Reed Smith – James Beck – In the original Hunger Games movie, while Katniss and Rue are plotting to blow up the Careers’ food stash, Katniss remarks that “destroying things is much easier than making them.” That’s how we feel about our bottom ten worst prescription drug and medical device decisions of 2015. It’s so
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Reed Smith – On December 14, 2015, a federal judge in the Southern District of California concluded that a jury should decide whether Yahoo is liable under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), 47 U.S.C. § 227, for “welcome messages” automatically sent via the Yahoo Messenger platform, even though the messages were triggered by the
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If you’re like most Americans, you are probably nervous about going to trial. You perhaps have only seen the sleazy trial lawyers and heard about the rigid courtroom protocols. Chances are, you don’t even know what to expect once you enter the trial court but your attorney surely does. So if your attorney prefers jury
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One of America’s most famed – and certainly one of the richest – lawyers died this week. Joe Jamail died at 90, a man who some claimed was the greatest lawyer who lived and with a fortune over around $1.5 billion. He was the lawyer of what was then the largest court victory in U.S. history in
Kelley Drye & Warren – Last week, the Federal Circuit denied en banc review by the entire court of the three-judge panel decision in the Apple v. Samsung case that had revived the ability to obtain injunctive relief against multiple component products, such as smartphones (see our Sep. 17, 2015 post). In doing so, the
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Tweeting for lawyers is something only some can deal with adeptly, but for KMR Law Group Twitter actually started their successful law firm. The Chicago-based law group started two years ago with three African American lawyers Keli L. Knight, Jessica B. Reddick and Yondi K. Morris, and was commenced with a tweet from a frustrated Morris.
Social media can be great for garnering publicity for law firms. But when a firm uses a client’s alimony check to share on Facebook it lead to unintended consequences, to say the least. The case is one involving Diane and Francis Wagner, with Diane sueing her former husband for emotional distress allegedly caused by criticisms
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Xerox eDiscovery – Rachel Teisch – As we found out in a year jam-packed with game-changing developments affecting eDiscovery, “the players gonna play, play, play, play, play” (#18, “Shake It Off” by Taylor Swift). With the enactment of the new Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the eradication of the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework, data breaches,
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SINGAPORE (December 21, 2015) LawFuel.com – Law News Network– Morrison & Foerster is advising Axiata Group Berhad (Axiata), one of Asia’s largest telecommunications companies, on its acquisition of Nepal’s number one mobile operator, Ncell Private Limited (Ncell). Post-acquisition, Axiata will have a contiguous presence and reach in five key countries across South Asia. Through its
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Software problems have been blamed on a major problem in the UK where thousands of divorce settlements may now need to be reassessed. The problem has lead to the Ministry of Justice urgently investigating a problem with its “Form E”, which could have inflated the financial position of one or other spouse over the past
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