The inevitable litigation that will follow the Amtrak derailment has yet to be seen, but attorneys are watching events closely and what the federal investigation discloses as the causes of the accident, which injured over 200 people and killed at least seven. Legal Intelligencer reports that the train traveling from Washington, D.C., to New York […]
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Deflated! That must be the word for both Tom Brady and the Patriots after they received a hefty punishment for deflating footballs. But for the NFL it was far more than that. The so-called DeflateGate scandal erupted at a time when the NFL had a $25,000 punishment on their books for altering game balls. Tom
Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner continues to fight against fallout from the University of Virginia rape-retraction story. The “Rape on a Campus” story that appeared in Rolling Stone in November has lead to at least one lawsuit but there may be others. Wenner has hired high profile first amendment lawyer Elizabeth McNamara of Davis Wright Tremain,
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It’s gender talk time again for law firms – not that the issue every truly disappeared from the partners’ table. However it’s interest, as Fortune Magazine have reported, that Big Law’s Orrick Herrington – the same people who handled the high profile Ellen Pao gender discrimination lawsuit for Kleiner Perkins, explained why they overhauled their
Jenner & Block have announced that highly experienced bankruptcy lawyer Richard Levin, the man who helped draft the US Federal Bankruptcy Code, is to join the firm. Levin has been chair of Cravath Swaine & Moore’s bankruptcy group since 2007 and his role in the area has helped shaped US bankruptcy law since his days
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Anyone for a law firm shoot? As in smart pictures, celebrity endorsements and anything else that can make your law firm site truly shine? Well, we’ve had all of that with a lot of law firms but now a firm from Russia has surely taken the cake. The website has the partners and staffers posing
The changing dynamics of the law market also create major changes in the areas that firms place their resources into. Smaller firms are generally hidebound by their practice areas, which mean they are more susceptible to cyclical trends and practice downturn. Accordingly firms are increasingly focused upon areas of activity that will be counter-cyclical or
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Some key facts about Mother’s Day that you may not have known by anyone, lawyers included. For instance, the Courts heard custody hearings on Mother’s Day. Anna Jarvis always considered Mother’s Day her intellectual and legal property and wasn’t afraid to lawyer up in its defense. She included a warning on some Mother’s Day International Association
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Human Rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin – Mrs George Clooney, in other words – has apparently created a major stir by looking ravishing. Why? Because here John Galliano gown gave rise to some controversy over Galliano’s anti-Semitic past. Mrs Clooney appeared at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with George Clooney. In 2011, Dior announced they had
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Mounting criticism and concerns over Manny Pacquiao’s potential liability in the boxing fight last weekend has lead to a class action lawsuit being filed which claims that he failed to disclose his shoulder injury as required. The class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of those who bought tickets to the fight and pay-per-view
