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New York Law Journal

Citing Conflicts as Merger Looms, Former SDNY Judge Leaves Stroock for Boies Schiller

Former U.S. District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin said Boies Schiller's focus on litigation, mediation and arbitration represented a better fit for her practice as a neutral.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

McCarter & English Adds White-Collar Litigator From Armstrong Teasdale in Phila.

Daniella Gordon, who specializes in construction litigation and white-collar defense, is the fifth partner to leave Armstrong Teasdale in Philadelphia in the last month.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Common Sense, but Whose? Parallel Proceedings Post-'Coinbase'

Circuit courts have been divided as to whether a stay on the merits of district court proceedings is discretionary or mandatory when a party has appealed the denial of a motion to compel arbitration. The Supreme Court attempted to resolve this split with its decision in 'Coinbase v. Bielski,' which resulted in a split of its own.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

White and Williams Expands 'Backbone' Insurance Practice With 4 Additions

Victoria Fuller, Daniel Bryer and Dirk Haarhoff join the firm as partners in Boston, Newark and New York, respectively.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Defendant Seeks First-Time Appellate Review of Post-'Mallory' Challenge to Registration Statute

The issue is teed up in the possible appeal of an order ruling that a Philadelphia court may exercise general jurisdiction over Syngenta, a defendant in a mass tort over the weedkiller Paraquat.
3 minute read

Law.com

Tenth Circuit Rules That District Courts Cannot Reopen Cases Under Rule 60(b) That Have Been Voluntarily Dismissed Without Prejudice Under Rule 41(a)

In Waetzig v. Halliburton Energy Services, the circuit court reversed a district court's order relying on Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) to reopen a case that had been voluntarily dismissed without prejudice under Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a). A split panel held that "a court cannot set aside a voluntary dismissal without prejudice because it is not a final judgment, order or proceeding."
5 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

AI Startup Faces Breach of Contract Over $15M In Earnout Payments

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Leaders of Defunct Company Sue Sanjay Gupta Seeking Indemnification From Fraud Allegations

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Bad Day for Plaintiff: $32.5M Houston Verdict on Counterclaims

"What we proved was they quit. The amount of cost to finish the project was more than anything they were due because of defective work," AZA Law partner Shahmeer Halepota said.
4 minute read

International Edition

Are Law Firms Heading Into a GenAI Copyright Storm?

With UK regulation around GenAI still very much in flux, questions abound over the materials law firms are using to train large language models.
5 minute read

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