Archive for February, 2018
How Blockchain Technology Is Transforming the Legal Industry
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A Bloomberg Law discusses the increased efficiency and uniformity blockchain can provide in contracting, its used in other legal documents, the skills and role of lawyers in blockchain, and the challenges ahead for the technology.
Detours on the Way to Your Contractually Selected Forum
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Global Private Equity Watch finds some good news for the careful transactional lawyer who drafts a bespoke forum clause in a contract.
Claim of Fraudulent Inducement of a Construction Contract Does Not Invalidate Arbitration Clause
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Pepper Hamilton LLP’s Constructlaw blog discusses an Ohio case in which a plaintiff sued a building company and attempted to have the arbitration clause in a construction contract declared unenforceable.
BigLaw Business Development Secrets for Small Firms
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The Director of Business Development at Andrews Kurth Kenyon offers some detailed advice on making relationships work and discusses some approaches to help develop new business.
Gruber Hail Johansen Shank Partners Start New Firm
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Dallas trial law firm Gruber Hail Johansen Shank LLP has announced that three of its law firm partners are leaving to start their own firm.
Government Contracts Attorney Michael Hordell Joins Barnes & Thornburg in D.C.
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Barnes & Thornburg LLP has added Michael Hordell in Washington, D.C., as of counsel in the firm’s Corporate Department and Federal Contracting, Procurement and National Security Practice Group.
James Snyder Joins Sidley as Global Finance Partner in Chicago
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James Snyder has joined Sidley Austin LLP in Chicago as a partner in its Global Finance practice.
FTI Consulting’s Advice from Counsel Study Examines Data Privacy and Security
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Fortune 1000 corporations worry about budget, GDPR compliance, data security and other information fovernance initiatives, according to the 12th Advice from Counsel study from FTI Consulting, Inc.
For the Third Time, Supreme Court to Hear Mandatory Union Dues Arguments
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The case, appealed by an employee of the state of Illinois, comes after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit rejected his argument that the agency fee violated his rights under the First Amendment.
Mueller Gets Plea, No Cooperation, as Skadden Lawyer Admits Lies
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Alex van der Zwaan faces as long as six months in jail under advisory guidelines, according to Bloomberg Law.
Midas Parent Company GC Gets Stayed Suspension for Unauthorized Practice
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Florida requires a general counsel to be a member of the Florida Bar or to be certified as an “authorized house counsel,” but Brian Allan Maciak didn’t obtain certification until 2015, reports the ABA Journal.
Buchalter Welcomes Labor & Employment Shareholder Dawn Knepper
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Dawn Knepper has joined Buchalter as a shareholder and member of the Labor & Employment Practice in the Orange County Office.
Brinks Gilson & Lione Receives Award for Firm Leadership Diversity from The Chicago Committee
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Chicago-based intellectual property law firm Brinks Gilson & Lione recently received The Chicago Committee’s Diversity award for Most Partners Of Color In Firm Management.
Trump on Track to Nominate Record Number of 5th Circuit Judges
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President Trump is on track to nominate more full-time judges to the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals than any other president, according to a post on the website of Androvett Legal Media & Marketing.
Two Lawyers Join Jackson Walker As Partners in Austin, Houston
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Pamela Madere, formerly a director at Coats Rose PC, and Scott Schepps, formerly a shareholder at Fizer Beck Webster Bentley & Scroggins, have joined Jackson Walker LLP as partners.
Defense Scores Arbitration Win in Long-Running Construction Defect Fight in Texas
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A decade-long construction defect battle involving a South Padre Island, Texas, luxury condominium complex damaged during Hurricane Dolly has been resolved in a take-nothing defense win.
Learn How to Address & Prevent Harassment – Online Master Class
Online event, Feb. 28, 2018, 11:30 a.m. EST
NAVEX Global will conduct its first-ever online master class when it presents “Addressing & Preventing Sexual Harassment.”
DOJ Warns of Criminal Actions Against Companies with Agreements Not to Poach Competitors’ Employees
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Any violative anti-poaching policies after October 2016 expose employers to criminal punishment, warn three Seyfarth Shaw lawyers writing for Bloomberg.
Not So Common Sense? Reliance on Common Sense to Establish Obviousness
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Jones Day reports on a recent written decision of the Patent Trial and Appeals Board that sheds light on how the PTAB may treat common sense as used in obviousness arguments.
Sexual Harassment Roundtable: Practical Guidance for Employers
Webinar, March 1, 2018, 1 p.m. EST
Sexual harassment continues to be a significant workplace problem that has moved front and center with continuing prime-time media coverage.
