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Kyle Gruder and Katherine Medianik Join Farrell Fritz as First-Year Associates

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Kyle Gruder and Katherine Medianik have joined Farrell Fritz as first-year associates.

Brown Rudnick Announces 2019 Partner Promotions

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Brown Rudnick LLP, an international law firm, announced the promotions of four lawyers to partner.

Perkins Coie Adds Real Estate Partner Camarin Madigan in San Francisco

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Camarin E.B. Madigan has joined Perkins Coie’s Real Estate and Land Use practice in San Francisco.

Brian Colao Named to Group Dentistry Now’s “2019 DSO Influencer’s List”

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Brian A. Colao, Director of Dykema’s Dental Service Organizations Industry Group, was selected for inclusion in Group Dentistry Now’s “2019 DSO Influencer’s List.”

Freeborn Adds Partner Michael D. Whitty to Trusts and Estates, Family Office Practices

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Freeborn & Peters LLP announced the expansion of its Trusts and Estates and Family Office practices with the addition of Michael D. Whitty as a partner.

The Trump Supreme Court Contingency Plan

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The four candidates under most serious consideration are all appeals-courts judges who were placed on the bench by Trump.

Google Fails to Get IP Suit Transferred Out of Plaintiff-Friendly East Texas

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Google said the case should be transferred because the presence of its servers in the district doesn’t amount to a regular and established place of business under the patent venue statute.

BigLaw Partner Files $20M Suit Claiming Rape By Bartender

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The ABA Journal reports that a partner at a large international law firm in Houston has filed a $20 million suit claiming a bartender at Brennan’s of Houston spiked her drink with a drug and later raped her at her home.

Case Study: TIAA – A Legal Transformation With Technology, Process and People

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Brad Rogers was tasked with transforming the entire legal operations function for TIAA, a company managing more than $1 trillion in assets and serving more than 5 million active and retired employees by providing financial services to over 15,000 institutions in more than 50 countries.

How One Legal Department Saw Success from an Internal Client Feedback Program

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A case study describes one legal department’s increased win-win with its internal clients through a client feedback program.

Notice of Terms via Buried Link within a Post-Sale Email Unenforceable

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The Second Circuit affirmed a ruling that denied a web service’s motion to compel arbitration, finding that the user did not have reasonable notice of the arbitration provision contained in the terms and conditions that were communicated via a hyperlink in a post-sale email.

IADC’s First 2019 DCJ Covers Civil Procedure, Bankruptcy Trust Reform and Employment

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The IADC’s first quarter 2019 DCJ is available for free and without a subscription via the IADC’s website.

Sidley Adds Litigator Stacy Horth-Neubert in Los Angeles

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Stacy Horth-Neubert has joined Sidley Austin LLP in Los Angeles as counsel in its global Litigation group.

Chamberlain Hrdlicka Adds Labor and Employment Attorney Jeffrey Hord

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Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry announced the addition of Jeffrey Hord as an Atlanta-based senior associate in the firm’s labor and employment section.

Provost Umphrey Celebrates 50th Anniversary

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In 1969, Walter Umphrey founded the firm, which now has 22 attorneys.

Crawford, Wishnew & Lang Adds Employment Attorney

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Employment lawyer Emily Stout will join Crawford, Wishnew & Lang PLLC as a partner, the firm announced in a release.

Michigan State Fires Former State Supreme Court Justice as GC

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A university spokeswoman said Young will receive a full payout of his contract, which was to run through May 2021, reports the Lansing State Journal.

IBM Watson in Quiet Talks With Law Firms to Expand AI Offerings

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The company until now has mostly focused its legal business marketing of Watson to legal departments within large corporations, Bloomberg Law reports.

Fifth Circuit Suggests Claims for Make-Whole Amounts Should Be Disallowed

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The decision makes the Fifth Circuit unattractive to unsecured or undersecured lenders asserting claims for make-whole payments and default rate postpetition interest, Jones Day reports.