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Texas Lawyer

Pet Project: New Animal Law Clinic Established to Meet Demands for Emerging Practice

Domestic violence situations, divorce cases, estate planning, and emergency shelters are just a handful of cases that can involve an animal element, yet until recently there's been a dearth of focus on animal law. As part of an emerging trend in legal education, South Texas College of Law Houston is the latest among a handful of law schools nationwide offering animal law clinics for would-be attorneys.
7 minute read

The Recorder

The Year in California Lawyers Behaving Badly

Here are some of the most memorable lowlights of professional behavior from 2017.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Planning for Cyber Information Security in 2018 in the Wake of Equifax

Any plaintiffs lawyer will love poring over your company's documented decisions about which problems not to fix. This is a perverse result of planning, and can be managed, just like many other risks can.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

On The Move

A roundup of lateral moves from around New Jersey.
4 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Supreme Court Reverses Chancery's Dell Appraisal Decision

In one of the most anticipated opinions of 2017, Delaware's Supreme Court reversed the Court of Chancery's appraisal decision valuing Dell, Inc.'s shares after its management-led buyout in 2013. In its unanimous en banc decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the Court of Chancery abused its discretion by relying exclusively on its own discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis while affording no weight to the transaction price when valuing the company's shares at the time of its 2013 going-private merger.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

German Company Sues Greenwich Attorney for Malpractice Over Insurance Claim

Attorney J. Michael Lewis, a Greenwich solo practitioner, has been sued for legal malpractice over his role in an insurance case.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Opinion: President Trump's Jerusalem Move Isn't Necessarily a Bad One

We are told that President Donald Trump is ready to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The threats from around the world, including from the U.S. left, are pouring in faster than a burst dam.
8 minute read

The American Lawyer

Fast-Growing UK Law Firm Heads to Puerto Rico

Kennedys, an insurance-focused British firm that has been busy in recent weeks scooping up Sedgwick defectors, has now struck a deal in Puerto Rico on the heels of opening six offices in Latin America within the past 18 months.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Panorama Tower Contractor Sues Developer Florida East Coast Realty

Fired contractor Tutor Perini Building Corp. says it's owed millions of dollars for work accumulated because Florida East Coast Realty was late turning in project plans but gave no deadline extension.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Succession Planning, NAFTA and Out-of-State Firms on Minds of Texas Firm Leaders for 2018

Leaders of Texas law firms expect strong demand for legal services to continue, but they are keeping an eye on the competition, the future of NAFTA, and technological innovation.
9 minute read

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