By Polly J. Estes, California Appellate Law Group | September 6, 2017
You've lost your appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit and are certain the panel erred. Now what? Before running to the Supreme Court, which very rarely grants review, you should consider filing a petition for (panel) rehearing (PFR), or a petition for rehearing en banc (PFREB), or a combined PFR/PFREB, which is what almost everyone files.
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By Commentary by Walter J. Andrews and Andrea DeField | September 6, 2017
With damage and lost income estimates running into the billions, Hurricane Harvey serves as a staunch reminder for South Florida individual and commercial policyholders. Insureds should review their insurance policies now to determine whether they have adequate insurance coverage in place in preparation for Hurricane Irma—a storm the National Hurricane Center calls a "potentially catastrophic Category 5 hurricane," write Walter J. Andrews and Andrea DeField.
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By Michael D. Lane and Stephen Paffrath | September 6, 2017
One of the first questions defense counsel may ask when reviewing a new state court complaint, or an amended complaint, is "Can we remove to federal court?" There are many good reasons for a defendant to want to be in federal court, including having a single assigned Article III judge with top law school clerks to review motions, federal discovery rules that may limit fishing expeditions and a unanimous jury requirement.
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By Ben Hancock | September 6, 2017
Curtis Smolar will help navigate the company through regulatory requirements and help assess the value of cases it invests in.
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By James Booth | September 6, 2017
Eversheds Sutherland is opening three new offices in Russia and Luxembourg, with a series of team hires from Simmons & Simmons and Nordic firm Hannes Snellman.
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By Katheryn Hayes Tucker | September 6, 2017
The map clearly shows the access to justice gap—including those much-discussed six rural Georgia counties with no lawyers—and gives a clickable snapshot of the rest of the state.
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By Meghan Tribe | September 6, 2017
Bart Daniel, a former top federal prosecutor in South Carolina, has closed up his own solo shop in Charleston to join Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough as a litigation partner and co-head of the firm's white-collar crime and government investigations group.
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By Jenna Greene | September 5, 2017
August is a month for going to the beach, not joining a new law firm. Lateral moves slowed to a lazy crawl, but still, a handful of notable litigators started new gigs. Here are 10 that caught our eye.
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By Jeff Pfeifer | September 5, 2017
Whether it's machine learning, behavioral algorithms, suggestive or voice-recognized searches or autonomously powered self-driving vehicles, companies around the globe are using different forms of artificial intelligence (AI) to improve user-product experience. It should come as no surprise to find that corporate legal departments—and the outside firms on which they rely—are following suit.
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By Anthony S. Volpe and Kevin P. Proud | September 5, 2017
With the increasing presence of various state arms, like universities and hospitals, involved in research and the licensing of technology, particularly patents, cases concerned with how to apply sovereign immunity to those state related entities are receiving more attention. This increased attention is very evident in the Inter Partes Review proceedings filed in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) as an alternative to patent litigation in Article III courts.
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