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Pro Hac Vice Ineligibility Order Pursuant to Rule 1:28-2
Notice to the bar.Atlanta Firm Acquires N.Y. Office of Jenkens & Gilchrist
Atlanta-based Troutman Sanders has acquired the 91-lawyer New York office of Dallas' Jenkens & Gilchrist. The acquisition is a bold move for Troutman Sanders, which has about 600 lawyers but has not previously had an office in New York.Lawyers See Data 'Fear Factor' Rising
The recent wave of personal data thefts has lawyers bracing for a new round of lawsuits over how businesses safeguard the information. Attorneys say "fear factor" and negligence lawsuits are starting to hit the courts, as consumers sue companies for being careless with data, causing it to get lost or stolen and triggering fears of identity theft. Privacy experts credit a two-year-old California law with prompting companies to report the breaches.Jury Trial Seminar Sends Judges off the Bench
Two sets of judges stepped off the bench last week and became litigators for a day. Fulton County, Ga., Superior Court and State Court judges squared off at a jury trial seminar at Emory University in Atlanta. The Superior Court judges prevailed. While the trial, complete with voir dire, witness cross-examination and jury instruction, was as realistic as time allowed, the order of the day was fun.Coudert Brothers Partners Vote for Breakup
Partners at pioneering international law firm Coudert Brothers have voted to let the firm break up after failing to reach a merger agreement with another firm.Akin Gump, Shaw Pittman in Talks
Two of Washington, D.C.'s largest firms -- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and Shaw Pittman -- are reportedly eyeing each other as potential merger partners. Akin Gump Chairman R. Bruce McLean confirms that the two have had "preliminary discussions," but stresses they cannot be "accurately described as merger discussions," while a source familiar with both firms says, "The industry shouldn't be surprised if they pull this off where others haven't."State Tort ActionRaising Federal Issue Belongs in State Court
Federal jurisdiction cannot be based solely on the presence of a federal issue raised in a defense, Judge William H. Yohn Jr. wrote in Howard Medical Inc. v. Temple University Hospital, et al.Trending Stories
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