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What a BigLaw Buddy Can Mean for Solos and Small Firms
Despite Business Expertise, Insured Can Invoke Discovery Rule
The Superior Court has ruled that an Allegheny County man's experience in investing did not afford him any special understanding of the insurance industry that would prevent him from invoking the discovery rule in a lawsuit alleging deceptive marketing anJudicial Doctrine Trumps Plain Language of the Product Liability Act
Third Circuit Court of Appeals effectively substituted the judicial policy pronouncements embodied in the "economic loss doctrine" for the plain language used by the New Jersey Legislature.Anatomy of an Arbitration Disaster
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge last month affirmed an arbitration award in a wrongful termination suit of more than $4.1 billion, sending shock waves through the labor and employment bar. Alston & Bird partner Michael D. Young spoke to The National Law Journal about the lessons to be learned from the outcome in this case regarding arbitration agreements and the arbitration process. He also broke down the award to explain how the arbitrator came up with such an astronomically high number.Discipline Report: Lawyer Suspended, Another Gets Probation
The State Bar has announced that a Jefferson County lawyer has been suspended and a lawyer in Harris County has been placed on probation. The suspended lawyer was ordered to pay $1,289.95 in attorneys' fees and direct expenses to the State Bar of Texas and $2,750 in restitution to a former client. The other lawyer was ordered to pay $11,043.75 in attorneys' fees, costs and expenses.View more book results for the query "*"
China's Intellectual Property Regime Comes of Age
China's intellectual property protection: Not too many years ago that would have been considered an oxymoron. Then the Chinese government announced its future economy would be based on innovation, not manufacturing.Publishers Join Case Against YouTube
A group of music publishing companies said Monday it is joining a copyright infringement lawsuit against Google Inc.'s video-sharing site YouTube. The National Music Publishers' Association said it was joining the lawsuit out of concern that many songwriters weren't receiving proper compensation when their music appeared on YouTube videos.Horse Carriage Crash Case Settles For $200,000
p Harriet Grannick v. Le Voiture Robert et fils, et al.: A Newtown horsewoman collected $200,000 in a settlement mediated by Superior Court Judge b Jonathan E. Silbert /b /pHolland & Knight Overhauls, Expands Pro Bono Program
Holland & Knight has overhauled its pro bono efforts to expand a program centered on litigators to all attorneys at the firm. "What we're trying to do now is get our nonlitigators more involved in the pro bono program," said Peter Prieto, a Miami partner and chair of the firm's national litigation section. "What that's going to do is increase the number of pro bono attorneys and the number of hours for the firm." The new program will integrate pro bono work with community initiatives involving clients, he said.Trending Stories