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National Law Journal

Jenner & Block, Akin, Polsinelli, Sterlington Add to DC Benches

Sally Laing, rejoining Akin, most recently served as chief international trade counsel for the Senate Finance Committee and U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, who chairs the committee.
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The Recorder

Coinbase Scores Arbitration Win Under New Federal Precedent

"In the time since the plaintiff filed his complaint, nearly two years have passed," a Coinbase spokesperson said in a statement. "During this time, he could have gone to arbitration and obtained a decision on the merits."
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

9 Class Actions: Multiple Law Firms File Suits After Data Breach at Water Company

The number of people impacted by the data breach is unknown, but American Water serves more than 14 million individuals across 14 states, according to the suits.
3 minute read

Law.com

Conflict or Earned? Judge in Trump Cases Floated as Potential AG Pick

On one hand, some say Trump recognized the judge's skillset when he appointed her to bench long before she ever presided over any cases involving him. But on the other, some court watchers say awarding her the top job would seem like a reward for her adjudication in Trump's favor.
5 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: A $604.9M Trade Secrets Verdict With a Big Assist From a Juror Question

Michael Ng and Daniel Zaheer of Kobre & Kim represented renewable fuels company Propel against Phillips 66 Co. alongside colleagues in a month-long trial in California state court. Ng argued at closings that a juror question elicited a "confession" from a Phillips executive admitting to liability and trade secret misappropriation.
9 minute read

Litigation Daily

Another Stellar Crop of Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs

A team at Susman Godfrey secured a $1.6 billion win for client BML Properties in a dispute with China Construction America Inc. over delays at the Baha Mar resort casino in the Bahamas.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Jim Walden, Former Managing Partner of Walden Macht Haran & Williams, Announces Bid for NYC Mayor

Walden said the mayoral bid had nothing to do with the decision to step away from his role as managing partner.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Chainalysis Beats $650 Million Lawsuit for Report Labeling Crypto Company 'Scam'

"The statute is still relatively new in the sense that the case law interpreting and applying the statute's standard for pleading-stage dismissal has continued to develop," said Ellyde R. Thompson, a partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

3 Lawyers Just Got Closer to Judgeships in Area Beset by Vacancies

The votes to advance their nominations come at a critical time for the courts in Union County, which has six vacancies, tying it with Mercer County for the largest number of vacancies in the state judiciary.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

'This Case Was My Life': Solo Practitioner Gets $4.9M Settlement

"You had to really have a vision of what was happening here," solo practitioner Michelle Holmes said. "This idea that people got fired over complaining about a porta-potty in the parking lot, nobody could really see the First Amendment component of the case. ... I really dug deep and I could see what the case was about."
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