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New York Law Journal

Eaton & Van Winkle's Deal With Offit Kurman Collapses

Absorbing most of New York's Eaton & Van Winkle would have been mid-Atlantic firm Offit Kurman's biggest group hire to date. But the plan fell apart at the last minute.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

I am an attorney whose client became upset with me because I did not respond to a LinkedIn message in a timely fashion. I rarely go on LinkedIn. What are my communication obligations with social media?
10 minute read

Pro Mid Market

Mid-Market Recap: Litigation Funding Both a Boon and Bust for Smaller Firms?

One of the things coming up more and more in litigation is the whole concept of litigation funding. While it featured prominently in Hulk Hogan's…
12 minute read

Daily Business Review

'There'll Be No Sympathy:' Lawyers Discuss Defense Strategies After Mass School Shooting

The focus is on diverting attention from potential defendants in civil cases and pointing to mitigating factors that might aid the defense in the criminal case.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Strategic Considerations for Litigation Hold Letters in a Commercial Dispute

Litigation hold letters have become commonplace in commercial litigation since the string of 'Zubulake' decisions in 2003.
8 minute read

The Recorder

Protecting Trade Secrets and Preventing Frontal Lobotomies

Waymo v. Uber—the recent battle royale over the future of self-driving car technology—ended in a settlement between the parties, but an important legal question remains decidedly unsettled. In the words of Judge William H. Alsup, who presided over the case: “Is an engineer really supposed to get a frontal lobotomy before they go to the next job?”
7 minute read

Law.com

ABA Offers Employee Buyouts Ahead of Reorganization

The lawyer organization's move comes amid an $11 million budget reduction for fiscal year 2018 and a $7.7 million operating deficit in 2017.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Preservation and Points for Charge: Important Decision Expected

It appears that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is serious about cutting back on the collateral order doctrine.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Technique to Maximize Pass-Through Income Tax Break Won't Work for Florida

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provides a tax break for businesses conducted by pass-through entities (partnerships, LLC's and subchapter S corporations) which will allow a deduction of 20 percent of the business income, so that the owners will pay tax on only 80 percent of the business income.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

'I Wasn't Myself': Mental Illness and Legal Ethics

The attorney disciplinary system in New Jersey is structured to allow—nay, to encourage —treatment and rehabilitation.
8 minute read

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