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The American Lawyer

Can We Bring Back the Hotties of Law?

We're entering a puritanical era. Mention someone's looks, attractiveness or sex appeal, and people accuse you of sexism, lookism or some other "ism."
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The Legal Intelligencer

Circuit Split Emerges in Federal Question Jurisdiction Over Arbitration Award

A circuit split has recently emerged regarding the circumstances under which a federal district court may exercise federal question jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Section 1331 in a proceeding to vacate an arbitration award brought under 9 U.S.C. Section 10.
8 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Closing the Loop on Obtaining Opinions of Counsel

Businesses seek opinions of counsel in the Intellectual Property area for various reasons, such as trademark clearance or for guidance on patent threats.…
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

A Farewell to (Fire)Arms? Thoughts on the Tipping Point for the New American Revolution

I cheer for these kids, these survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the site of just the most recent mass shooting at an American school. I cheer for their families.
7 minute read

Law.com

The Law Firm Disrupted: What Lawyers Will Go From Grunt to Great

Conventional wisdom says AI will take the grunt work off lawyers' plates, freeing their time for higher level thinking and legal analysis. But is there enough higher-level work for to go around?
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth Court Revisits Workers' Compensation's 'Premises Liability'

Normally, work injuries arise when an employee is injured on or off the employer's premises, while actually engaged in furtherance of the employer's business or affairs. Last week, in US Airways v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board Bockelman, No. 612 C.D. 2017, the Commonwealth Court revisited the less common compensability of a workers' compensation claim based on a premises theory of liability.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Cybersecurity: What Does It Mean to Be Completely Prepared?

So often articles related to cybersecurity focus solely on assessment and preparedness against external forces (e.g., cybercriminals, hackers, ransomware, etc.), yet do not convey the full array of protections necessary to ensure complete cyberpreparedness for a busin
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

This Tool Helps Energy Companies Manage Environmental, Health Compliance

With the onslaught of new regulations in the last few years, energy companies' management of environmental, health and safety compliance has become increasingly challenging.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Doctors: Partnership Merger Deal Will Turn Us Into 'Indentured Servants'

On Dec. 19, 2017, a group of New York physicians filed a verified complaint in the U.S. Supreme Court of the state of New York County of Westchester, challenging their partnership's merger with a large hospital practice. The physicians challenging the merger claim that the deal will reduce them to “indentured servants.”
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Supreme Court Excludes Warrantless Search of Cellphone

On June 15, 2010, Michael Toll called 9-1-1 and reported he had been shot on a street corner in Philadelphia. A police officer responded and found Toll in his vehicle.
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