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October 23, 2024 | Law.com

Don't Rush to Change That Noncompete Just Yet, Employment Lawyers Advise

"I'm not necessarily recommending to my clients just yet to modify their restrictive covenant programs based on some theoretical risk that the NLRB will find them unenforceable as a general proposition," employment lawyer Joshua L. Weiner said.
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October 22, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Law Leaders Encouraged to Respond to 2024 Managing Partner Survey

Managing partners are asked to participate in our annual survey of law leaders, which will inform future coverage.
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October 22, 2024 | National Law Journal

At Supreme Court These Days, the Liberal Justices Are 'Textualists' Too

"You're making a policy argument," Justice Elena Kagan told an attorney during a recent Supreme Court hearing. "But what I don't hear you telling me is, like, what in the statute prevents the [Environmental Protection Agency] from doing this."
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October 22, 2024 | Law.com

Mass. Judge Declares Mistrial in Talc Trial: 'Court Can't Accommodate This Case'

Suffolk County Superior Court Judge Jackie Cowin, according to a Courtroom View Network broadcast of the trial, acknowledged to the lawyers: "This is a bad outcome, and I recognize all the reasons it's a bad outcome, but it is what it is."
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October 22, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut District Court Pro Bono Awards Announced

The recipient of the 2024 Pro Bono Award is attorney Lorey Leddy of Murtha Cullina. In addition, Robert Reardon of the Reardon Law Firm, Thomas Gerarde of Howd & Ludorf and Joseph Nawrocki, formerly of Day Pitney and now of SouthBank Legal in Washington, D.C., will each receive honorable mention.
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October 21, 2024 | National Law Journal

'Everybody Is Holding Their Breath': Big Law Lobbying Businesses See Mixed Earnings in Q3

A "small handful of our clients" are taking "a wait and see approach" toward the upcoming election, though are "prepared to re-engage post-election," said Will Moschella, of Brownstein's government relations department.
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October 21, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut Federal Jury Returns $850,000 Verdict

"Because it had been so long since Mr. Balla got a surgical recommendation, we didn't think he was going to go through with it and have his surgery," defense counsel Michael Kenney of Freeman Mathis & Gary said. "The jury found it persuasive that the real reason he put it off is because he's a sole proprietor, an owner-operator trucker, and he was basically waiting until he just couldn't wait any longer to have the surgery."
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October 21, 2024 | Law.com

$2.8B Antitrust Settlement Will Have Long-Term Impacts on Insurance Industry, Say Attorneys Behind Accord

Partner attorneys Edith Kallas and Joseph Whatley Jr. said that it was essential that the settlement "not just consist of a payment to the class; they needed significant reforms to the Blue system."
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October 21, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

'The System Worked': State's High Court Weighs in on Jane Doe's Forced Competency Restoration

State of Connecticut v. Jane Doe provides a glimpse behind the locked doors of Whiting Forensic Hospital and raises questions about the appropriateness of the state's policies
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October 21, 2024 | Legaltech News

Yale Debuts New Law's AI Future Course, Taught by Lawyer Turned Technologist

"Law's Artificial Intelligence Future" professor Abdi Aidid hopes the fall course illuminates AI's advantages and pitfalls and its various applications in the legal sector.
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