‘Overpaid’ CEOs a Risk for Investors, Study Finds
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Among the chief executive officers it labeled as “overpaid” was Discovery Communications Inc. CEO David Zaslav, who received $32.4 million in 2015. During the study period, Discovery shares fell 12 percent.
BigLaw Layoff Watch: 150 to 200 Jobs Is a Lot of Jobs
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Above the Law has fleshed out earlier reporting about significant staff layoffs at K&L Gates, this time with fairly specific numbers of people who have lost their jobs with the big law firm.
Healthcare and the False Claims Act, 2016 Survey
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Healthcare and the False Claims Act, 2016 Survey summarizes the important laws, regulations, pronouncements, and cases of the past year, to inform healthcare providers and healthcare attorneys on this crucial statute in the healthcare industry.
Settlement Structuring for IBM Audits
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Christopher Barnett of Scott & Scott LLP offers some advice on subjects to keep in mind when negotiating a software audit resolution with IBM.
People in IP: Béatrix de Russé, IP Hall of Fame
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Béatrix de Russé is a leading female pioneer in intellectual property. She took a struggling global IP department and turned it into a major source of revenue for her corporation. This is her story.
Gregory Hill Joins Hogan Lovells Corporate Practice in Houston
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Gregory C. Hill will join Hogan Lovells in the corporate practice as a partner in the Houston office.
DLA Piper Partner Joins American Law Institute Restatement of Copyright Law Project
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Hugh Marbury, a partner in DLA Piper’s Baltimore Litigation practice, has joined the Members Consultative Group for the American Law Institute’s Restatement of Copyright law project.
Be Ready to Prove Intent to Use or Actual Use of a Trademark
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A client alert from Cowan Liebowitz & Latman discusses two recent developments conveying similar messages regarding the need to maintain supporting evidence at both the trademark application and registration stages.
Workplace Harassment: New Considerations for New Administration
Event, Feb. 22, 12 p.m. EST
Navex Global will present a complimentary webinar titled “Managing Workplace Harassment: Trends and Objectives under the New Administration” on Wednesday, Feb. 22.
Download: The Comprehensive Guide to E-Discovery Data Collections
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Exterro has published an e-discovery guide examining must-have and new data collection best practices, which will empower a legal team to create streamlined and cost-saving data collection policies.
Data Processing Benchmark Report Reveals the Next Big Trends
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Zapproved’s 2017 In-House E-Discovery Data Processing Benchmark Report reveals participant satisfaction with data processing speed, cost, ease of use, security and risk reduction.
A Tax Overhaul Would Be Great in Theory, But Hard in Practice
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Decisions that lawmakers made decades or even a century ago have essentially locked us into ways of doing things, as the cost of changing looms more heavily than the potential benefits of trying something different, writes Neil Irwin for The New York Times.
How a Typical Tolling Agreement Cost Duke Energy Corporation $600,000
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A court recent ruled that a tolling agreement, when entered into between companies that intended to merge, violated the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, leading to the imposition of significant financial penalties against the buyer, according to Hogan Lovells.
Ask a Patent Attorney: Intellectual Property Strategy Q&A Video
On-Demand
Dylan O. Adams, a senior patent attorney and author of “Patents Demystified: An Insider’s Guide to Protecting Ideas and Inventions,” presents an on-demand webinar on patent protection.
When Employees Leave With Your Secrets
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James Pooley of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP writes that the standard approach to dealing with a departing employee could put confidential information at risk.
Court Finds Contract and Arbitration Clause Unenforceable Due to Fraud in the Inception
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The court cited a California Court of Appeals decision for the proposition that it was enough that defendants, as the party drafting the contract, drafted the contract “‘in such a way as to not apprise’ the other party of its intentions.”
11th Circuit: Arbitration Clauses Are Like Makeup – They Only Cover So Much
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The arbitration clause which the non-party to the agreement is seeking to enforce is explicitly limited to disputes between the parties, the court found.
Mark Lanier Named Trial Lawyer of the Year by National Trial Lawyers Group
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National Trial Lawyers named Mark Lanier its Trial Lawyer of the Year and recognized Lanier’s as being among the Top 25 most influential litigation firms in the United States.
Largest Immigration Law Firm in U.S. is Busy, Very Busy
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The only large U.S. law firm in the country dedicated solely to immigration work is in crisis management mode in the wake of President Donald Trump’s immigration order, reports Bloomberg Law.
Judge Blocks $54 Billion Anthem-Cigna Health Insurance Merger
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A federal judge blocked the $54 billion merger between health insurance giants Anthem and Cigna, saying the deal would increase prices and reduce competition, according to a report by The Washington Post.
