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'Default Judgment Is an Absolute Last Resort:' Federal Judge Adjusts Order to Allow One More Chance for Defendant's Deposition

"Though I agree that Mr. Allen offers no good excuse for his non-compliance—and arguably digs a deeper hole through his attempts to deflect blame onto his counsel—I find that a less severe sanction than default judgment is initially warranted for Defendants' and Mr. Allen's misconduct," U.S. District Judge Brendan A. Hurson for the District of Maryland wrote in an order Wednesday.
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National Law Journal

'Judicial Tinkering': 9th Circuit Judge Criticizes Order Blocking Homeless Encampment Sweeps

Judge Patrick Bumatay dissented from a decision that San Francisco's anti-vagrancy enforcement likely constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Declines to Disqualify Attorney Accused of Paying Client's Living Expenses, Matter Referred to Disciplinary Committee

U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania held that the issue of counsel paying for their client's living expenses didn't warrant disqualifying the attorney, concluding a potential ethical violation didn't require disqualification.
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Daily Business Review

Miami Judge Awards $3.1M in Precedent-Setting Nutraceutical Trademark Action

"If it's not in the license agreement, you do not have rights of exhaustion after the license agreement is terminated," said Kirk Villalon, a partner at Quintana Portal Villalon.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Massachusetts SJC Adopts Standard After Alleged Snoozing in Court

"Counsel's constructive absence during either a significant portion of trial or an important aspect of trial so offends the constitutional protections surrounding the right to assistance of counsel that it renders the entire adversary process 'presumptively unreliable' and creates an uncurable error," Chief Justice Kimberly S. Budd wrote.
5 minute read

The Recorder

9th Circuit Rules Spanish Law Presides Over Ownership of Nazi-Stolen Pissarro Painting

"The Ninth Circuit's unanimous affirmance of the trial court's merits based decision—confirming the Foundation's ownership of the Pissarro painting that it lawfully acquired for public display in Madrid in 1993—is a welcome conclusion to this case," said Thaddeus Stauber and Aaron Brian of Nixon Peabody and Javier Martínez Bavière of the Law Offices of Pedro Aleman, lead counsel for the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Apple GC Kate Adams Earned Nearly $27M in 2023

Adams benefited from the company exceeding its targets for sales and operating income, but nonetheless received a hair less than in 2022.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

'A Hurricane Is Headed' This Way: Lawyers Urge State to Brace for Trump Ballot Challenge

The authors are David Broderick, who is of counsel at McCarter & English; Flavio Komuves, who is with Weissman & Mintz in Somerset, and Renee Steinhagen, executive director at the New Jersey Appleseed Public Interest Law Center.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

SEC Approves Bitcoin Listing, Trading After Appeals Court Defeat

Amid approval, SEC Chair Gary Gensler warns that "investors should remain cautious about the myriad risks associated with bitcoin and products whose value is tied to crypto."
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Hogan Lovells, Wilson Sonsini, Brown Rudnick, Thompson Coburn Add to Partner Ranks in DC

Several of the lateral partners are coming from the federal government or they had long stints in public service.
3 minute read

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