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The Recorder

In Kobe Bryant Crash, Could a Lawsuit Be Coming?

Former U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General Mary Schiavo, a partner at Motley Rice, said that lawyers would be looking at multiple facts, including the conversation between the air traffic control and the pilot just before Sunday's crash, which killed the LA Lakers star and eight others. "Those next sentences could be billion dollar words," Shiavo said.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Uber and Gibson Dunn Put the Brakes on Monopoly Claims

Defunct ride-hailing company Sidecar will have the opportunity to amend its antitrust claims against Uber by Feb. 4.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Waiver of the Right To Stay Arbitration by 'Participation in Arbitration'

Failure timely to seek a stay of arbitration is not the only way that an insurer may waive the right to have arbitration stayed while the court determines preliminary issues. In his Insurance Law column, Jonathan A. Dachs discusses how the right may also be waived by actively participating in the arbitration.
13 minute read

Law.com

Q&A: Harness Dickey's New CEO Bill Coughlin

The former partner of the firm spent nearly 20 years as CEO of Ford Motor Co.'s IP subsidiary, Ford Global Technologies. Now he's bringing his in-house, managerial and strategic perspective back to the Michigan-based IP boutique.
9 minute read

Daily Business Review

The Exception: Florida Ruling Shows Businesses Can Be Liable for On-Premises Attacks

The Fourth District Court of Appeal weighed in on liability in a negligence case that the trial judge had called morally "horrific."
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: VW Declined to Hire Louis Freeh for $15M. Now He's on the Other Side—and VW Is Crying Foul

In a motion to disqualify filed in San Francisco federal court, the VW team from Sullivan & Cromwell argue that Freeh's 'conflict of interest and receipt of confidential information' should bar him from serving as an expert witness for the plaintiffs.
7 minute read

The Recorder

Tesla Employees Suing Over 'Jim Crow Era' Workplace Seek Sanctions

The workers assert that "in a staggering show of gamesmanship and discovery abuse," Tesla is skirting a court order demanding the auto company turn over fellow employees' names and contact information.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Liability for Failure to Include Collision Avoidance Systems

The advancement of collision avoidance technology opens new areas to find compensation for seriously injured plaintiffs.
12 minute read

National Law Journal

'Millions of Arbitration Agreements' Threatened in California, SCOTUS Petition Asserts

Paul Weiss partner Kannon Shanmugam told the justices: "The California Supreme Court once again thumbed its nose at the Federal Arbitration Act and this court."
4 minute read

The Recorder

Lyft Fights Attempt to Coordinate All Sex Assault Cases in California

Lyft, represented by Beth Stewart, a partner at Williams & Connolly, called the proposed move an "improvident and unprecedented invitation" to make "San Francisco Superior Court a national clearinghouse for claims against San Francisco-based companies."
4 minute read

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