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11th Circuit Upholds Order Freeing Insurer from Legal-Mal Suit Costs

A legal malpractice insurer has been found not responsible for at least $7 million in legal expenses accrued defending a bankrupt law firm sued by an investment company whose manager was also a partner at the defendant firm.
11 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Defamation Claims in Age Bias Case Can Proceed

A man claiming he was fired because of his age and slandered when his employer accused him of theft and criminal behavior can proceed with his lawsuit against the chemical company he worked for, a federal judge has ruled.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

McNees Hires New COO From Orrick's Back Office

McNees Wallace & Nurick has brought on a Big Law veteran to serve as the Pennsylvania firm's new chief operating officer.
12 minute read

Daily Business Review

Two Sedgwick Lawyers Move to GrayRobinson, Driven by Commute

Two longtime Sedgwick lawyers started work at GrayRobinson's Fort Lauderdale office this week after tiring of the Miami commute they inherited when Sedgwick closed its Broward office last summer.
2 minute read

Legaltech News

Prescriptive Modelling: The Future of Data Analytics?

Speakers at the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC) Conference will try to educate legal departments about using metrics to understand and meet future challenges.
8 minute read

Corporate Counsel

New Patent Framework Aims to Get Attorneys on the Same Page

A Corporate Legal Operations Consortium initiative aims to establish an industry standard to structure and define the scope of legal tasks involved in patent matters.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Skadden's Fitzgerald Talks About First Fed Recruit Since Leaving DOJ

Five years after leaving the U.S. attorney's office in Chicago, Patrick Fitzgerald has recruited his first former assistant. What took so long?
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

Eversheds Sutherland Lands M&A Partner—And Other 'On the Move' News

David Phillips has joined Eversheds Sutherland as a partner after a brief but eventful stint in-house, saying he was attracted by the newly-merged firm's mix of Atlanta roots and global reach.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Top State Department Lawyer Lands at Steptoe

Steptoe & Johnson LLP announced this week that Brian Egan, the top lawyer at the U.S. State Department during the last year of the Obama administration, has joined the firm as a partner.
14 minute read

The American Lawyer

New Boutique Touts Litigation Finance Deal to Fund Big Law Battles

In what may be the first public announcement of a litigation funder investing in a law firm's portfolio of contingent fee cases, Los Angeles-based litigation upstart Pierce Sergenian has unveiled a tie-up with Arizona's Pravati Capital.
5 minute read

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