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The Legal Intelligencer

Incoming Phila. Bar Chancellor Plans to Equip Members for Changing Tech Landscape

Katayun Jaffari said the association is developing a center for innovation and the practice of law where attorneys will be able to share resources on how to tackle top-of-mind tech-related issues such as artificial intelligence and remote work.
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Law.com

Justice on the Move: The Impact of 'Bristol-Myers Squibb' on FLSA Forum-Shopping

Savvy plaintiffs-side attorneys are leveraging this split to avoid bringing their FLSA collective action where the employer is located if that jurisdiction is deemed unfavorable, and instead identifying a putative plaintiff located in a “friendlier” jurisdiction that allows anyone with similar claims to opt-in, regardless of where they live or work.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Orders New Trial in $45M Med Mal Case Against Temple Hospital

"The jury clearly either made a mistake in their calculations or were swayed by sympathy or some other improper basis for decision making, as the award simply does not align with the evidence presented,” Judge Glynnis Hill ruled.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

No Medicare Fraud Here, Says Federal Judge in Case of Foreign Physicians in Operating Room

A federal judge in the Southern District of Texas threw out on summary judgment a qui tam lawsuit alleging that a hospital fraudulently billed the government for operations performed by unlicensed foreign doctors.
3 minute read

International Edition

FIFA Faces Legal Challenge Over Winning Saudi World Cup Bid Vetted by Clifford Chance

NGOs are consulting lawyers over potential human rights violations as FIFA picks Saudi Arabia to host the football championship.
2 minute read

Law.com

'Entitlement to Information Has Its Limits:' Judge Denies Another Discovery Deadline Extension in Trademark Suit

"Discovery, like life itself, is never perfect. Lawyers do not get everything they want—nor should they. Even in litigation, entitlement to information has its limits," Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Cole for the Northern District of Illinois said.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Things That Can Win (Or Lose) a Trial

Gibson Dunn partners George Hazel and Gregg Costa, who both spent time serving on the federal trial bench earlier in their careers, recently walked through things they think weigh heavily on the outcome of a trial.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Is London’s Litigation Market in Trouble?

Against the backdrop of PACCAR, the Mastercard settlement this month rattled a litigation market that is facing what some have indicated are near-existential threats.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Court Rules in Favor of Production Co. in Dispute Over Viral Documentary 'Died Suddenly'

A Florida court has ruled that TLM Global, not Stew Peters, owns the rights to the viral documentary "Died Suddenly," which explores claims of vaccine-related sudden deaths and has amassed 18 million views. Peters falsely claimed ownership, alleging that filmmakers Matthew Skow and Nick Stumphauzer were his employees.
5 minute read

Law.com

Amid Growing Litigation Volume, Don't Expect UnitedHealthcare to Change Its Stripes After CEO's Killing

"[A]t the end of the day, these are for-profit companies. They're very good at making money, and I don't think it's going to change their behavior. And I think any sort of publicity effects will wear out over time," said John Aloysius Cogan Jr., a professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law.
6 minute read

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