Interviews with current and former partners, paint a picture of a firm run by an insular coterie of attorneys and administrators who often withheld crucial information from their partners.
Attorney ethics authorities are scrambling to keep pace with the technology of cloud computing, a method for storing volumes of client documents that can be cost-effective to use but vulnerable to hacking.
The plaintiffs said they were blocked from boarding flights without prior notice, and were denied effective means of petitioning the government to be removed from the list.
PRODUCT LIABILITY – Quinonez v. Remington Arms Co. LLC
OPINION – The plaintiff was shot in the foot while removing a Remington Model 700 rifle from a vehicle. He previously said that he did not pull the trigger nor cause it to be pulled, but assumed it had been pulled. New evidence of defects in the Model 700 now lead him to believe there was no trigger pull. This does not contradict his earlier statement. (D. Ariz.)
ENTERTAINMENT LAW – CBS Broadcasting Inc. v. ABC Inc. and the Walt Disney Co.
COMPLAINT – CBS is suing ABC for copyright infringement, misappropriation of trade secrets, unfair competition, conversion and conspiracy because of a new ABC show called Glass House, which has at least 19 producers and staff who worked on CBS’s hit reality show Big Brother. CBS says Glass House is a carbon copy of Big Brother. (C.D. Cal.)
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT - Legatus v. Sebelius
COMPLAINT - Legatus, a catholic organization and Weingartz Supply Company, a company with over 50 full-time employees required to provide health insurance under the Affordable Care Act have filed a complaint requesting the court to declare portions of the Act a violation of First Amendment right of free exercise of religion. (E.D. Mich.)
SEXUAL HARASSMENT – Kalich v. AT&T Mobility LLC
OPINION – The 6th Circuit has refused to revive a former AT&T Mobility store manager’s sexually harassment suit alleging supervisor called him a necrophiliac and suggested he was gay, because while the comments were “crude” and “despicable," they did not establish mistreatment based on gender. (6th Cir.)
TRIAL BY JURY – Gold & Rosenblatt LLC v. JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.
ORDER – Plaintiff failed to make a timely demand for a jury trial, but under Rule 39(b) the court may, on motion, order a jury trial on any issue for which a jury might have been demanded. The case is one that typically is tried to a jury, discovery has only just begun, and defendant has not articulated any prejudice that they would incur. Motion for jury trial is granted. (S.D.N.Y.)
The Dewey exodus continues; Kirkland & Ellis adds four new IP litigation partners from Kaye Scholer in New York.
Michael Little, who is licensed to practice in New York, was arrested at John F. Kennedy airport on a conspiracy charge involving an 11-year tax evasion scheme, prosecutors said.
A 14-judge panel of the 4th Circuit refused to intervene and dismiss the suits against CACI International and L-3 Communications, sending the cases back to the district level.
Top commissioners from both parties issued a join statement saying a report exploring reforms for the money market fund industry did not reflect the views of the majority of the SEC.
Half a century after the first wave of lawsuits were filed for illnesses linked to exposure, the asbestos-litigation business is booming.
The retail giant, faced with allegations that its Mexican unit paid bribes to accelerate its expansion, could be forced to hire an outside monitor to ensure compliance with anti-corruption laws.
American Airlines has reached an agreement with creditors to explore whether a merger with US Airways would create more value than its plan to exit bankruptcy as a stand-alone carrier.
Former Senator John Edwards is accused of soliciting illegal campaign contributions in an effort to conceal his pregnant mistress, Rielle Hunter, from the media and voters.
A U.S. Judge in San Francisco said consumers might be misled by packaging that claimed the snacks are "made with real fruit," and would not read the fine print.
A new legal thriller, set in Castro’s Cuba, melds intellectual property law and the Cuban music scene.
In its complaint, CBS wrote: "If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then CBS should take pride in ABC's latest reality television project."
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