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New Jersey Law Journal

100% That Firm: These New Jersey Lawyers Just Helped Lizzo Win a Major Legal Victory

"What the board rested its decision on was the fact that Lizzo seemed to constantly attach the phrase to herself, and her musical services, so that she's not selling T-shirts that say '100% That Bitch.' She is selling T-shirts that say Lizzo on the front and '100% That Bitch' on the back," said law professor Christine Haight Farley of American University.
5 minute read

Law.com

'What Are We Fixing?': ABA Rejects Proposal to Make Law School Admissions Tests Optional

Resolution 300 failed by voice vote Monday at the policymaking body's midyear meeting in New Orleans.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

What's Rule 1.8? And Why Do the Georgia Bar and ABA Want It Changed?

The State Bar of Georgia has proposed an amendment to its Professional Conduct Rule 1.8 (e).
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

New York Trial Boutique Opens DC Office With Two Litigators

Barry Pollack from Kramer Levin and Addy Schmitt from Miller & Chevalier are joining Harris St. Laurent & Wechsler to launch its new D.C. office.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Arnold & Porter Picks Up Longtime US Rep as a Senior Policy Adviser in DC

Former U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, a Wisconsin Democrat, has joined Arnold & Porter as a senior policy adviser in Washington, D.C.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

'A Double-Edged Sword': Why Young Judges Might Not Stick Around

"We're all human beings and so each person comes to their story as to why they left the bench with their own personal, emotional makeup," said former judge Katherine Forrest, who resigned in 2018.
8 minute read

The Recorder

Jury Clears Elon Musk, Tesla of Securities Fraud in Trial Over 'Take Private' Tweets

The verdict marks a complete victory in the three-week trial for a team of attorneys from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan led by New York partner Alexander Spiro.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

A New COVID Ruling Just Came Down—And It's a Game Changer for Workplace Lawsuits

The decision goes beyond the scope of a November 2020 ruling in "Loeb v. Vantage Custom Classics," which allowed a plaintiff to proceed with a whistleblower suit related to COVID, said Christopher Eibeler, the plaintiff's lawyer.
5 minute read

The Recorder

'All of Corporate America Is Watching This Trial.' SF Jury Begins Deliberations Over Elon Musk's Tesla Tweets

Lawyers gave closing arguments on Friday at the end of a three-week trial over Musk's 2018 tweets about taking Tesla private. Defense attorney Alex Spiro told jurors the Tesla CEO wasn't some 'fire-breathing tweeting monster.'
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Paul Hastings Attorneys Represent Customer-Support Co. in Trade Secret Theft Case Against Ex-CEO

As if to add insult to injury, the complaint claims Zia Chishti named his new company "Qinhe," "a Chinese word that translates to "Affinity" in English, evoking [plaintiff] Afiniti's own name in China." 
3 minute read

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