Recent Decisions Clarify (Un)Enforceability of Class Action Waivers in Employment Agreements
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Companies looking to waive class action rights of employees may instead be waving goodbye to provisions in their employment contracts, warns David Heck for Proskauer Rose.
Contract Terms: When the Fine Print Isn’t So Fine
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While some contract disputes can be settled easily, others erupt once bankruptcy enters the picture, writes Jennifer McKevitt for Supply Chain Dive.
Yahoo’s Top Lawyer Resigns, CEO Marissa Mayer Loses Bonus in Wake of Hack
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Some senior senior executives and lawyers failed to ‘properly comprehend or investigate’ the situation, the company’s board of directors said in a securities filing, reports The New York Times.
BigLaw Counsel Dies in Fall From Manhattan High-Rise Apartment
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Kenneth Freeling, of counsel at Covington & Burling and former Dewey & LeBoeuf litigation partner, died in a fall from his ninth-floor New York apartment Thursday, according to reports.
Trump Seen as Supportive of Business-Backed Litigation Bills
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An example is legislation calling for business-backed litigation measures, colloquially known as “tort reform,” reports Bloomberg BNA.
Four Gardere Attorneys Named Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation
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Gardere labor and employment attorneys Cristina Portela Solomon and Rachel Powitzky Steely, and litigation attorneys Mary Elizondo Frazier and Mike Seely, have been elected to membership in the Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation.
Are Non-Compete Agreements Right for Your Construction Company?
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Contractors have several reasons to require that their high-level employees (e.g., C-Level) enter non-compete agreements, explains Peter C. Vilmos of Burr Forman.
Gorsuch Often Sided With Employers in Workers’ Rights Cases
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Worker’s rights opinions written by Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court, are often sympathetic but coldly pragmatic, and they’re usually in the employer’s favor, according to a review conducted by the Associated Press.
JPMorgan Software Does in Seconds What Took Lawyers 360,000 Hours
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A new JPMorgan Chase & Co. a learning machine is parsing financial deals that once kept legal teams busy for thousands of hours, according to a Bloomberg report.
Famous Patent ‘Troll’s’ Lawsuit Against Google Booted Out of East Texas
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Ars Technica reports the move could reduce Eolas’ chances of winning a settlement or verdict when the case is heard in a court outside the plaintiff-friendly East Texas system.
Farrell Fritz Partner Jed Albert Named a 2017 ‘Top Legal Eagle’ by Pulse Magazine
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Jed Albert has been named a 2017 “Top Legal Eagle” in Estates & Trusts by Long Island Pulse Magazine.
Jennifer Sucher Joins Quarles & Brady’s Chicago Office
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Jennifer Sucher has joined Quarles & Brady’s Chicago office as a partner in its Bankruptcy, Restructuring, and Creditor’s Rights Practice Group.
Arent Fox Welcomes Commercial Litigator John Purcell
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Purcell joins the firm’s Complex Litigation practice and focuses on class actions, intellectual property, media, and commercial litigation.
Freeborn & Peters and Hargraves, McConnell Announce Combination
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The combination of Chicago-based Freeborn & Peters LLP and the New York City firm of Hargraves, McConnell & Costigan P.C. is driven by client needs and success of the firm’s growing insurance practice, the combined firm said.
Webinar: Fueling Your Business Strategy with Patents
Event, March 5, 11 a.m. CST
Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP will present a free webinar, “Fueling Your Business Strategy with Patents,” featuring Fitch Even attorneys Allen E. Hoover and George N. Dandalides.
Is Your Board Prepared to Oversee Cyber Risk?
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The book is constructed around five core principles designed to enhance the cyber literacy and cyber-risk oversight capabilities of directors of organizations of all sizes and in all industries, according to NACD.
Digital Disruption – Impacts for Corporate Legal Departments
Event, March 21, 9 a.m.
Kim Technologies will present a seminar titled “Digital Disruption – Impacts for Corporate Legal Departments” on March 21, 2017 for corporate counsel and executives.
Bio-Rad to Pony Up $3.5m in Legal Fees for Ex-GC/Whistleblower
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Bio-Rad Laboratories has agreed to pay $3.5 million in legal fees for the team that represented former general counsel Sanford Wadler during a whistleblower retaliation lawsuit Wadler brought against his former employer, reports MassDevice.com. The use of privileged materials played a part in the litigation.
Disaster Response for the Gulf Oil Spill Webinar
Event, March 16, 1 p.m. EST
Textron Systems will present a webinar demonstrating how remote sensing and geospatial mapping products can be employed to quickly respond to an evolving oil spill.
On-Demand: Getting Global in Your View of Contracts
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Determine says the on-demand webinar discusses what impacts the coming year will have, including how best-in-class companies use contract management to prepare for the increased volatility of an ever-changing global business environment.
