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New York Law Journal

Departing NY SEC Chief Opts for Small Conn. Firm

Andrew Calamari, who led the SEC's New York regional office for five years, starts at 55-attorney Finn Dixon & Herling in Stamford later this month.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Second Circuit Sides With Albany Food Truck in Speech Restriction Suit

The Wandering Dago's state and federal free speech rights were violated when state officials blocked it from participating in a vendor program solely because it used ethnic slurs in its branding, the appellate panel ruled.
5 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: The Good News (and Bad) About New U.S. Attorneys; Gibson Dunn Gets an A+

There's good news and bad in the list of 17 interim U.S. Attorneys appointed by Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday. The good: The Eastern…
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Justices Eye Circumvention of Agency's Enforcement Authority

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to review whether a plaintiff can circumvent a state agency's right to enforce a statute by seeking to do so through common-law damages claims.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

In FCPA Case, In-House Lawyer Wishes He Had Quit Over Bribes

Jeffery Chow, who worked 25 years in Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd.'s legal department, cooperated with the DOJ in its case in federal district court in Brooklyn against Singapore-based Keppel and its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary as part of a plea agreement. His plea deal and a transcript of his hearing remarks were unsealed on Dec. 22, the same day Keppel settled its FCPA case with the U.S., Singapore and Brazil for over $422 million.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Solo Lawyer Is 'Employee' Who Must Pay UC Taxes, Court Says

The Commonwealth Court has ruled that a Scranton solo attorney is an "employee" who must pay unemployment compensation taxes, even though he is self-employed and his income consists of net profit distributions as the sole shareholder of his firm.
4 minute read

Law.com

Sweats, Yoga and Keurig Coffee Make Work-From-Home Days a Treat for Lawyer Susan Burke

This plaintiffs lawyer who handles high-profile cases involving the federal government relishes working from home—when her schedule permits.
5 minute read

Legaltech News

US Agencies Sprint to Implement DMARC Ahead of Jan. 15 Deadline

DMARC, the security protocol now-mandated by the Department of Homeland Security, will now be in place across all government agencies. Will that be enough to stop hackers from impersonating government emails?
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

NYC, Long Island Courthouses Closed Due to Snow, Wind

Federal courthouses in New York City and Long Island are closing Thursday due to snowfall and high winds. Other courts downstate are also closing.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

An E-Discovery Opinion That's Boring: Have We Come That Far? Part I

In Winfield v. New York, 15-CV-05236 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 27, 2017), Magistrate Judge Katharine H. Parker ruled on the plaintiffs' claims that the defendant did not properly produce e-discovery. The opinion is, paradoxically, interesting because it is boring.
11 minute read

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