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Former Bingham Partner Sues Cotchett Firm and Ex-Partner Claiming They Botched Multimillion-Dollar Compensation Case

Former Bingham partner Michael DiSanto claims that Cotchett and former partner Philip Gregory mishandled an arbitration where he was seeking millions of dollars in unpaid guaranteed compensation from the firm. He lost counterclaims forcing him to hand over stock units from his prior employer to Bingham.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Breach of Contract Lawsuit Survives Google's Motion to Dismiss

The suit stems from a 2008 agreement with Googles, a children's programming company.
1 minute read

New York Law Journal

New York Employers Face New Sexual Harassment Legislation

In the wake of the #MeToo movement, employers operating in New York will be subject to sweeping new laws aimed at curtailing sexual harassment in the workplace.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

High Court to Decide When a Contract Is Ambiguous on Question of Class Arbitration

On May 21, the Supreme Court handed down its highly anticipated decision in Epic Systems v. Lewis, 584 U.S. ___ (2018). The court, in a 5-4 decision, upheld arbitration agreements that waive employees' rights to bring class arbitration against their employers.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Funeral Industry Seeks AG Guidance on Burial Method Questions

A state official has asked Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for a legal opinion on interpreting prepaid funeral contracts, and invited other government and industry entities to weigh in.
1 minute read

Daily Report Online

Appeals Court Reinstates Three-Way Liability for $500K in Legal Fees

The Georgia Court of Appeals overturned a trial court's granting of a motion notwithstanding the verdict, holding all three co-defendants jointly liable for more than $522,000 in legal fees owed to Epstein Becker & Green.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

US Ban on Russian Anti-Virus Firm's Software Survives Court Challenge

“These defensive actions may very well have adverse consequences for some third parties. But that does not make them unconstitutional,” U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington said in her ruling Wednesday against Kaspersky Lab Inc.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Selendy & Gay Lawyers Challenge Quinn Emanuel Partnership Agreement

Selendy & Gay lawyers are contesting a "forfeiture-for-competition" provision in Quinn's partnership agreement requiring its former lawyers to forfeit 10 percent of legal fees earned from clients they took with them.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

For Sale: Villa Paula, Former Cuban Consulate, May Be Haunted

The asking price for Villa Paula and three nearby lots in Miami's Little Haiti, is $4.5 million — ghosts and all.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Bulgari Italian Brand CEO Sued by Tenant in Miami Beach Home

Tenants say Bulgari CEO Jean-Christophe Babin owns a Miami Beach home with lots of costly maintenance problems.
5 minute read

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