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Starr, Dershowitz, Ray: Trump Leans on High-Wattage Lawyers for Impeachment
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Ken Starr, a Fox news commentator whose special counsel investigations led to President Bill Clinton’s impeachment, has been added to the team.
Former U.S. Congressman Sentenced to 26 Months for Insider Trading
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As a board member of a biotech company, Chris Collins gave insider information on the company to his son.
RumbergerKirk Secures TCPA Fax Victory Before FCC
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The Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has ruled faxes sent to “online fax services” are not faxes to “telephone fax machines.”
Tightening Up Contracts in a Hardening Insurance Market
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Jason Reeves and Helen Campbell of Zelle LLP offer some advice on commercial property insurance contracts in the firm’s Articles.
Sidley Adds Antitrust/Competition Partner Vincent Brophy in London and Brussels
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Vincent Brophy has joined Sidley Austin LLP as a partner in its global Antitrust/Competition practice.
Barnes & Thornburg Adds Misty Holcomb in Atlanta Office
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Barnes & Thornburg has added Misty Holcomb as director of state government affairs-Georgia in its Atlanta office.
2019 Bad Guys in Energy
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Gray Reed partner Charles Sartain takes a look back at some of 2019’s malefactors in the energy business in a post in the firm’s Energy & the Law blog.
Bradley Elevates 19 Attorneys to Partner
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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP has elevated 19 firm attorneys to partner, effective Jan. 1.
Littler Announces Winner of First Annual Wesley J. Fastiff Ingenuity Award
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Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, is honored to present the inaugural Wesley J. Fastiff Ingenuity Award, named after one of the firm’s pioneering founders and designed to continue to inspire innovation and ingenuity throughout the firm. The winning team developed a concept for an internal technology application called Littler RISE that utilizes a mobile phone app and dashboard to tackle issues related to the retention and advancement of diverse lawyers.
Impeachment Puts Pause on Trump’s Reshaping of Courts
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Kamala Harris had called on Senate Republicans to hold up their judicial confirmation pipeline during Trump’s impeachment trial.
Solar Company Executive Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Investors of $1 Billion
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DC Solar Solutions of California made solar generators mounted on trailers that provided event lighting and emergency power for communications companies.
Biglaw Firm Forms Mental Health Task Force
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Reed Smith has announced a global Mental Health Task Force to help Reed Smith’s team address mental health issues as they arise.
New Shareholders Join Buchalter
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Buchalter announced that it has added two new shareholders, one in San Francisco and the other in Los Angeles.
AZA Names Five New Hires
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Samantha Bradley, H. Jared Doster, Louis Liao, Luke Ott and Crystal V. Venning join AZA.
2020 Governance Outlook: Projections on Emerging Board Matters
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The National Association of Corporate Directors report is a curated compilation of the most significant issues expected to affect boards and companies in the year ahead.
“Thou Shalt Not” — Interpreting Morals Clauses in the #MeToo Era
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The value of entertainment and advertising properties is often highly dependent on the talent that is featured in them, talent contracts frequently include morals clauses that give producers the right to terminate the contract (and seek other remedies) when talent engages in conduct that prevents producers from fully exploiting the property.
Defining “Material”—What Matter Will Matter?
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“Material” is one of those English words that has many meanings depending on the context.
Last, but NOT Least: Why You Should Take a Closer Look at Your Next Indemnification Clause
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Indemnification clauses are arguably the most important part of an agreement when an accident or dispute arises on a project.
Dallas-Based Carrington Coleman Law Firm Adds Three Lawyers
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Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, LLP, has added three attorneys to its Dallas office.
ABA Gives Troubled Law School Three More Years of Accreditation
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The school was put on probation in 2017, and the council withdrew its ABA approval last summer.
