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The American Lawyer

Ex-Perkins Coie Partner Sues His Firm, Again

Perkins Coie rejected claims that it discriminated against a former partner in Los Angeles because of his Christian beliefs and his disabilities.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Ex-Perkins Coie Partner in LA Sues His Firm, Again

Perkins Coie rejected claims that it discriminated against a former partner in Los Angeles because of his Christian beliefs and his disabilities.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Amici Say 'Hyundai' Rule Threatens to Devastate Class Action Settlements

The groups said Ninth Circuit ruling conflicts with its own precedent and decisions in the Third and Seventh circuits, parroting the arguments of plaintiffs and defendants Hyundai Motor America and Kia Motors America Inc. in dual petitions for en banc review filed earlier this month.
5 minute read

The Recorder

SCOTUS Says Securities Class Actions Can Stay in State Court

Justice Elena Kagan wrote for a unanimous court that the 1998 Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act did not strip state courts of jurisdiction over certain investor class actions.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Ex-MLB Pitcher Gets $2.3M Verdict for Injuries From Brawl With LSD-Tripping Partygoer

Greg Reynolds spent five years on-and-off with the Colorado Rockies and the Cincinnati Reds before injuries sustained during a run-in with one of the trial defendants cut short his career.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Justices Decline to Hear Texas Law Prof's Defamation Case Against Houston Lawyer

The Texas Supreme Court has declined to consider the appeal of South Texas College of Law Houston professor James Paulsen, who has engaged in a five-year legal battle over allegedly being defamed by Houston lawyer Ellen Yarrell.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

First a Big Law Innovation, Then a Split

Two partners who helped create the Data Law Center have left Akerman, announcing last week the launch of a now eight-lawyer boutique in Chicago called Actuate Law that they said will be focused on building more expert systems without what they described as Big Law bureaucracy.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Paul Hastings Lands 6 More Loeb & Loeb Lawyers for Century City Launch

Two weeks after the Am Law 100 firm was reported as setting up a second outpost in Los Angeles, Paul Hastings has hired more lawyers from Loeb & Loeb.
5 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Catch Up With Marcia Coyle: Wednesday's Supreme Court Brief

Catch up with Marcia Coyle about the latest in NLJ's Supreme Court Brief.
1 minute read

The American Lawyer

Plaintiffs Firms Held In Contempt Over OT Rule Suit Targeting Chipotle

A federal judge in Texas chided the employment lawyers who filed suit against Chipotle under an Obama-era overtime rule that the judge had previously blocked.
3 minute read

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