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Lions and Tigers Can Keep Their Claws, for Now, Thanks to Injunction

An animal charity in Indiana must stop declawing lions and tigers, and put an end to “Tiger Baby Playtimes,” which allowed the public to interact with big cat cubs.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: Oh the Bloody Starbucks Horror

A California family sued Starbucks for selling “dangerous, defective, contaminated, tainted, spoiled and unsafe beverages.” But their lawyer might want to think twice before taking this one to a jury.
10 minute read

Corporate Counsel

New GC at American Heart Association: M. Lewis Kinard

M. Lewis Kinard has been named general counsel, assistant corporate secretary and executive vice president at the Dallas-based American Heart Association. He succeeds a retiring Lynne Darrouzet, who is of counsel to the global health nonprofit organization's executive management.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Red Cross GC Resigns After Report of Mishandled Harassment Complaints

The top lawyer at the American Red Cross, David Meltzer, has resigned after a news report that he lamented the departure of a senior executive who was pushed out several years ago after an internal investigation of sex harassment allegations.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Prominent Jenner & Block Pair First to Take on Medicaid Work Mandates

A pair of prominent Jenner & Block partners, Thomas Perrelli and Ian Gershengorn, both former high-ranking federal government lawyers, are representing 15 Kentucky residents in high-stakes litigation challenging the state's newly approved Medicaid work requirements.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Fee Tracker: Michigan State's Legal Bills Surge Amid Sex Scandal

A look at some of the notable legal bills behind clients in the news.
11 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJSPCA Subject to Open Records Law, NJ Court Rules

The New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals must comply with the Open Public Records Act despite its status as a private, nonprofit group, a state appeals court ruled Friday in a published decision.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: Beating Gerrymandering in Pennsylvania With Data

A team of lawyers from the Public Interest Law Center in Philadelphia and Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer persuaded Pennsylvania's high court to strike down the state's congressional map, which favored Republicans. The impact could be huge.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Animal Welfare Lawyer Sues Watchdog Group Over Criticism in Report

The general counsel for the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals claims in a suit that a state watchdog group violated his due process rights in a report calling his billings to the animal protection organization "exorbitant."
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

After Hours

New Jersey lawyers and their extracurricular activities.
5 minute read

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