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New York Law Journal

Meet the New York Court System's New Coordinator of Judicial Appointments

Desirée Kim's new role will entail acting as a liaison to the governor and New York City mayor's offices, along with the state Board of Elections, regarding judicial vacancies and appointments.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY Top Court Asked to Eliminate Financial Barrier for Corporations to Dispute Tax Bills

Appellate lawyers from Harris Beach say that this pre-payment requirement is unfair to corporations , and they're asking the New York Court of Appeals to accept the case, and then declare the legislative requirement unconstitutional.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

This Lawyer Just Overturned an Election—Again

"This is a big win for the candidates and the voters, both of whom deserve fair elections," said prevailing petitioner counsel Jake Evans of Greenberg Traurig in Atlanta.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

2nd Circuit Tosses Securities Suit Against Ericsson Over Statements on Alleged Iraq Corruption

"Ericsson's Anti-Corruption Statements contained no such specificity that would transform any of those generalized statements from mere puffery to an actionable material misrepresentation," the appeals court wrote.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Jury Awards $9M to Estate of Golf Course Worker Killed by Falling Tree

And alongside making determinations on liability and damages, the jury also answered what plaintiffs counsel said was an unusual question to find on a verdict sheet in a personal injury case: whether one of the defendants was the decedent's employer.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

This Lawyer's Car Won't Start, and Now His Lemon Law Claim Has Stalled

Michael Hanus used the Audi to travel to and from his law office, to the courthouse and to visit clients, but he used a different vehicle on the weekends or when transporting his children because of the Audi's mechanical problems, according to court documents.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

A Judge Wanted to Demolish the Criminal Justice System

The State Commission on Judicial Conduct catalogs a lengthy record of actions taken by the former judge that showed an extreme bias against prosecutors, law enforcement, victims of domestic violence, standard judicial procedures.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

K&L Gates Attorneys Have Put 28,000 Hours Toward Stamping Out Revenge Porn in Past Decade

The firm's Cyber Civil Rights Project receives an average of 33 requests for help involving revenge porn each week. "The behavior has not gone away. People are still doing the same thing," said program co-founder David Bateman.
5 minute read

Legaltech News

Court Orders Martin Shkreli to Hand Over Wu-Tang Album in Misappropriation Case 

U.S. District Judge Pamela Chen of the Eastern District of New York issued a preliminary injunction against Shkreli preventing him from streaming or disseminating copies of the one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album he forfeited as part of his criminal fraud conviction in 2017.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Disney's Black Eye Over Arbitration Gambit Likely to Linger, Underscoring PR Risks of Spurning Courts

"What resonates longer is the way that people will feel about Disney, not the recollection of why they feel that way," said Aaron Davis, a partner at Davis Goldman.
6 minute read

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