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New Jersey Law Journal

Expert Needed to Explain Discovery Gaps in Legal Malpractice Suit

Allegations in a legal malpractice suit that a lawyer failed to obtain discovery in a timely manner are not so readily apparent that the plaintiff is exempt from obtaining expert testimony on proximate cause, the Appellate Division ruled Friday.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Williams' Trial Pushed Back After Latest Batch of Charges

A day after Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams' arraignment on additional corruption charges, the federal judge overseeing the case pushed the trial back roughly three weeks.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

A Big Bank Goes Bust, and Big Law Gets Left With The Bill

In the largest U.S. bank failure since 2010, New Orleans-based First NBC Bank Holding Co. filed for Chapter 11 protection in its home city Thursday. The bank, which went public in 2013, saw two top Am Law 100 firms listed among its 20 largest unsecured creditors.
16 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Rejects Pa.'s Fee Request in Hershey-Pinnacle Merger Case

A federal judge has denied attorney fees to the state of Pennsylvania stemming from its involvement in a case over the proposed merger between Penn State Hershey Medical Center and PinnacleHealth Systems.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Formal Policy or Not, New Jersey Firms 'Flex' Away

Years after technology made it possible, the lawyers making up New Jersey's Big Law ranks aren't strangers to plugging in remotely. But the implementation and utilization of formal flextime policies varies by firm.
33 minute read

The American Lawyer

Orrick Antitrust Pioneer, Ex-Heller Ehrman Leader, Dies at 81

Larry Popofsky, a former head of Heller Ehrman who argued a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court case that shifted the course of antitrust law, died on May 9. Popofsky, senior counsel at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe in San Francisco, leaves behind an antitrust legacy that includes his son, Mark Popofsky, chair of Ropes & Gray's antitrust group.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

After Family-Driven Hiatus, A Partner Returns to Honigman

Monday marked Kristina Maynard's first day back at the office in six years. Her children—ages 9, 12 and 13—wanted to commemorate the moment as she had done for them every first day of school. The American Lawyer caught up with Maynard to discuss her decision to come back to Big Law.
11 minute read

The American Lawyer

Ex-Foley & Lardner Partner Charged With Insider Trading After Move to Bradley Arant

Walter "Chet" Little, who left Foley & Lardner last summer to join the Tampa office of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, has been hit with criminal insider trading charges by federal prosecutors in New York. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has also filed a parallel civil case against Little and a co-defendant.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

James Comey May Find Soft Landing in Big Law

As a prospective law firm hire, Comey combines a prestigious resume with unusual political baggage.
25 minute read

New York Law Journal

Cellino & Barnes Appear Headed for 'Divorce'

The name partners at the firm known for its advertising campaign and television jingle are fighting over the dissolution of the firm in court.
2 minute read

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