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Daily Business Review

'Elephant in the Room': Day Pitney Attorney Weighs In on Dianne Feinstein Feud

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein and her daughter are involved in a messy dispute with her second husband's grown children.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

How We Won: Finnegan Shakes Off Patent Litigator for BMW

"Scramoge's bizarre behavior, including offering and then withdrawing a covenant not to sue which would have disposed of this action, leave BMW without any assurance Scramoge will not spring a new infringement case on BMW when it so chooses," BMW told the court.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

County or Sheriff? Presentment Challenge Leads to Interpretive Divide

"If the plaintiff presented to somebody that at least conceivably would qualify under the statute, there's nothing in the statute to point to to say 'you failed to do that,' right?," asked Presiding Justice Nels S. D. Peterson during oral arguments.
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

EVOLVING LAW: Court Allows Emotional Distress Damages in MedMal Definition

In the past, courts were hesitant to grant emotional distress damages, but "as our understanding of emotional trauma has evolved", the reluctance has decreased, the opinion said.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Jorge L. Piedra's Meteoric Rise: 4 Years to Managing Partner

"Jorge Piedra is an outstanding trial lawyer," said Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton co-founding partner Harley Tropin.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Disqualified: Miami Lawyer Removed From Case Under Advocate-Witness Rule

"The case presented the issue of whether, under the advocate-witness rule, a trial judge may disqualify an attorney from representing his law firm in its libel trial against its client, set to be tried before a jury," the Third District Court of Appeal wrote in the opinion.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

$3.8M Texas Verdict: Lawyer Leaves Intellectual Property Practice for Toxic Torts

"The only guy in our area that did (toxic torts) only handled wrongful death. I thought, you have to die to get representation in this field? I wanted to help other families," Kristina Baehr said.
5 minute read

Law.com

Too Risky to Follow or Cutting Edge? Inside the Minds of Legal Influencers

From public benefit and personal fame to professional conduct pitfalls and consequences, this Law.com series examines legal professionals' growing use of social media and emerging technology, including artificial intelligence.
2 minute read

Law.com

From Educating the Masses to Massive Profits—Why Lawyer-Influencers Post

"I just saw a lot of eyeballs and not a lot of attorneys willing to be judged by their peers and take a risk," Philadelphia-area lawyer Ethen Ostroff said.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Take-Nothing Verdict: Baker Botts and Gibbs & Bruns Beat Back $40M Lawsuit

FMC Technologies Inc. sought almost $40 million in damages, as well as exemplary damages and injunctive relief against Richard Murphy and Dril-Quip Inc. in a dispute involving undersea crude oil-recovery technology.
5 minute read

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