Donald Trump Loses Wind Farm Legal Challenge
NEWS
Donald Trump’s legal challenge to a planned offshore wind farm in Scotland has been rejected by the UK’s Supreme Court, reports the BBC.
House Reaches Accord on Spending and Tax Cuts
NEWS
The vote illustrates the deep disagreements over an array of policy provisions that have left weeks of negotiations tinged with acrimony.
HIPAA Compliance Quiz for Lawyers
Resource
Legal Workspace has produced free online test to help corporate executives and counsel determine whether their firms are in compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
Arguments Against IBM License Metric Tool – What Does and Doesn’t Work?
Article
Each of the major software publishers has one or two tricks up its sleeve – tricks that often are missed by licensees – affecting how its server products may be used in virtualized environments.
Quarles & Brady Chairman Emeritus Receives Unity Award
NEWS
Quarles & Brady LLP announced that Chairman Emeritus John W. Daniels, Jr. received the Time Warner Cable Unity Award from the Milwaukee Urban League.
Building a Transformative Contract Management Practice
Article
ContractRoom has published an ebook on building a transformative contract management practice.
2016 Corporate Legal Ops – Recommind Survey Results
White Paper
Ari Kaplan Advisors presents the benchmark 2015 Corporate Legal Operations Survey (sponsored by Recommind), what key corporate legal operations leaders are doing (and not yet doing) to optimize visibility, security, and efficiency.
How the SEC’s New Crowdfunding Rules Are Creating Options for Oil and Gas Financing
White Paper
If energy companies and crowdfunding portals can adequately manage the litigation risk, the possibility of opening investment opportunities to the ‘little guy’ will be a welcome prospect for all parties involved.
A Cheerful Guide to Legal Risk
White PaperThe effort to measure and manage legal risk pays dividends in the reduction of real losses from legal issues and also pays dividends through improved collaboration between the legal team, operations, and senior management.
Huron to Sell Legal Business for $112 Million
NEWS
Consilio will buy the Huron group before the end of the month for $112 million in cash, plus a $3 million to $6 million post-closing payment contingent on the firm’s 2015 financial results
Dow and DuPont, Two of America’s Oldest Giants, to Merge in Megadeal
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Dow Chemical and DuPont, two of America’s biggest chemical companies, will merge and then split again into three companies, the companies said Friday.
New York Judge Rules Against DraftKings, FanDuel
NEWS
The state supreme court justice ordered the country’s two biggest online fantasy sports companies to stop taking bets in New York State.
An ‘Anti-Reliance’ Contract Clause May Prevent a Fraud Claim
Article
An individual should not slip into a comfortable feeling of having a personal relationship in a commercial transaction.
Forming a Texas Series LLC
White Paper
A Series LLC is helpful for investors who would like to pool their assets into several classes of investment interests with an added extra layer of protection from liability.
Lex Machina Releases Expanded Legal Analytics for PTAB
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Lex Machina has introduced new data about trials before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Whistleblower Law Firm Selects iCONECT-XERA Doc Review
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Personal injury and whistleblower law firm Waters Kraus & Paul has selected XERA e-discovery software by iCONECT to help manage the firm’s e-discovery.
Segal McCambridge Shareholder Named One of the ‘40 Illinois Attorneys Under 40 to Watch’
Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd. attorney Misty Martin has been included in the 2015 edition of 40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch, published by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin.
Cuba and U.S. Discuss $1.9 Billion in Property Claims
NEWS
Cuban and U.S. representatives have begun negotiating a possible settlement for $1.9 billion worth of American assets seized by Fidel Castro’s government in the early 1960s.
Yahoo Kills Alibaba Spinoff, Will Spin Off Itself Instead
NEWS
Yahoo reportedly will explore a spin off of Yahoo assets and liabilities other than the Alibaba stake, which would then trade as two separate stocks.
Legal Experts Agree: Trump’s Proposal Unconstitutional
NEWS
Experts said the proposal would violate the Constitution’s equal protection clause and freedom of religion granted under the First Amendment.
