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'That's Disappointing': Only 11% of MDL Appointments Went to Attorneys of Color in 2023

"If you think that diversity in all of its forms is important in determining excellence, equity, these MDLs are great opportunities for people to learn, have a practice," U.S. District Judge William Orrick said in an interview.
7 minute read

The Recorder

California Bar Examiners Endorse Switch to Kaplan Exam

The California Supreme Court previously said it would not consider a proposal to allow Kaplan Exam Services to write the multiple-choice section of the bar exam unless the Committee on Bar Examiners "considered and approved" the move first.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Davis Wright Tremaine Names New Firmwide Managing Partner

Following a six-month search committee that kicked off after Scott MacCormack stepped down in March, the firm elected litigation co-leader and vice chair of the firm's executive committee Jaime Drozd to replace him on Friday.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Startup Investors Sue Cooley Claiming Negligent Representation, Fraud Cover-Up

Gould Ventures alleges that Cooley withheld details about Carbon IQ CEO Benjamin Cantey's fraudulent activities.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

9th Circuit Drills Down on Venue Issue in Privacy Suit Against E-Commerce Platform

"An electronic signal is sent over [and] something is implanted on a device that is in California," Judge Daniel Collins said. "It takes data in California from a device in California and ships it out of California. The claim is that the collection and transmission of the data violates California statutes. How does that conduct not occur in California?"
4 minute read

The Recorder

Google Is Sued by Texas Credit Union Over Alleged Search Engine 'Monopoly'

The lawsuit, which accused Google of abusing its "monopoly power" to exert unchecked control over the "quantity of ad inventory," alleged violations of California's Cartwright Act, unfair business practices and unfair competition.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Fox's Viet Dinh Nearly Set Pay Record in Final Year as Legal Chief

Dinh stepped down as legal chief in December, eight months after Fox agreed to pay $787 million to settle a defamation sought brought by Dominion Voting Systems.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Litigators of the Week: Robbins Geller Lands $490M Securities Settlement in Case Over Apple's Prospects in China

Partners Shawn Williams and Mark Solomon were lead counsel for plaintiffs on the case, which yielded one of the 50 largest securities recoveries of all time and the third-largest ever in the Northern District of California.
12 minute read

The Recorder

Suspect in Courthouse Bombing Was Targeting Judge, Deputies, Say Prosecutors

Nathaniel James McGuire, 20, was scheduled to make his first court appearance Friday on a federal charge related to Wednesday's explosion at a courthouse in Santa Maria.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Big Tech to Big Law: Is the Compensation Gap Closing?

Top Big Tech attorneys are seeing "there's another alternative where they can make a similar salary or compensation at private practice," one recruiter said.
6 minute read

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