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Corporate Counsel

Keys to Creating a Successful Relationship With Outside Counsel

In 2015 BTI Consulting estimated that 60 percent of legal decision-makers had replaced their primary firms in the prior 18 months and the number-one reason for doing so was that they believed they would get better service elsewhere.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Manhattan Democrat Hoylman Selected to Be New NY Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman

The position will give Hoylman wide-ranging power over appointments to the judiciary that require a vote in the Senate and legislation that impacts the state's court system.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

High Interest Rate on Lawsuit Cash Advance Not Usurious Because Not a Loan, Court Says

“The repayment of principal is entirely contingent on the success of the underlying lawsuit” and thus is not a loan, an Appellate Division, First Department panel ruled.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

What Does Workplace Training Look Like in the Wake of #MeToo and #TimesUp?

Employers have long maintained written anti-harassment and anti-discrimination policies and have also utilized workplace training both to inform employees about those policies and to arm employees with the parameters of acceptable versus unacceptable workplace behavior.
5 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Del. Chancery Court Tosses $300M Biotech Lawsuit as Untimely

Vice Chancellor Tamika Montgomery-Reeves said Monday that Newark-based biotech firm iBio Inc. had filed its suit against Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Angewandten Forschung outside of the three-year statute of limitations.
4 minute read

International Edition

Biotech Trade Secret Suit Against European Research Organization Dismissed

Vice Chancellor Tamika Montgomery-Reeves said Monday that Newark-based biotech firm iBio Inc. had filed its suit against Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Angewandten Forschung outside of the three-year statute of limitations.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Justices Ponder Ga. Power Liability for Company's Damages in Thomson Plane Crash

Milliken & Co. argued that a "hold harmless" agreement with Georgia Power should shoulder some or all of the damages it will incur from several lawsuits over a fatal plane crash.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

How Not to Foul-Up Your Appeal, Part One: The Notice of Appeal

Today's column is the first of a three-part series intended to help readers understand and hopefully avoid some of the most troublesome pitfalls lurking in appellate practice.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Cuomo, Lawmakers Agree to Pause Prosecutorial Conduct Watchdog

The agreement prohibits Cuomo and lawmakers from making any immediate appointments to the commission when the enacting statute takes effect at the beginning of January, which will effectively delay its formation indefinitely.
7 minute read

Litigation Daily

Judge Rejects ESPN's Motions to Toss Portion of Adrienne Lawrence Sex Harass Lawsuit

The judge did order the attorneys to remove portions of the lawsuit that were pulled from a book detailing sexual harassment at the network going back to the 1970s.
4 minute read

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