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Investor's Suit for Palantir Corporate Records Exposes Deep Fissure in Silicon Valley Alliance

A state court in Delaware has ordered Palantir to turn over corporate records to a company run by Marc Abramowitz, in an unusual court battle that highlights the growing animosity between the reticent Silicon Valley firm and one of its biggest early investors.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Saxton & Stump Branches Out With New HR Subsidiary

Granite HR Consulting will complement the law firm's labor and employment practice, CEO James Saxton said.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Ex-Prosecutor Bart Schwartz Named Monitor for International Shipping Company

Schwartz is currently chairman of Guidepost Solutions, a New York consulting firm offering investigative and compliance services.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Common Mistakes With Retirement Plans and Estate Planning

Do you have an estate plan? If not, you are not alone. Fewer than half of Americans have an estate plan—the percentage varies between 55 percent and 70 percent, depending on which survey you rely upon.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

How to Redo Estate Plans and Save on Taxes Under New Tax Reforms

Recent changes to the federal estate tax system have turned traditional estate planning on its head. Now under the new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, most traditional estate plans for a married couple are likely to increase taxes at death, instead of saving taxes. This means attorneys who want to keep their clients happy had better redo existing estate plans and shift the focus of estate planning services moving forward.
7 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: Record $100M Helicopter Crash Payout; The Met Can Keep its Picasso; Why Andy Sandler Is Exiting his Firm

In what appears to be the largest pre-trial settlement ever of a single personal injury case, Airbus Helicopters and Air Methods Corp. agreed to pay $100 million to settle claims arising from a 2015 crash.
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Wells Fargo Hires Sarah Dahlgren to Make Peace With Regulators

Dahlgren, who was formerly with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, played a key role in the Fed's handling of the 2008 financial crisis.
3 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Slights Rejects Conspiracy Allegation as 'Fantasy,' Scuttling Suit Over Russian Space Satellites

The Delaware Court of Chancery on Tuesday extinguished a decadelong civil conspiracy suit stemming from a failed partnership to commercialize Russian satellites, saying that extensive discovery had exposed the plaintiff's central theory as a sham.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Disbarred Broward Lawyer on Probation Lands Consulting Jobs From 2 Real Estate Agencies

An agreed motion to modify the conditions of supervised release describes the former attorney-lobbyist as a "model probationer."
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Walker & Dunlop Closes Kendall Drive Apartment Sale for $139 Million

The Signature at Kendall apartment community changes hands at $254,395 per apartment.
3 minute read

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