By Katelyn Polantz | August 24, 2017
Finally, a week in which the lateral market takes a breather. As August grinds on, fewer and fewer firms announce new partner hires in Washington, D.C. That doesn't mean we haven't had a busy year thus far, and that the lateral market won't spike again in September or toward year's end.
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By Stephanie Forshee | August 24, 2017
Minakshi "Micki" Jafa-Bodden and her legal team claimed victory on Thursday as a California judge rejected Bikram Choudhury's efforts to appeal a verdict against him.
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By Samuel C. Stretton | August 24, 2017
Can lawyers make gifts to the judiciary, either directly or indirectly, as an institution and, if so, would it require disqualification?
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By Jessica L. Mazzeo and Emily Griesing | August 24, 2017
Law firms, regardless of size, are usually composed of many departments, each responsible for contributing to the firm's success. Whether that is a single administrator who handles the marketing or a firm that has an entire department of people, the marketing side usually cannot function without the assistance of the legal side. When it comes to promoting your firm's success, or ensuring your lawyers are known thought leaders in their fields, your firm's marketing professionals become an integral part of your team. Creating brand awareness and reputation for the firm, as well as setting the framework for effective business development for each practice group is essential to your firm's success. However, this only happens when there is a productive and mutually respectful relationship between marketers and their lawyer colleagues. Establishing this dynamic can often be challenging until the marketer builds a rapport with your team of attorneys which, like any good relationship, takes time and requires an open line of communication.
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By Shannon E. McClure and Kristen M. Ashe | August 24, 2017
Litigators know the familiar song and dance of responding to discovery requests—the response starts off with a list of general objections ranging from privilege to vagueness concerns and continues with a list of specific objections incorporating by reference the general objections already laid out. Oftentimes it can be frustrating (but at this point not surprising) to realize that you have not gleaned any information from the opposing party's responses.
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By Caleb J. Holmes | August 24, 2017
There are over 1,300 sites listed on the Environmental Protection Agency's National Priorities List of contaminated sites that require cleanup, over a hundred of which are located in Pennsylvania. In May, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt promised to get "hands-on" with the Superfund program in order to expedite the cleanup of contaminated sites around the country, with a focus on those NPL sites. As part of Pruitt's strategy, he established a task force to provide recommendations on how to "restructure the cleanup process, realign incentives of all involved parties to remediate sites, encourage private investment in cleanups and sites and promote the revitalization of properties across the country."
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By Meredith Hobbs | August 24, 2017
The Stonecrest City Council appointed and confirmed Jonathan Weintraub this week as chief judge of the new municipal court and Michael Sheridan Jr. as judge pro tem.
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By Lizzy McLellan | August 24, 2017
Burns White is bringing its investigations and criminal defense practice back to life, hiring a partner in Pittsburgh to lead the effort.
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By Meghan Tribe | August 24, 2017
Maria Scungio, co-chair of the trademark, copyright and advertising practice at Locke Lord, has left the firm to join Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks in New York. Scungio is the latest former partner at Edwards Wildman Palmer—absorbed by Locke Lord in early 2015—to leave the combined firm.
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By Daniel Ovenezian and Andre Gibbs | August 24, 2017
Software copyrights continue to be an important intellectual property for many companies. Such prominence can be seen by several recent cases pertaining to software copyrights.
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