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May 20, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Not Everyone Who Sees Something Is Required to Say Something

Connecticut should not implement a policy of placing a "Tarasoff"-like obligation of a duty to warn on private citizens who bear no special relationship to a potential offender.
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May 17, 2024 | National Law Journal

CFPB Averts Disaster at Supreme Court, But Challenges Remain

"Now, they don't have to worry about catching a (constitutional) challenge every time they put a rule out there," attorney Dennis Merkley said of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
6 minute read
May 17, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Early Experience: Wiggin and Dana Partners Help Next-Gen Lawyers

"I remember one thing they said was when you're setting up a brief, you have to first make the panel care, and then you have to make it seem easy for them," Ben Alter of Jenner & Block said. "These are things that I held onto. The great exposure to the appellate practice set me down the path that I'm on now, which includes a lot of appellate work. I worked on my first case at the Supreme Court this past year, and I ended up clerking on the Second Circuit."
6 minute read
May 17, 2024 | Law.com

Morgan & Morgan Class Action Attorneys Detail Pathway to Success Within Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Practice

In this week's Legal Speak episode, Florida class action attorneys Jean Martin and John Yanchunis of Morgan & Morgan in Tampa open up about how they have leveraged their nearly 60 years of combined legal experience to help build their firm's cybersecurity and data privacy practice.
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May 17, 2024 | The American Lawyer

'Old School' Expectations Plague Young Lawyer Mental Health—But Not All Predecessors Are Sympathetic

"Those who make it to the top by virtue of having withstood this for decades will not really be able to have empathy for those below. It's just not part of what happens."
10 minute read
May 16, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

With Jurisdiction at Issue, CooperSurgical Litigants to Try Mediation

"Litigation can be very difficult and challenging, especially for those who are also still trying to undergo IVF," Sarah London said. "We're very sensitive in advancing our client's interests and the benefits that can come from trying to resolve cases outside of court."
4 minute read
May 16, 2024 | National Law Journal

Justices Say Lawsuits Must Be Kept Alive During Arbitration

"When a federal court finds that a dispute is subject to arbitration, and a party has requested a stay of the court proceeding pending arbitration, the court does not have discretion to dismiss the suit on the basis that all the claims are subject to arbitration," Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote.
4 minute read
May 16, 2024 | National Law Journal

Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to CFPB, Says Funding Structure Constitutional

In a 7-2 ruling, the court held that the Dodd-Frank Act did not violate the Constitution by funding the consumer finance watchdog through the Federal Reserve rather than through the annual congressional appropriations process.
5 minute read
May 15, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Rising Star Attorney Secures Major Settlements in 2 Months

"Slip-and-fall cases are difficult to try on both ends," Megan Boorsma said. "A case like this with a fracture is high risk. There's a big risk of us getting a defense verdict in a slip-and-fall case, but with an injury like this, there's definitely a risk that they would get a verdict. People always say like you never leave a mediation happy, neither side."
3 minute read
May 15, 2024 | Law.com

AI/IP Issues Part 2: What Current Litigation Can Tell Us About Where IP in AI Is Heading

Join this webcast and learn how the litigation trends around patent eligibility and novelty issues, copyright and the fair use defense, and trade secret misappropriation can help in-house counsel develop internal policies to best protect the company's intellectual property.
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