(Clockwise, from top left) Dominique Pollara of Pollara Law Group in Sacramento, California, Dave Hutchinson of Geraghty, O'Loughlin & Kenney in St. Paul, Minnesota, Retired Justice William Bedsworth of California's Fourth District Court of Appeal, Judge Margaret Schreiber of the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, and Judge Jay Quam of the Fourth Judicial District Court of Minnesota, speaking during an ABOTA Foundation webinar. Image from Web Video‘It's Your Funeral’: Avoiding Doing Damage to Your Client’s Case With Uncivil Behavior
Here are some thoughts on professionalism, ethics and civility in the courtroom from Judge Jay Quam in Minnesota, Judge Margaret Schreiber in Florida and Retired Justice William Bedsworth in California.
December 18, 2024 at 08:30 AM
5 minute read
While you and your colleagues are asking each other about which judge you’ve drawn to handle a particular case, the judge is likely having a similar conversation with his or her colleagues about you and your opposing counsel.
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Who Got The Work
Edmund Polubinski and Marie Killmond of Davis Polk & Wardwell have entered appearances for data platform software development company MongoDB and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The action, filed Oct. 7 in New York Southern District Court by the Brown Law Firm, accuses the company's directors and/or officers of falsely expressing confidence in the company’s restructuring of its sales incentive plan and downplaying the severity of decreases in its upfront commitments. The case is 1:24-cv-07594, Roy v. Ittycheria et al.
Who Got The Work
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