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New York Law Journal

Jury Finds Dewey & LeBoeuf CFO Sanders Guilty; DiCarmine Cleared

A New York jury on Monday delivered a mixed verdict in the criminal case against two former Dewey & LeBoeuf executives, finding former CFO Joel Sanders guilty of scheme to defraud, securities fraud and conspiracy, while clearing former executive director Stephen DiCarmine on the same charges.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Court Upholds Exclusion of Expert in Zoloft Lawsuit

The Pennsylvania Superior Court has upheld the exclusion of a causation expert in a lawsuit alleging consumption of Pfizer's flagship antidepressant Zoloft caused a child to be born with his intestines on the outside of his body.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Asian Food Fest Looks to Raise Thousands for Legal Nonprofit

Now in its third year, SouthEATS 2017 raises more than $20K for Asian Americans Advancing Justice from tickets and sponsors, which include local firms such as Morris Manning & Martin, and the Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association (GAPABA).
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Class Action, Trial Pros Form New National Plaintiffs Firm

Former Grant & Eisenhofer director Adam Levitt joins with Mark DeCello and James Casey, formerly of DiCello Law Firm, forming DiCello Levitt & Casey.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Cozen O'Connor Snags More Buchanan Defectors, Building Employment Group

Cozen O'Connor is keeping up its raid on Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, with the departures cutting deeply into Buchanan Ingersoll's labor and employment group.
49 minute read

Daily Business Review

Drone Law Practices Taking Off — Again

Work at drone law practices is shifting as drone-related startups have come of age.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Orrick Lands Lowenstein Partner to Head New York Tech Group

Peter Fusco, a partner at Lowenstein Sandler and co-chair of the firm's Brooklyn Entrepreneurship Center, is poised to join Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe as a leader of its technology companies practice in New York. Orrick is the latest Am Law 100 firm to ramp up its tech industry expertise in the city.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Four Top Litigators Compete for Bragging Rights and a $40,000 Prize: Who Gave the Best Closing Argument?

Talk about a jury of your peers. Four of the top litigators in the country went toe-to-toe Friday at the annual meeting of the litigation section of the American Bar Association in San Francisco, competing before hundreds of attendees to see who gave the best closing argument. Each lawyer ponied up $10,000 to compete.
6 minute read

Litigation Daily

Rating the ABA Conference Swag

What do you give a lawyer who has everything? Besides a Ferrari, that is. For the stalwart vendors who exhibit at legal conferences, it's a dilemma.
11 minute read

The American Lawyer

Lit Funders Get a Little Sunshine—Whether They Want It or Not

Publicizing a litigation funding deal is one way for a small company—or a small law firm—to signal that it's ready to fight. Still, the industry is a long way from full transparency.
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