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Corporate Counsel

New Data on Trade Secrets Cases Can Point the Way for General Counsel

Claimants, primarily companies, won about 71 percent of trade secret cases, and a majority of the defendants are former employees, according to new research from legal analytics research company Lex Machina.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

US Wants to Implant Compliance Officers at China's ZTE Corp.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told CNBC last week that the U.S. is considering a plan that would lift the export ban against China's second-largest telecom company. It would require ZTE to implant U.S.-chosen compliance officers, who would report back to the U.S. Department of Commerce.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

Microsoft CLO Reflects on U.S. v. Microsoft, Says It Provides Antitrust Lessons for Facebook

At the Code Conference, Microsoft CLO Brad Smith said Facebook's current situation has parallels to the famous United States v. Microsoft antitrust case.
3 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Appraisal, Quasi-Appraisal and Indemnification—Are Deals at Risk?

Delaware litigators and deal lawyers around the globe are keen on accounting for the risk of dissenting stockholders exercising appraisal rights when negotiating and structuring a corporate transaction.
1 minute read

New York Law Journal

Rainmaker Pulls Plug on Robins Kaplan Move to Launch New Firm

Litigator David Graff extolled Robins Kaplan's larger footprint when he joined just months ago from Anderson Kill. Now he says he sees greater benefits in launching his own small boutique.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Attorney Files Class Action Against McDonald's Over Quarter-Pounder Cheese

The putative class action lawsuit seeks more than $5 million, plus attorney fees and court costs.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

And the Winner Is … Tribune Announces Attorney of the Year, Presents 2018 Awards

The 2018 Connecticut Legal Awards brightened the Bond Room at the Hilton Hartford Downtown Thursday night, with nearly 200 attendees on hand to celebrate professional excellence, including the 2018 Connecticut Law Tribune award for Attorney of the Year, which went to the University of Connecticut School of Law's Karen DeMeola.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Racetrack Operator Seeks to Recover $150M in Lost Sports Bets From NCAA, Leagues

In a motion filed in federal court in Trenton, the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association is seeking reimbursement of nearly $150 million in wagers that it says it would have collected during years of litigation waged over the state's desire to legalize sports betting.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

South Florida Lawyers Negotiate $42 Million Land Settlement With Broward

Attorneys Barry Balmuth and Jack Seiler represented Shaw Farms & Land Co. in a landmark inverse condemnation case.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Privilege Maintenance: Protecting Law Firm In-House Counsel Communications

Although the majority of courts who have reviewed this issue have recognized and enforced a privilege shared between law firm attorneys and their in-house counsel, there is some uncertainty nationwide.
6 minute read

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