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The Legal Intelligencer

How Confidential Are Arbitration Proceedings Anyway?

Everyone thinks arbitration proceedings are automatically confidential and that the participants cannot blab about them to others.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

First and Second Departments Split on What Is Considered 'Documentary Evidence'

Jordan M. Engelhardt and Muhammad U. Faridi write: The CPLR does not define the phrase “documentary evidence.” Commentators on the CPLR have attempted to fill the void by offering their own take on the issue. And the First and Second Departments have split on whether certain types of paper qualify as “documentary evidence.”
13 minute read

Daily Business Review

Northwest Florida Firm Merges With Alabama's Hand Arendall

The merged firm, which will be headquartered in Mobile, Alabama, will be called Hand Arendall Harrison Sale.
3 minute read

The Recorder

How Important Is In-House Experience When Applying for an In-House Job?

All things being equal, candidates possessing in-house experience still hold a healthy competitive advantage in today's legal market. With this said, the requirement has been relaxed and the consideration is a bit more balanced due to the factors noted above, specifically at the junior levels.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Helping Juries Succeed

Juries do get the facts, and they do work hard, but we are collectively failing juries by not giving them simple comprehensible instructions.
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

5 Accusations From the Jacobs Letter That Could Rock Uber's Legal Department

The letter, unsealed as part of Uber's trade secrets battle with Waymo, packs a serious punch in its accusations.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Special Master Slams Uber and In-House Lawyer for Withholding Letter From Waymo

A report from John Cooper, the special master in the Uber v. Waymo showdown, sharply criticizes Uber and the company's embattled deputy GC Angela Padilla.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Litigator Abbey Kaplan on How Finding Common Ground Has Built His Career

The Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine partner goes to great lengths to make meaningful connections with people, whether it's opposing counsel, young lawyers, jurors or his own family.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Cryptocurrency Startup Centra Faces Class Action Over $30M Coin Offering

Miami-based Centra Tech has advertised itself as building debit-card system for cryptocurrency and drawn endorsements from the boxer Floyd Mayweather. But a new suit alleges its fundraiser violated federal securities law.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Role of New York Residency in Forum Non Conveniens Dismissals

Commercial Division Update columnist Thomas J. Hall writes: Defendants bear a heavy burden of establishing that New York is not a convenient forum, and courts have discretion in considering a number of factors in determining the issue. While no one factor is controlling, the residency of the parties has emerged in recent Commercial Division decisions as an important factor.
23 minute read

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