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Daily Business Review

Into 4th Week of FIFA Trial, Prosecutors Near End of Case

One sleepy juror was dismissed last week, one defendant was admonished by the judge, and the FIFA president thanked American authorities.
11 minute read

National Law Journal

Justices Lean Toward Allowing Sports Betting in Clash Over State Sovereignty

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who has fought for years to overturn the federal law, watched the argument from the front row of the Supreme Court bar section.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Representing Celebrities or Not, Lawyers Should Consider These Issues of Confidential Settlements

The recent celebrity scandals involving confidential settlements that purportedly concealed wrongdoing for many years have caused some to question whether confidential settlements strike the appropriate balance between the interests of the settling parties and the public's right to information identifying potential wrongful actors.
19 minute read

Litigation Daily

Sanctions Slugfest Between Star Litigators from Dechert, Gibson Dunn and Morgan Lewis

"I have never seen a group of lawyers so quick to threaten sanctions against other members of the bar," wrote Morgan Lewis & Bockius' Christopher Parlo of opposing counsel including Dechert's Andrew Levander and Randy Mastro of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.
6 minute read

The Recorder

SeaWorld Seeks Sanctions Against Covington in Suit Over Orca Claims

SeaWorld is on the offensive against lawyers at Covington & Burling who have been pursuing a class action claiming customers were duped by false portrayals of the park's orcas being healthy and stimulated.
15 minute read

The American Lawyer

New Paul Weiss Recruit Dials Up First Big Bankruptcy at New Firm

Paul Basta, who left Kirkland & Ellis this summer, is advising the second-largest radio station operator in the country in its Chapter 11 case.
36 minute read

Daily Report Online

Law Professor Sees Skimpy Chances for Strip Club Lawsuit

Professor Eric Segall of Georgia State University law school talked about the nude dancing club owners' lawsuit with Celeste Headlee during Georgia Public Broadcasting's On Second Thought program this week.
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Matt Lauer's Accuser Has a Veteran Washington Civil Rights Lawyer on Her Side

Meet Ari Wilkenfeld, a longtime civil rights and employment lawyer in Washington, who's representing the woman who brought sexual misconduct claims this week against NBC "Today Show" host Matt Lauer.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Coulter's Tweet on Immigration Fight Brings Holiday Traffic to Tribune

Coulter tweeted a link to an August 2015 story about a Connecticut attorney who was pushing for immigration reforms following the murder of a Norwich woman by a Haitian immigrant who was illegally in the country.
8 minute read

Daily Report Online

Baker & Hostetler, In-House Lawyers Star in Atlanta Braves' Interesting Offseason

A source briefed on that matter said that the Braves were represented by team general counsel Greg Heller, as well as Baker & Hostetler litigation partners Ronald Gaither Jr. and Edmund “Ned” Searby.
4 minute read

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