Hogan Lovells Appoints New Board Members
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Hogan Lovells announced the election of five partners to the firm’s board.
CLE: Vendor, Customer and Competitor Bankruptcies, What GCs Need to Know
Webinar, Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at 9 a.m. PT / 12 ET
A Select Counsel webinar will discuss a range of issues commonly presented to healthy companies when vendors, customers or competitors file bankruptcy cases.
New Research: 22 Techniques to Reduce Legal Costs Analyzed
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The Exterro report discusses how legal departments are allocating spend over the past year and what techniques are most effective in reducing legal spend.
Sluggish Supreme Court Poised to Deliver Big Decisions
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The Supreme Court typically leaves its contentious and high-profile cases for closer to the end of the term.
Morrison & Foerster Sued for Pregnancy Bias
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“At MoFo, the mommy track is a dead end,” claim three female associates of Morrison & Foerster in California.
New York Company Must Pay $5.1 Million for Demanding Religious Practices From Employees
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The EEOC alleged that United Health Programs of America employees were being forced to follow an internal “Harnessing Happiness” system that required them to engage in activities such as prayers, religious workshops and “spiritual cleansing rituals.”
Download: 2018 E&C Hotline & Incident Management Benchmark Report
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The new NAVEX report shows the number of employee complaints and misconduct reports are rising — and a surprising 44 percent of all reports are substantiated.
Michael Best Expands Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice with Addition of Velvet Johnson
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Michael Best announced that Velvet Johnson has joined the firm’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice Group as senior counsel in Washington, D.C.
Foley Adds Bankruptcy Partner in Los Angeles
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Ashley McDow has joined Foley & Lardner, LLP Bankruptcy & Business Reorganizations practice as partner in the Los Angeles office. Prior to joining Foley, she was a partner at Baker Hostetler LLP.
Alva Mather Joins DLA Piper’s Litigation Practice in Philadelphia
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Alva Mather has joined DLA Piper’s Litigation practice as a partner in the Philadelphia office.
Sidley Adds Three Partners to Capital Markets Practice in New York
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Sidley Austin LLP announced that three partners have joined the firm’s New York office in the Capital Markets practice.
Marc Boiron Joins FisherBroyles FinTech and Blockchain Practice Group
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Marc Boiron joins the FinTech and Blockchain practice group of FisherBroyles, LLP. He represents clients in blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies and digital currencies that operate businesses in diverse industries.
Husch Blackwell Beats Suit Alleging It Tried to Silence Critic of Wealthy Client
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A Missouri ruling is likely to end a contentious nine-year dispute between a local activist who claims that Husch Blackwell LLP, an AmLaw 100 firm — used the legal system to squelch his speech rights, according to Bloomberg Law.
Texas Anti-SLAPP Statute Used in Oil & Gas Lease Dispute
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The case involves the dispute over whether a petroleum company’s oil and gas lease had expired.
Software Deliverables and Damage Provisions Must Be in Agreement
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One of a court’s most frequent tasks is interpreting ambiguous contracts created by the use of ambiguous language in contracts; however, by the time a court is deciding the issue, costly litigation may have taken years, according to Holland & Knight.
Pay IF Paid: It Means What it Says
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If you are a subcontractor, lookout for language establishing payment from the owner as a condition precedent for payment, warns Bradley Arant Boult Cummings.
Look Before You Sign … the Pitfalls of Personal Guaranties
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Any potential guarantor should read a proposed guaranty agreement carefully and understand each contractual provision. Often the terms can be negotiated, even if a business entity is a startup and has limited assets and income, according to Ward and Smith.
Franchise ‘No-Hire’ Agreement Class Actions and the Single Enterprise Defense
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Franchisor employers should assess whether the joint employer risk is worth accepting in order to pursue the single-enterprise defense, warns Seyfarth Shaw.
Bailey Brauer Co-Founder Alex Brauer Selected to Best Lawyers in Dallas List
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Trial attorney Alex Brauer, co-founder of the Dallas-based complex litigation boutique Bailey Brauer PLLC, has been selected to D Magazine’s 2018 Best Lawyers in Dallas listing.
5th Circuit Nixes $151M J&J Verdict, Cites Plaintiff Lawyer’s Alleged ‘Deceptions’
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DePuy Orthopaedics and Johnson & Johnson will get a new trial after the previous one in 2016 ended with the companies having to pay $151 million in damages to five plaintiffs with alleged hip replacement injuries, reports the SE Texas Record.
