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California Judiciary Adopts Rule That Uncloaks Judges' Settlements

The Judicial Council approved the open records rule less than six weeks after Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye charged a group of lawyers and judges with drafting rules that would require "all levels of the state court system" to make public financial settlements that resolve harassment or discrimination claims against judges.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Intra-Party Indemnification: Deciphering Party Intent

Parties who wish to avoid unintended consequences – either paying for intra-party indemnification when it was not intended or being denied indemnification when intra-party indemnification was intended – should be explicit as to their intentions in their contract.
15 minute read

National Law Journal

Manafort Takes Supreme Court's Car-Rental Privacy Ruling for Test Drive

It didn't take long for a U.S. Supreme Court decision this term on privacy rights to emerge in perhaps an unlikely spot: the special counsel's prosecution of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Carlton Fields Faces $15M Malpractice Action Over Procaps Litigation Loss

After a magistrate judge gave Carlton Fields a dressing down in an acrimonious antitrust case, the firm's former client is now suing for alleged malpractice and seeking damages of more than $15 million.
5 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Self-Dealing Conduct Supporting Fiduciary-Duty Claims Was Covered by Contractual Duties Imposed in the LLC Agreement

The Delaware Limited Liability Company Act's policy is to give the maximum effect to the principle of freedom of contract in LLC operating agreements.
5 minute read

Legaltech News

Ogletree Launches Tool to Automate Arbitration Agreements Following SCOTUS Decision

Employment firm Ogletree Deakins launched an automation tool for revising arbitration agreements to include class-action waivers just one day after a controversial Supreme Court decision confirmed their legal viability.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

Texas Litigator Sues Marketing Company Over 'Cookie Cutter' Firm Website

A Dallas attorney alleges he was duped into thinking FindLaw would create a unique website for his new law firm, but instead provided an 'unimaginative' one that pushed back the firm's opening date.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Proposed Class Action Over Exploding Samsung Phones Won't Flame Out in Arbitration

U.S. District Judge Michael Ponsor on Monday denied Samsung's motions to either send the class action to arbitration, or dismiss the claims entirely.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Court Orders New Trial in Contract Case Against PSEG Subsidiary

In a yearslong dispute between a PSE&G subsidiary and its steel supplier, a New Jersey appeals court on Monday, reinstating the action, said a trial judge erred in blocking an executive's testimony and requiring an expert report.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Attorney Wins $1.67 Million Against Ex-Patriot National CEO

Ralf R. Rodriguez represented four plaintiffs seeking full payment of promissory notes signed by Steven Mariano, former head of Patriot National Inc. and Guarantee Insurance Co.
4 minute read

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