-merger from a few years ago—and a familiar face from that case—may provide some clues of what is to come.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Creating Cooperation in Discovery: Musings on Building Trust

Where parties cooperate, discovery disputes are limited, narrowed and, sometimes, even eliminated. Where parties do not cooperate, there are more disputes, they are uglier, and the costs escalate.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Courts Have Given Clear Guidance on Child Support. Why Is It Not Being Followed?

While the Judicial Departments of the New York Appellate Division and the State Court of Appeals are in tandem in their holdings concerning the manner in which lower courts are to handle split custody arrangements and child support, New York practitioners are reporting that lower courts recently have been misapplying the law.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Appellate Practice

In this Special Report: "Don't Wait for the Appeal to Bring in Appellate Counsel," "For Disability Appeals, the Devil Is in the Details," "The Supreme Court's Continuing War Over Legislative History," "Practicing Before the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals" and "The Respondent's Role in the Appellate Process."
2 minute read

Legal Week

Will A&O's US merger move impel its magic circle rivals to follow suit?

Magic circle firm's transatlantic merger talks set to shake up market as rivals rethink US strategies
7 minute read

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