By Mike Hatcher | March 2, 2018
Businesses seek opinions of counsel in the Intellectual Property area for various reasons, such as trademark clearance or for guidance on patent threats.…
Daily Report Online | Best Practices
By Robin Hensley | March 2, 2018
What needs to get done in the first hour Monday morning to make the week go well? What chore is in the "critical path" for the firm this week?
By Ross Todd | March 2, 2018
Dale Cendali of Kirkland & Ellis won rulings this week in copyright cases for Fox News and Nike—before the Second Circuit and Ninth Circuit respectively.
Corporate Counsel | Expert Opinion
By Viren Mascarenhas and Kayla Winarsky Green | March 2, 2018
Recently, a landmark United Kingdom case has made it clear that U.K.-based parent companies may be found liable for human rights violations committed by their foreign subsidiaries. Plaintiffs all over the world are filing lawsuits seeking to hold parent companies responsible for the extraterritorial conduct of their subsidiaries.
The Legal Intelligencer | Expert Opinion
By Samuel C. Stretton | March 1, 2018
I am being conflicted out of a personal injury case. I have requested the client go to a good friend of mine who is an excellent lawyer to represent him in the personal injury case. May that lawyer pay me a one-third referral fee, assuming the client does not object?
By Greg Land | March 1, 2018
Attorneys for the law firm say the entire damages award and fee award—more than $2 million—must be reduced by 68 percent under the apportionment statute. Plaintiff's lawyers say the only applicable reduction is 8 percent of the fault assigned to their client.
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Robert Storace | March 1, 2018
A Superior Court judge's ruling Tuesday was another setback for an animal rights group seeking to have three elephants from a state petting zoo removed and put in a sanctuary.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Vasilios J. Kalogredis and Katherine E. LaDow | March 1, 2018
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.”
By Scott Flaherty | March 1, 2018
If prosecutors have their way, ex-Akin and Justice Department lawyer Jeffrey Wertkin could spend nearly three years behind bars after plotting to sell sealed False Claims Act lawsuits.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Matthew T. Mangino | March 1, 2018
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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