Webinar: Understanding Women’s Conflict in the Legal Workplace and the Bias That Built It
Webinar, June 13, 2019
Speakers Andrea Kramer and Alton Harris will provide real-world advice and tactics for how both women and men in the legal profession can avoid workplace conflict and overcome deeply rooted biases in a traditionally male-dominated industry.
Employee Non-Solicitation Provisions Are Under Attack in California and Elsewhere
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Until recently California courts have generally enforced covenants restricting individuals from soliciting their former employer’s employees.
Aldous\Walker Firm Is National Finalist for 2019 Elite Trial Lawyers Awards
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The Aldous\Walker LLP law firm in Dallas has been named a finalist for the National Law Journal’s 2019 Elite Trial Lawyers awards.
Hogan Lovells Northern Virginia Office Moves to Boro Tower
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Hogan Lovells Northern Virginia office has officially moved to the Boro Tower at 8350 Broad Street in Tysons.
Sidley Adds Nigel Wilson as Capital Markets Partner in London
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Nigel Wilson has joined Sidley Austin LLP in London as a partner in its Capital Markets practice.
Eric S. Klein Appointed to Lead Dykema’s Health Care Practice Group
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Eric S. Klein, a member in Dykema’s Bloomfield Hills office, has been appointed a Leader of the firm’s Health Care Practice Group.
E-discovery and Information Governance Expert Rena Verma Joins FTI Consulting
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Rena Verma has joined FTI Consulting, Inc. in e-discovery, information governance and legal operations.
Lowenstein Sandler Adds Three New Leaders
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Lowenstein Sandler announced that three professionals have joined the firm’s senior management team.
Attorneys David Roth, Andrew Bell and Philip Morgan Join Bradley’s Houston Office
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David R. Roth has Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP in Houston in the Corporate and Securities and Energy practice groups, and Andrew W. Bell and Philip J. Morgan are new associates in the office and Construction Practice Group.
Eversheds Sutherland Adds Real Estate Veteran John Busillo in New York
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John J. Busillo, a 30-year real estate veteran, has joined Eversheds Sutherland’s New York office as a partner in the Real Estate Practice group.
In-House Counsel See Increase in Income
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As in past years, women in-house counsel made less than their male counterparts — collecting just 85 percent as much on average.
Two Biglaw Firms Get Benchslapped As Federal Judge Questions ‘Integrity’
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Ninth Circuit Judge William A. Fletcher had some harsh words for lawyers from DLA Piper and Munger Tolles & Olson when he told them that he had “serious concerns with the integrity of your brief.”
Groundwater Law Can Bring Some Unwelcome Surprises to Property Owners
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Gray Reed provides some analysis of the state of groundwater law in Texas and discusses some of the effects of a Texas Supreme Court case that should now be a concern to land purchasers in every transaction.
Crumbling Concrete Not Covered Under ‘Collapse’ Provision in Homeowner’s Policy
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In recent years, the foundations of approximately 35,000 homes in northeastern Connecticut have begun to deteriorate as a result of faulty concrete used to build homes during the 1980s and 1990s. Dozens of homeowners have been suing their insurers for denying coverage for claims based on the deteriorating foundations.
Busting the ‘Mean Girls at the Office’ Myth
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Women often hold other women to higher interpersonal behavioral standards than men do, concludes a new book titled “It’s Not You, It’s the Workplace: Women’s Conflict at Work and the Bias that Built It.”
Indemnification Agreements and Insured Contracts
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When a general contractor engages a sub to perform work on projects, the parties should always reduce their expectations and agreements to a written document in which both sides agree and acknowledge the terms.
Lease Agreements: Beware of the Lease Renewal Language
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A recent appellate ruling points out that parties must be specific in negotiating renewal terms and what the rent to be paid during the renewal period will be.
Duane Morris Partner Joseph K. West Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
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Duane Morris trial partner and chief diversity and inclusion officer Joseph K. West will be the inaugural recipient of Chambers and Partners’ Lifetime Achievement Award: Diversity & Equality.
Buchalter Adds Michael Flynn in Los Angeles
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Michael C. Flynn has joined Buchalter as a member of the Corporate Practice Group in Los Angeles.
Download: The Electronic Discovery Management Model – An Updated Approach
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A lot has changed since Zapproved’s original Electronic Discovery Reference Model successfully described the nascent ediscovery process and gave ediscovery practitioners a common language and framework for evolving their own approaches.
