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November 05, 2024 | The American Lawyer

Simpson Hires M&A Partners from Jones Day, Kirkland

Firm chair Alden Millard said as "demand for high-end M&A services continues to increase," the firm wants as much "bench talent" as it can get as M&A work continues to grow.
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November 05, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

'Point Us to the Plain Language:' NJ Supreme Court Grills Defense Statutory Requirements For Affidavit of Merit

The arguments involved a case where the trial court and Appellate Division came to opposite conclusions on whether plaintiffs must serve an affidavit of merit in multiple specialties for a suit against a doctor with more than one specialty.
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November 05, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Sides With Saltz Mongeluzzi in Suit Over Former Paralegal's 'Voluntarily Offered' Vaccination Status

"Once information is public, it remains public. The Americans With Disabilities Act protects employees from employer disclosure of their confidential medical information. But it doesn't protect information that an employee shares with co-workers, including superiors, outside of an employer-conducted inquiry," said U.S. District Judge Joshua D. Wolson.
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November 05, 2024 | Daily Business Review

Families Settle Court Battle Over Who Owns Parkland Killer's Name, Likeness

Under a new agreement, some survivors and families of the slain students in the 2018 Parkland high school massacre now control any attempt by the shooter to profit off his name or likeness or grant interviews.
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November 05, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Hospitality Performance Tests: Fool's Gold?

Pryor Cashman attorneys Todd Soloway, Bryan Mohler and Itai Raz discuss how performance tests for hotel management function in the real world and look at recent case law interpreting these tests and the manners in which performance tests can and cannot provide additional protection to hotel owners.
8 minute read
November 05, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

People in the News—Nov. 5, 2024—Pietragallo Gordon, Tucker Arensberg

Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti announced the promotion of three lawyers to partnership: Rebecca Johnson Barksdale in Pittsburgh and Alexander M. Owens and Mark T. Sottile in Philadelphia.
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November 05, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

As the Title IX World Spins: Best Practices for Investigations

There is little certainty in Title IX these days, given that approximately half of the states are still abiding by the 2020 regulations and the other half by the 2024 regulations.
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November 05, 2024 | The Recorder

California Federal Court Grants CoStar Group's Motion to Narrow Claims in Move Inc. Trade Secrets Case

U.S. District Judge George H. Wu granted the defense's motion to dismiss claims alleging violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and the Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act with leave to amend in a ruling published Oct. 29.
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November 05, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Avoiding the Bray Pitfall for Lapsed Appeals

This article discusses New York's Appellate Division "immediate appeals "as of right" to the Appellate Division from non-final (interlocutory) orders of the Supreme Court, about the only qualification being that the non-final order"
9 minute read
November 05, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

You Can't Name the Baby That!

"Spinach may be good for you, but not as a name for your child, according to one court in Australia," writes columnist John G. Browning.
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