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Texas Lawyer

Lawyer as Litigant as Late Fees Take Spotlight in Class Action

Two Texas law firms representing a national class sued ACE Parking Management over its alleged practice of encouraging minor underpayments, so that it can later charge large fines.
3 minute read

Law.com

Critical Mass With Law.com’s Amanda Bronstad: Another Judge Strikes Paraquat Plaintiffs’ Expert, Class Action Filer ClaimClam Steers Away From Settlements—And Controversy.

This week: A California state court judge found plaintiffs’ sole general causation expert in the paraquat litigation inadmissible. A third-party filer called ClaimClam is exiting class action settlements after pushback from judges and class counsel. Find out who Mattel’s Fisher-Price hired to handle class actions over recalled Snuga Swings.
7 minute read

The Recorder

Top Five Patent Law Decisions of 2024

Spanning damages, design patents, infringement loopholes, issue preclusion, and prior art disqualification, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit had an active year issuing cases with a direct impact on innovation.
8 minute read

Corporate Counsel

AI Adoption, Data Center Building Boom Opening More Doors for Cybercriminals, Many of Them Teenagers

“We've seen a lot more activity with gangs that are powered by teenagers, and it makes sense because the teens are being recruited because they're tech savvy, they're into gaming, they know about AI," said Michael Bruemmer, vice president of global data breach resolution at Experian.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Del. Court Holds Stance on Musk's $55.8B Pay Rescission, Awards Shareholder Counsel $345M

The Delaware court listed four main reasons the post-trial decision to rescind Musk's compensation can't be changed.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs: Week of Nov. 24

A look back at a batch of big wins from before the Thanksgiving holiday.
7 minute read

The Recorder

Embracing Hybrid Work, ArentFox Schiff Downsizes LA Digs

"A lot of what goes on in the law in motion part of law practice now happens online,” said ArentFox Schiff Los Angeles managing partner Aaron Jacoby.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Missing Out on Tens of Thousands of Views, Big Law Balks at TikTok

One Am Law 100 firm's most viewed video, coming in with about 27,000 views, is about whether attorneys should place one or two spaces after a period. A Second Hundred firm scored with its day-in-the-life profiles, which follow associates' daily schedules.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

9th Circuit Judges Weigh if Section 230 Shields Grindr From Defective Design Claims

“[Doe] frictionlessly downloaded the app while he was at school without needing to identify himself or age verify, and was immediately matched with a man who lives next door at the school because they were so geolocation proximate, and that day, the man raped him,” said Carrie Goldberg, the boy's attorney.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Judge Rejects New Trial for Tom Girardi, Whose Testimony Was 'Consistent With the Defense Case'

U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton, in the Central District of California, said Tom Girardi, 85, was 'exaggerating symptoms' of cognitive impairment.
4 minute read

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