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May 10, 2016 |

Gibson Dunn and Morgan Lewis Work on Friendly's Deal

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher represents Dean Foods of Dallas in its pending acquisition of the manufacturing and retail ice cream business from Friendly's Ice Cream for $155 million in cash, while Friendly's turned to Morgan, Lewis & Bockius.
2 minute read
May 02, 2016 |

With Energy Bankruptcies, Uncertainty is Certain

The current crop of exploration and production company bankruptcies may have an eventual effect on the energy industry, but it could take years for the result to come into focus.
10 minute read
April 29, 2016 |

Lawyers Benefit Most From No-Injury Class Actions, Study Says

So-called no-injury class actions, in which class members can't show a clear-cut harm, primarily line the pockets of plaintiffs lawyers, according to a recent empirical study.
4 minute read
April 14, 2016 |

Unapproved Opinions for the Week of April 18

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April 08, 2016 |

Lawyers and Lawmakers Grapple With Noncompete Pacts

Litigation over noncompete clauses is highly active in New Jersey and some attorneys say employers are increasingly requiring such agreements for low- and mid-level workers. But there are signs that more lawmakers and regulators at both the state and federal level are looking to clamp down on the use of noncompetes in certain circumstances.
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April 08, 2016 |

Commonwealth v. Chapman, PICS Case No. 16-0431 (Pa. March 29, 2016) Saylor, J. (14 pages).

The trial court erred in permitting the prosecution to support a prior offender aggravator in the penalty phase of a capital case with offenses committed in New Jersey, where New Jersey did not classify offenses as misdemeanors or felonies. Judgment of sentence reversed, case remanded for resentencing.
6 minute read
April 07, 2016 |

Judge Finds School Board's Speech Policy Unconstitutional

A federal judge in Rome has thrown out what he said is an unconstitutional policy implemented by the Walker School District that prevented a county social studies teacher from expressing his opinion at a local school board meeting.
4 minute read
April 05, 2016 |

Debt, Diversity and Job Prospects After Law School Are Focus of Research Grants

Access Group's Center for Research and Policy Analysis is awarding $335,000 to examine law school admissions, costs and employment after graduation. The center, a division of nonprofit Access Group, which counts nearly 200 law schools as members, has given the money to three recipients: The American Bar Foundation; the University of South Carolina School of Law; and the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education's Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy.
5 minute read
April 05, 2016 |

Deposition That Could Destroy Marriage in Sexual Harassment Suit Denied

A federal judge presiding over a sexual harassment case has applied proportionality under recently revised federal rules in determining that the deposition of the wife of a man accused of sexual harassment was unnecessary and would lead to the ­destruction of their marriage.
7 minute read
March 28, 2016 |

When it Comes to Conflicts, Ninth Circuit Says Class Actions Are Different

No bright-line DQ rule applies to lawyers who represent divergent interests within the same class, wrote Judge Jon Tigar, sitting by designation on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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