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Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: Taking a Risk Paid Off for Litigator of the Week Jeffrey Kessler

One, they say, is the loneliest number. It's even lonelier when you're facing treble damages topping $1.7 billion.
9 minute read

Daily Report Online

A Second Look at the Second Amendment

To read the Second Amendment as a guarantee of the unrestricted personal right to own firearms, wholly untethered to security of the state or membership in a state militia, is to ignore the provision's self-contained explanation for the right created.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Awards Hydraulic Company $3.1M in Trade Secrets Theft Case

A York-based manufacturer of hydraulic parts for use in NASA rocket launches has been awarded more than $3 million in its lawsuit against former employees and its competitors for misappropriation of its trade secrets.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Think Twice Before Converting a Florida Business to a Corporation

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act taken together have many business owners considering converting their business from a pass-through entity to a C corporation in order to take advantage of the 21-percent tax rate for corporations.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY Federal Jury Awards $13.4 Million in Sexual Harassment Case Against Domino Sugar

According to the suit, the plaintiff, Rosanna Mayo-Coleman, was a storeroom attendant at the Yonkers refinery with more than 20 years' experience when, she alleged, she came under the supervision of a new male manager in 2008.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Citing Supreme Court, Bio-Rad Wants Verdict Reduced in Fired General Counsel Case

The memo referred to a recent Supreme Court ruling in "Digital Realty Trust v. Somers."
3 minute read

International Edition

Trade Lawyer Launches Hong Kong Boutique as US-China Tensions Intensify

President Donald Trump's plan to impose hefty steel and aluminum tariffs has created uncertainty for businesses, prompting more work for Asia-based trade lawyers.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

DOJ Fought DEA Data Request Before Announcing Opioid Task Force

Before U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced last week that the federal government might bring legal actions against opioid companies, Department of Justice lawyers were in court fighting over a drug distribution database that could aid ongoing settlement talks.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Jury Returns $17.5 Million Verdict Against RJ Reynolds, Philip Morris

"These cases ... have a bigger meaning than just moving money from one side of the room to the other," said plaintiffs' co-counsel Stuart Ratzan.
5 minute read

Litigation Daily

Civil War on the Plaintiffs Side as Robbins Geller Attacks Firms Seeking Dubious Fees

Lawyers from plaintiffs powerhouse Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd called out “a cadre of firms responsible for a dramatic explosion of federal deal litigation,” and urged a federal judge in San Francisco to reject a fee request by fellow plaintiffs' counsel.
6 minute read

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