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National Law Journal

'Every War Causes Us to Adjust': Defense Contract Maneuvers

How national security lawyers meet the challenges of the Ukrainian conflict and military supply chain disruption.
11 minute read

National Law Journal

New Suit Highlights Wave of Pushback on Nondisclosure Agreements in Sex Assault Cases

A court filing focusing on a non-disclosure agreements signed with Kanakuk Ministries following sexual child abuse comes days after Congress passed the Speak Out Act addressing the issue of NDAs in the context of sexual abuse and harassment.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

How Opioid Litigation Is Creating 'a New Breed' of Plaintiffs Lawyer

"It's going to create a very formidable plaintiffs bar in our country going forward given the level of expertise provided to a new group of younger lawyers," says Jayne Conroy of Simmons Hanly Conroy, one of the three co-leads of the plaintiffs' executive committee in the National Prescription Opiate Litigation MDL.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

DiCello Levitt Expands Civil Rights Practice With Trio of Diverse Lawyers

Three Black female attorneys aim to strengthen the firm's mass tort, civil rights and class action litigation.
2 minute read

Litigation Daily

Plaintiffs Counsel Jayne Conroy: Trials Have Been 'Front and Center' in Driving Opioid Settlements

"The trial is the place where—win or lose—the information gets out to the public and people can start to look at it and even build on it for the next case that comes around," says Conroy, one of the three co-leads of the plaintiffs' executive committee in the National Prescription Opiate Litigation MDL.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

Americans' Opinion on Civil Justice System Offers Plaintiffs Firms Case Strategy Road Map

A recent survey offers clues on how to position a plaintiff's harm, how politics plays into jurors' thinking and how plaintiffs themselves find an attorney.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

'Don't Waste the Court's Time': A Delaware Chancery Court Primer from Paul Weiss's Andre Bouchard

"You've got to jealously guard when you get the court involved in matters," says Bouchard, the former Chancellor of Delaware's Court of Chancery, now a partner at Paul Weiss.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

A Plaintiffs Bar Divided? Some Say the Fragmentation Is Leading to Bad Case Law, Lower Fees

From battling for MDL leadership, to positing one-off arguments on precedential matters, to undercutting fees, senior members of the plaintiffs bar warn colleagues on the need to be more unified.
5 minute read

Litigation Daily

You See 26 Volumes of Evidence from the Warren Commission? Judge Alsup Sees Fodder for a Debut Novel

In "The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald," Senior U.S. District Judge William Alsup imagines a world where Jack Ruby does not kill Lee Harvey Oswald and Oswald must stand trial for assassinating President John F. Kennedy.
8 minute read

Litigation Daily

David Boies: 'Who Gets to Decide What the Righteous Causes Are?'

"When we began to say only people that are minimally acceptable get legal representation, the problem with that is who gets to determine who's minimally acceptable," Boies said.
9 minute read

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