Vanessa Blum

December 29, 2016 | The Recorder

Writing for the majority, Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar said that law firm invoices aren't categorically shielded from disclosure. The court's dissenters complained the decision undermines a “pillar of our jurisprudence.”

By Charles Toutant and Vanessa Blum

11 minute read

October 31, 2016 | Law.com

Barack Obama nominated more women and minorities to serve as federal judges than any previous president. Here's a snapshot of his picks by gender, race/ethnicity, place of birth and law school.

By Law.com Staff

1 minute read

October 18, 2016 | Law.com

The recent Exxon Mobil case—pitting the emblematic blue state, Massachusetts, against the prototypical red state, Texas—illustrates the growing influence of state attorneys general on national policy, and their increasing willingness to deploy the resources of their offices to drive their policy preferences.

By Miriam Rozen

8 minute read

August 18, 2016 | The Recorder

Mercury Casualty, which abandoned a $30K settlement offer, is now on the hook for millions in a decision that makes it harder for insurance firms to defend bad-faith claims.

By Vanessa Blum

7 minute read

June 17, 2016 | The Recorder

An arbitrator ruled Friday that the bar's former director can continue to press claims against the agency, its former president and an outside lawyer.

By Vanessa Blum

4 minute read

April 19, 2016 | The Recorder

In the latest TCPA suit to drop against a consumer tech firm, lawyers claim that PayPal used an alarming email to solicit a customer's cellphone number.

By Vanessa Blum

4 minute read

March 30, 2016 | The Recorder

A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that plaintiffs lawyers in an antitrust class action haven't shown that Pixar's alleged 'no-poach' pacts would trigger the crime-fraud exception.

By Vanessa Blum

8 minute read

March 03, 2016 | Law.com

A probationer's agreement to searches of "person and property" didn't cover the data on his cellphone, wrote Judge William Fletcher.

By Vanessa Blum

3 minute read

March 03, 2016 | The Recorder

Mayer Brown partner Andrew Pincus, a prominent appellate advocate, will argue that gag orders of unlimited duration are unconstitutional.

By Vanessa Blum

2 minute read

February 11, 2016 | The Recorder

Lawyers with Edelson P.C. say the company's first tablet failed to offer advertised features and had flaws that quickly rendered the devices inoperable.

By Vanessa Blum

2 minute read