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June 23, 2022 | Law.com

The Law Firm Disrupted: A Wall Street Elite Joins The Subsidiary Parade

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, with profits per equity partner of $4.7 million, becomes an outlier among high-end firms in launching a tech-focused unit to deliver savings on elements of transactional work.

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June 23, 2022 | National Law Journal

The Marble Palace Blog: Goodwin Procter Prepares for Recusal Issues Given Partner's Family Ties to Ketanji Brown Jackson

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's brother-in-law, William Jackson, is a partner in the firm's complex litigation and dispute resolution practice.

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June 23, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Wall Street Faces Billion-Dollar Losses on Sinking Buyout Debt

With the Federal Reserve rushing to hike interest rates at the fastest pace in decades, credit risk premiums are surging far beyond levels banks had negotiated with private equity firms during the halcyon days of cheap money.

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June 23, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

Court Clarifies How 'Pass-Through Income' Is Considered in Child Support

The Pennsylvania Superior Court, in the matter of Sichelstiel v. Sichelstiel, 2022 Pa. Super. 48, has clarified how so-called "pass-through income" from a party's businesses is to be considered in a child support matter.

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June 23, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

Condemnation Damages Typically Do Not Include Payment for Business Losses

The frustration business owners experience when faced with a condemnation in Pennsylvania is real. While there are tactics that can be used to attempt to recover losses from the impact to the business, these seldom compensate for the entirety of the effect of the loss.

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June 23, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

Berry Appleman & Leiden Adds LA Office to Focus on Sports, Entertainment Immigration Work

Berry Appleman & Leiden's expansion into Los Angeles is part of the corporate immigration firm's strategic plan to add as many as a dozen offices over the next five years.

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June 23, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

Three's a Charm as Ashurst Opens Small Branch Office in Texas

The move comes as local players in the U.S. market have also been expanding into Texas.

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Ressler v. Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Publication Date: 2022-06-23
Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
Industry:
Court: Supreme Court, New York
Judge: Justice David Cohen
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: 156946/2020

Attorneys Not Negligent for Failing to Act Beyond the Scope of the Retainer

K.A. v. F.A.

Publication Date: 2022-06-23
Practice Area: Family Law
Industry:
Court: Superior Court Chancery Division, Chancery Division
Judge: Judge Acquaviva
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: FM-13-0901-13

Defendant moved for the termination of his support obligations for two of the parties' children.

General Motors, LLC v. Buchanan et al.

Publication Date: 2022-06-23
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Consumer Protection | Products Liability | Wrongful Death
Industry: Automotive | Manufacturing
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Bethel
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith Robert Blackwell, Cari Katrice Dawson, Jamie S. George, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Webb Daniel, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, Charles B. Marsh, Myrece R. Johnson, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP), Atlanta, Brian Patrick Kappel, Michael Lester Bell, Rachel McCulley Lary, Christopher Cameron Yearout, (Lightfoot, Franklin & White, LLC), Birmingham, Jonathan Bradley Spital, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Patrick Alan Dawson, Lance Alan Cooper, (The Cooper Firm), Marietta, James Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Anna Green Cross, (The Cross Firm, LLC), Decatur, for appellee; Richard B. North, Jr., Christopher Shaun Polston, Steven H. Campbell, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP), Atlanta, Nicole A. Saharsky, Minh Nguyen-Dang, (Mayer Brown LLP), Washington, Charles Haake, David Edward Bright, (Alliance Of Automobile Manufacturers), Washington, Alexander Bunnen Feinberg, Mary Kathryn Mangan, John Cowles Neiman, Jr., (Maynard Cooper & Gale P.C.), Birmingham, Leah Ward Sears, Edward H. Wasmuth, Jr., (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, William V. Custer, IV, Christian James Bromley, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, Rocco Eugene Testani, Lee Alexander Peifer, (Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP), Atlanta, Philip S. Goldberg, Anna Sumner Pieschel, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP), Atlanta, Andrew Thomas Bayman, Chilton D. Varner, Billie Barker Pritchard, Paul Alessio Mezzina, (King & Spalding LLP), Washington, Christopher M. Carr, Drew F. Waldbeser, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant; Darren Wade Penn, Kevin M. Ketner, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope Davies, LLP), Gainesville, Nkosi John Bey, (American Association for Justice), Washington, Christopher Dean Glover, (Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.), Atlanta, Lindsay Alexandra Forlines, (Forlines Law, LLC), Atlanta, Stephen Roberts Chance, (Watkins, Lourie, Roll & Chance, PC.), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
Case Number: S21G1147

Corporate Defendant Had Burden of Persuasion to Show High-Ranking Executive Was Entitled to Protection From Deposition