Know Before You Bid on Contract Opportunities
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PilieroMazza PLLC has posted an on-demand video discussing how businesses can proactively get out in front of pre-bid issues and avoid missteps.
An Indemnity Agreement Means What it Says
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Parties can write an agreement to indemnify one another against claims they later assert against each other. To do so, the parties must expressly and specifically state that intention, writes Charles Sartain of Gray Reed.
Remington Bankruptcy Leaves $500M Question Over Pending Legal Claims
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Remington is embroiled in litigation over trigger defects on guns such as its iconic Model 700 rifle, as well as another lawsuit by survivors of the children and teachers killed in the 2012 elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, Bloomberg reports.
Supreme Court Prepares for Right Turn
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CNN reports that indications from the few decisions issued so far and from oral arguments in yet-to-be decided cases suggest the five conservatives on the nine-member bench may be ready to wield their majority power.
Biglaw Partner Out Amid Russian Sanctions Scandal
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Above the Law is reporting that Reed Smith partner Andrei Baev is out a year after joining the firm from Chadbourne & Parke. Baev has come under scrutiny recently for his connections to Republican donor Elliott Broidy.
Savannah Law School Student Sues for Fraud, Breaching Trust in Planned Closing
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The plaintiff alleged the school’s pending closure results “at least in part from the defendants’ mismanagement of funding for the law school.”
Hunton & Williams Adds Daniel J. Grucza to Environmental Practice
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Former energy and chemical company lawyer Daniel J. Grucza has joined Hunton & Williams LLP as counsel in Atlanta.
Jeff Tsai Joins DLA Piper’s Litigation, White Collar & Investigations Practices in California
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Jeff Tsai has joined DLA Piper’s Litigation, White Collar and Investigations practices as a partner in California, based out of the San Francisco and Los Angeles offices.
Littler Adds Litigator Michael Hornback in Lexington
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Littler has added Michael D. Hornback as special counsel in the firm’s Lexington, Kentucky, office.
On-Demand: Law Firm Process Improvement Workshop
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CRE8 Independent Consultants presents a free on-demand workshop on law firm process improvement, offering 20 ideas in 20 minutes.
The Law Schools With The Best And Worst First-Time Bar Exam Pass Rates In 2017
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The University of Chicago Law School tops the list with a first-time pass rate better than 98 percent.
The Buy American Act and Trade Agreements Act: Understanding Federal Domestic Preference Requirements
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PilieroMazza has posted an on-demand webinar discussing compliance with new laws requiring or providing a preference for the purchase of goods, products, or materials produced in the United States.
Talk About an Electric Shock – Power Company Fined $2.7M After Data Breach
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The unnamed power company had inadvertently allowed critical cyber security data to be exposed online for 70 days, reports Troutman Sanders.
State Department Updating Contracting Language to Head Off Confusion
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The change is intended to head off problems such as the one seen earlier this year when a contractor would not comply with requests for an IT audit of security controls.
Do You Know Who Will Decide Whether Your Next Dispute Is Subject to Arbitration?
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In a client alert, Pepper Hamilton surveys the effects of incorporating an arbitration provider’s rules or common arbitration provisions on who determines questions of arbitrability.
Owning the Patent Isn’t Always Enough for Standing
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In a recent Initial Determination, an administrative law judge ruled that a patent owner did not have standing to sue without joining a third party to which certain rights had been transferred, reports Jones Day.
Insiders Think That Facebook Will Never Be the Same After the Cambridge Analytica Scandal
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Just a couple of days into the Cambridge crisis, Facebook’s stock has dropped by more than 20 points, which has led its market capitalization to fall by tens of billions of dollars, reports Vanity Fair.
AT&T Wants to Buy Time Warner To ‘Weaponize’ Its Content, Government Says in Antitrust Trial
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In opening arguments, Justice Department lawyer Craig Conrath said AT&T could use Time Warner’s content as a weapon against competitors that rely on the programming.
Trump Labor Board Member Forgot About Conflict of Interest, Watchdog Says
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National Labor Relations Board Member William Emanuel violated a White House ethics pledge by participating in a closely watched case involving his former law firm, the NLRB’s inspector general concluded in a report obtained by Bloomberg Law.
Is Employee Out of Commission? Not So Fast, Says Appellate Court
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When an employer changes its contract with an employee, the change should be communicated clearly — and preferably, in writing, warns Zuckerman Spaeder.
