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Despite Tech Vendor's 'Admitted Negligence,' Ex-FisherBroyles Client May Struggle to Recover Damages

A Georgia appellate court earlier this month affirmed a ruling dismissing tech vendor CPA Global Support from a suit over a missed foreign patent application deadline. Damages could exceed $100 million, according to expert witness testimony.
6 minute read

Law.com

Sui Generis: Negotiate Like You Mean It

What happens when you talk about various negotiation events, strategies, desired outcomes and potentially low key disasters? How should these items should be discussed and what positions are worth taking and which aren't?
7 minute read

The American Lawyer

Ex-Big Law Corporate Defenders Explain Why They Now Help Fund the Opposite Side of the 'V'

"The skillsets we were developing as associates were largely transferable," said Evan Meyerson, a former Paul Weiss associate who moved to Burford Capital. "A big part of litigation strategy is thinking about what the other side thinks about your case and the job at Burford is to think through these investments as a devil's advocate."
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Give Contract Amendments Their Own Integration-Plus Clauses

The incorporation of an integration clause into an amendment merely preserves the original integration clause and precludes evidence of oral or written representations that occurred prior to or contemporaneous with the execution of the original contract. The mere incorporation of the original integration clause into an amendment does not cover the time period between the execution of the original contract and the amendment.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Longtime Mary Kay Legal Chief Julia Simon Joins Top Texas Litigation Firm

"If I wanted to stay in-house, I would have stayed at Mary Kay. What I wanted was a different challenge," retired Mary Kay legal chief Julia Simon told Law.com on her return to private practice in April. "The idea of bringing my broad knowledge and skills back to private practice and to a top tier trial firm was compelling."
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Litigation Funders' Pitch to Corporate Litigants: Turn Your Lawsuit Into an Asset

A $40 million agreement between Quinn Emanuel and Longford Capital illustrates how law firms are seeking to make third-party finance more appealing to their clients.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

New York Commercial Division Adopts New Rules on Tech Disputes, Nonjudicial Referees 

Commercial Division was already hearing tech cases, and that litigants have long been allowed to have court-appointed referees preside over their commercial disputes, prior to the chief administrative judge's order. But the court's advisory council recommended adding specific language to its rules to better educate the bar on the court's offerings.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Defense Litigators Find New Homes Serving the Other Side of the 'V'

In the last week, attorneys left Fox Rothschild and Swartz Campbell for plaintiffs firms, and at least two others have made similar moves since the start of 2024.
6 minute read

International Edition

Singapore's Legal Disciplinary Body Hands Down 3-Year Suspension to Partner Duo

The two lawyers the lead counsel on opposite sides of a case that Singapore's Court of Appeal heard on January 20, 2021.
3 minute read

International Edition

Pallas Partners: What We Would Put in Our Election Manifesto

A general election in the UK is expected in the second half of 2024, but what would law firm partners put in their own election manifesto?
5 minute read

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