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New York Law Journal

Client-Poaching Suit Between Personal Injury Firms Survives Dismissal

Several key claims from the Ginarte firm's client-poaching lawsuit against William Schwitzer were given the green light for discovery, but two claims that could have offered triple damages were cut.
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New York Law Journal

O'Melveny, Signaling Practice Ambitions, Hires Another Corporate Finance Partner

Jeffery Norton has returned to O'Melveny after spending two years at Dechert and 12 years helping Linklaters grow its U.S. presence. He is the second corporate finance lateral hire by litigation-heavy O'Melveny in about a month.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Ex-Davis Polk Associate Alleges Discrimination, Says He Was Repeatedly Sidelined

In a racial discrimination suit against Davis Polk, former associate Kaloma Cardwell said the firm tried to get him to resign by not giving him interesting work, and finally by not giving him much work at all, before firing him last year.
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New York Law Journal

King & Spalding Enters Fray—With Limits—in Turkish Bank Sanctions-Busting Case

The bank, he said, had refused to accept service, and "has not stipulated to service by any means." A motion for U.S. District Judge Richard Berman's recusal is also expected.
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New York Law Journal

Ocasio-Cortez Settles Twitter Blocking Case, Restoring Critic's Access but Asserting Her Right to Exclude 'Harassers'

In her statement, Ocasio-Cortez noted that she could still block other users if necessary. She has previously said she doesn't block any constituents and had blocked fewer than 20 accounts altogether.
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New York Law Journal

Panel Hears Broad Support for Continued Parity Between State, Federal Judicial Salaries at Public Hearing

Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence Marks testified before a statewide panel tasked with setting those salaries that the court system is prepared to front the cost of those raises.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Attorneys in Dershowitz Defamation Case Spar Over Production of Taped Audio Recording of David Boies

The conversation captured in both recordings has so far played an important role in the lawsuit, which accuses Dershowitz of defaming Giuffre in a series of public statements calling her a perjurer and a prostitute.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Roberta Kaplan Files Lawsuit Alleging Trump Defamed Author as Liar in Wake of Rape Accusation

The complaint describes President Donald Trump's response to an accusation of sexual assault dating back to the 1990s—according to the court papers, he implied she had accused other men of rape—as a calculated series of lies aimed at destroying author E. Jean Carroll's reputation.
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New York Law Journal

Ex-Barclay Damon Lawyer Sentenced to Over 5 Years for 'Ruthless and Predatory' Conduct

Albert Hessberg and his advocates said he diverted fees from his firm and began taking money entrusted to him by clients because of the pressure to give his family the same kind of life he had.
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The American Lawyer

Big Law Sees Increased Demand, Productivity Declines

Demand for large law firm legal services in the first three quarters of the year was at its highest level since the recession, but costs were up and overall productivity was down, according to a Thomson Reuters Peer Monitor Economic Index report.
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