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Corporate Counsel

Former Hearst General Counsel Dies

During Jonathan E. Thackeray's decade-long tenure as Hearst's top lawyer, he helped the media giant refine its print offerings and expand its broadcast business.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

I Do This Because

By day, Grant K. Schmidt is an associate at Winston & Strawn's Dallas office, but at night and on weekends, he moonlights as a podcaster.
13 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Getting Ahead in Law Firm Communications in the Time of COVID-19

While COVID-19 has presented a host of challenges, it has also blown the door wide open to some new communication tools and strategies that are bound to change the business landscape for years to come.
6 minute read

Legaltech News

Too Much? Practice Management Platforms Diverge on Adding Video Conferencing Features

In response to COVID-19, some legal practice management companies are looking to add video conferencing features to their platforms. But other providers aren't following suit, worried such a move would take away from their main focus and run into problems.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

A Lesson From COVID-19: Why Wait for a Crisis To Begin Managing It?

To avoid the wrath now reserved for our elected leaders, company chiefs must be able to answer the following questions: In the face of a brewing mess that may be played out in public, when should crisis management begin (short answer, yesterday), and who should they turn to handle corporate calamities (well, it depends on severity)?
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

3rd Circuit Rules Against Teenage Trump Supporter Who Sued Newsweek

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has decided that a then-12-year-old Philadelphia boy's claims that Newsweek magazine defamed him by accusing him of supporting "raw racism and sexual abuse" by endorsing President Donald Trump in 2016 were rightly dismissed.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Harvard Law Prof, New York Times Both Claim a Win in Defamation Suit's Withdrawal

The professor said through a lawyer that he had "achieved everything he set about to accomplish," while the Times said that we "chose not to enter into a settlement agreement but instead decided to make minor changes in the lead [of the article]" while noting that "as we were about to file a motion to dismiss, Professor Lessig withdrew his suit, before a judge was able to assess the suit's merits."
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

David Lat, Eyeing Hospital Discharge, Talks About His Battle and Donating Blood to COVID-19 Research

"I don't think I've fully wrapped my head—and heart—around the enormity of what I've just been through," he said during his first interview since returning to stable condition. "And I'm so grateful to be alive."
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

David Lat Transferred Out of ICU, Taken Off Ventilator in Coronavirus Fight

"I'm doing worlds better than … when I was unconscious and intubated, having a machine breathe for me because I couldn't do so myself," wrote Lat, 44, in a 6-paragraph public post on his Facebook page that appeared Saturday night.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Coronavirus Challenges Force Slowdowns in DC FOIA Litigation

Lawyers for federal agencies say in court filings that staff are struggling to process Freedom of Information Act requests as they work remotely in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
7 minute read

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