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The Recorder

Holland & Knight Hires Winston Real Estate Pro in San Francisco

After a dozen years at Winston & Strawn, Loren Higgins is heading to Holland & Knight to help further the firm's West Coast expansion.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Tex McIver Told Husband of Shooting Witness She's 'About to Send Me to Prison'

The husband of shooting witness Dani Jo Carter and a family friend testified that, after shooting his wife, Atlanta attorney Tex McIver feared Carter's actions would make him look guilty.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Jury Hits Ogletree With $1.8M Legal-Malpractice Verdict

The jury found the law firm and an associate forged a signature on a documentary filmmaker's work visa for National Geographic.
5 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Del. Judge Trims BlackBerry's Infringement Suit Against Nokia

A Delaware federal judge has knocked out patent infringement claims against telecommunications giant Nokia Corp. over its alleged use of 11 patents underlying BlackBerry Ltd.'s 3G and 4G communications technology, finding no evidence that the parent company effectively controlled its subsidiaries.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Wertkin to Judge: Feds Handed Me Hard Drive with 40 Whistleblower Complaints

Jeffrey Wertkin, who was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for his attempt to sell stolen whistleblower complaints, told Judge Maxine Chesney in a letter that federal prosecutors' returned a hard drive to him which contained the still-sealed complaints.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Why Management Lawyers Are Tracking DOJ's Suit Against California

"A lot of what the federal government is saying right now is drama, but it doesn't relieve employers from California law,” said Charles Thompson, an Ogletree Deakins shareholder in San Francisco.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Sessions' Memo Prods US Attorneys to Weigh Death Penalty in Drug Cases

Former prosecutors from Manhattan and Brooklyn note that Sessions didn't appear to offer new interpretations of capital punishment statutes, meaning prosecutors were still operating with laws largely targeting violent gangs and terrorist.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

First-Impression Florida Condo Law Case Highlights Property Tax Oddity

Condo associations may challenge unit valuations as a group. But once the assessment is appealed, it's every unit owner for himself, a Florida appellate court ruled.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

A Transformational Time for Employment Law: A Q&A With HireRight's Alonzo Martinez

Alonzo Martinez, associate counsel of compliance at Irvine, California-based HireRight gave Corporate Counsel his take on some of the most vexing employment law issues for companies today.
5 minute read

The Recorder

In Wake of Cambridge Analytica Saga, Class Actions Roll in Against Facebook

The social media giant was hit with a pair of class action lawsuits Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
3 minute read

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