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How I Made Practice Group Chair: 'As a Lawyer, I Have Always Been User-Friendly,' Says Wayne Dennison of Brown Rudnick

"Work-life balance is a cycle that we must engage in continuously as our circumstances and priorities evolve."
4 minute read

International Edition

Multi-Billion Pound Meta Class Action Gets Court Date

The proposed action is seeking compensation for Facebook users in the UK estimated to be approximately £2.2 billion.
2 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Court Finds $75M Contingency Fee for Cravath Is Reasonable

Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock III of the Delaware Court of Chancery found Cravath is entitled to 15% of the $410 million its client, The Williams Companies Inc., was awarded last year in a case over a busted deal.
3 minute read

International Edition

Bank Sues 'Predatory' Simmons Over Alleged Confidentiality Failings

The claimant argues that Simmons could use 'sensitive' confidential information against it in a separate IP spat with another Simmons client.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Broward Company Hits Luxury Bedding Seller With Trademark Complaint

"Sweet Jojo is but the latest smaller American consumer goods company to be caught up in Hastens' misguided, scorched-earth branding scheme," Gregory W. Herbert, a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig, argued in the lawsuit.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Future of Class Representative Incentive Awards After 'Johnson v. NPAS Solutions'

Earlier this month, in Johnson v. NPAS Solutions, No. 18-12344, --- F.4th ----, (11th Cir. Aug. 3, 2022), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit denied a petition for rehearing of a three-judge panel's majority decision holding that class representative incentive awards are prohibited under U.S. Supreme Court precedent.
11 minute read

Law.com

How I Made Office Managing Partner: 'I Have Built Great Connections and Can Work With Different Personality Types,' Says Kristi Blackwell of Tyson & Mendes

"Be present. Cherish each moment. Take time to celebrate the wins!"
4 minute read

International Edition

McDermott Will & Emery Adds Paul Hastings Duo in London

The hires are the latest in a series of recent lawyer moves at Paul Hastings in London.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

In Effort to Boost 'Efficiency,' New Rule for NY's Commercial Divisions Mandates Lawyers Include Original Allegations in Responsive Pleadings

"For some reason, the format never took hold in New York state, but the time has come for practitioners to embrace this common sense convention," said Jonathan Lupkin, a Commercial Division Advisory Council member and a nearly 30-year veteran of commercial-litigation practice.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

'New Business Rule' Evolves, Slowly

A rule barring new businesses from recovering lost profits is overly harsh, but the legal standard established in 'Schwartz' appears to be identical to the standard already applicable to established businesses.
3 minute read

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