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Corporate Counsel

Stemming Class Action Suits Remains Goal of US Chamber in 2020

Despite Chamber-led legal reforms at the federal level, such as the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, U.S. Chamber of Commerce CEO said class action suits have tripled in the past decade.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Bump Interim Legal Chief to Top Role

Skye Perryman has served as the D.C.-based organization's interim general counsel and chief legal officer since September.
2 minute read

The Recorder

Creative Commons License Doesn't Bind Commercial Printers, Ninth Circuit Rules

An educational nonprofit argued that Office Depot was violating terms of the popular internet license, but Latham & Watkins and Winston & Strawn persuaded the court to take a more narrow view.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Homeless Church Loses Most Claims in Religious Case Against Texas Town

U.S. District Judge Jeremy Kernodle of the Eastern District of Texas sided with the city of Canton's arguments Wednesday and dismissed five of seven claims by New Beginnings Houston.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Harold Kim Named President of US Chamber Institute for Legal Reform

Kim currently serves as the institute's chief operating officer.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Hueston Hennigan Sues to Revive Hotline for Detained Immigrants Featured on 'Orange Is the New Black'

The firm's lawyers write that in "the most perverse form of art imitating life imitating art" the government shut down free access to the hotline after it appeared in a plotline in the popular Netflix prison series.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Age of Allegations, Balky Insurance Carriers Could Vex Lawyers Filing Sex Abuse Suits

The scouts, Catholic dioceses and parishes and other defendants are expected to settle many cases. But lawyers bringing these cases will have to contend with a variety of obstacles first.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Public Interest Calendar of Events

A CLE on landlord-tenant law, Support for Child Advocates once again will hold its holiday toy drive and an awards ceremony tops the Public Interest Calendar of Events for early December.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Ruling Empowers Voluntary Organizations in Disputes With Members

Citing judicial deference, the Fourth District Court of Appeal decided to bow out of this dispute between a Martin County man and and aviation community that stripped him of his membership.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

AVLF Uncorks 28th Annual Wine Tasting to Fund Pro Bono Services

Nearly 1,000 members of Atlanta's legal community attended the event at Mercedes-Benz Stadium for donors to the organization's 2019 Annual Campaign.
1 minute read

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