Ninth Circuit Holds Proof of Injury Not Required for Unclean Hands
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Unclean hands remains a viable defense today in the context of equitable claims.
Return to Work COVID-19 Testing Considerations
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As employees increasingly transition back into the physical workplace, employers have begun to grapple with whether and how to deploy COVID-19 diagnostic testing as a return-to-work solution.
Texas Judge Holds First Virtual Jury Trial in Criminal Case
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A Texas justice of the peace opened the country’s first virtual criminal jury trial Tuesday, experiencing relatively few technical interruptions that have plagued other online court hearings since the Covid-19 pandemic began.
Abba Harris Receives Bradley’s 2020 Cameron J. Miller Award for Excellence and Community Service
NewsBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP attorney Abigail B. Harris is the recipient of the firm’s 2020 Cameron J. Miller Award for Excellence and Community Service.
Enhance Your Compliance & Ethics Knowledge
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Join SCCE September 14-16 for our first ever virtual Compliance & Ethics Institute.
Winston & Strawn Partner Taj Clayton Appointed to Signify Health Board of Directors
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Signify Health, a leading provider of technology-enabled healthcare solutions designed to keep people healthy and happy at home, has appointed Taj Clayton, Partner and Chair of the Domestic Alternative Dispute Resolution practice at Winston & Strawn LLP, to its Board of Directors.
Seasoned Insurance Coverage Litigator Courtney Murphy Joins Hinshaw in New York
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Courtney E. Murphy joins Hinshaw & Culbertson’s global Insurance Services Practice Group.
Chubb Names Gina Rebollar Deputy General Counsel for Global Corporate Affairs
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Chubb announced that Gina Rebollar has been named Deputy General Counsel, Global Corporate Affairs.
Bayer Asks Appeals Court to Again Cut Roundup Damage Award Owed to California Groundskeeper with Cancer
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Bayer is asking a California appeals court to trim $4 million from the amount of money it owes a California groundskeeper struggling to survive cancer that a trial court found was caused by the man’s exposure to Monsanto’s Roundup herbicides.
New York Attorney General Moves to Dissolve the NRA After Fraud Investigation
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The attorney general of New York took action Thursday to dissolve the National Rifle Association following an 18-month investigation that found evidence the powerful gun rights group is ‘fraught with fraud and abuse.
Former Reed Smith Lawyer Sues Law Firm for Alleged Discrimination After Receiving Concussion
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A lawsuit has accused Reed Smith of wrongly firing a lawyer after a ‘discriminatory chain of perceptions and events’ stemming from a concussion that the lawyer received while on vacation.
The Function of University Waivers
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Nancy Kim writes about university liability waivers and how they seem to be very different from regular liability waivers.
6th Circuit Bolsters Employer’s Right to Contract for Chosen Law
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The enforceability of restrictive covenants often depends on which state’s law applies to the dispute.
Interpreting Insurance Contracts: Fairness and Reasonableness
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A court may not refuse to enforce contractual terms on the basis that the enforcement would, in its subjective view, be unfair, unreasonable or unduly harsh.
Massachusetts Set to Pass Landmark Clean Energy Law to Reach Net-Zero by 2050
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Massachusetts is expected to pass clean energy and climate legislation in the coming months that would require the state to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, dividing conservative groups and environmentalists in atypical ways.
Greensfelder Welcomes O. Koplan Nwabuoku as Litigation Associate in Chicago
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O. Koplan Nwabuoku has joined the Chicago office of Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., as an associate in the Litigation practice group.
Venable Adds Distinguished Privacy Attorney D. Reed Freeman to Its Washington, DC Office
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D. Reed Freeman Jr. has joined Venable LLP as a partner in the eCommerce, Privacy, and Cybersecurity Practice in the Washington, D.C., office.
Chamberlain Hrdlicka Expands Atlanta Office With The Addition of Two Attorneys
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Chamberlain Hrdlicka is pleased to announce the addition of Atlanta-based associates Nicolas Bohorquez and Nicholas Monterosso.
Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley & Norton Adds Litigation, Transactional Expertise in Texas, Tennessee
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Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley & Norton, LLP has added four attorneys in its Texas and Tennessee offices, bolstering its entertainment and construction litigation and transactional practices.
How General Counsels Can Improve Legal Hiring Decisions by Using the Big Five Personality Factors
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General Counsels Overvalue Educational Credentials and Industry Experience at the Expense of Personality-Job Fit. Here Are Some Ideas You Can Use.
