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Litigation Daily

UFC Taps Boies Schiller for Antitrust Fight

Partner William Isaacson will lead the UFC's defense against a potential antitrust class action by current and former professional mixed martial arts fighters.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Morning Wrap: Civil Forfeiture Restrictions, FBI's Gambling Interests, Breyer Bobblehead

Newly released documents reveal internal deliberation at the Justice Department over whether to bring a case against former Nevada Sen. John Ensign. The back story behind the Justice Breyer bobblehead. Restrictions on civil forfeiture. This is a roundup of legal news from ALM publications and other media.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: A Look (Way) Back

In five years of Litigator of the Week features, a handful of partners and their law firms managed to stand out from their competitors.
4 minute read

Commercial Litigation Insider

Proskauer Cases Reflect Efforts to Put Firms on Defensive

Proskauer Rose has a vigorous commercial practice that frequently brings it into the Manhattan Commercial Division on behalf of its clients. But recently, the law firm itself has been defending its lawyering in four unrelated commercial cases. In recent motions, plaintiffs have either alleged malpractice or that the firm's attorneys had conflicts of interest and should be disqualified.
10 minute read

National Law Journal

Stephen Colbert's Lawyer Reflects on Finale, Elections Law

Trevor Potter, Stephen Colbert's lawyer and a partner at Washington law firm Caplin & Drysdale, made an important cameo Thursday night in the finale of “The Colbert Report.” Potter found a few minutes Friday to chat with The National Law Journal after he returned from New York City.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Google GC Calls Out MPAA 'Secret' SOPA Campaign

Google Inc. senior vice president and general counsel Kent Walker says he is "deeply concerned" about reports the MPAA has led a secret campaign to revive the failed Stop Online Piracy Act legislation.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

US Olympic Committee's Legal Team Gets a New Captain

The United States Olympic Committee has hired Christopher McCleary as its general counsel.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Ninth Circuit OKs Enforcement of Condom Mandate in Porn

The pornography business struck out again on Monday in its constitutional challenge to a 2012 California ballot initiative that requires adult film stars to wear condoms.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Panel Upholds Dismissal of Screenwriter's Bias Suit

The dismissal of a black screenwriter's discrimination lawsuit against some of Hollywood's biggest talent agencies was unanimously affirmed Tuesday by the First Department.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

The NFL Highlights Communication's Role in Compliance

When the National Football League disciplined players for off-the-field behavior, the league lost as much yardage for how it communicated its policies and procedures as it did for the actual content of those policies.
4 minute read

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