• September 12, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

    5 Things to Ask Before Hiring a Robo-Lawyer: Part 2

    To drive somewhere, all you have to tell an automated car is your destination, the rest is technology, albeit complex amazing and sometimes patentable technology. Given any two physical coordinates, the same technical solution should be applicable to any human passenger. However, when legal issues are involved, a human client may not be able to articulate a preferred outcome and also usually needs advice on what results are even possible. A lawyer thus needs a lot more information, and an AI needs a lot more complex, amazing and sometimes patentable technology.

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  • Hardie v. National Collegiate Athletic Association

    Publication Date: 2017-09-11
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Non–Profit
    Date Filed: 2017-09-11
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Gonzalo P. Curiel, District Judge, Presiding Before: Richard C. Tallman and Michelle T. Friedland, Circuit Judges, and David A. Faber,*District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Sigel (argued) and Jack W. Londen, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, California; Brian R. Matsui, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Washington, D.C.; Jon Greenbaum, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, D.C.; Jeffrey M. David, Call & Jensen, Newport Beach, California; for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Seth P. Waxman (argued), Ari Holtzblatt, David M. Lehn, and Daniel S. Volchok, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, D.C., for Defendant-Appellee.

    Case Number: No. 15-55576

    NCAA policy restricting coaching by persons with felony convictions not shown to violate Title II (Tallman, J.)

  • Doe v. Hagenbeck, 15-1890-cv

    Publication Date: 2017-09-08
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Wesley, Livingston, and Chin, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee for Jane Doe: Rebecca Ojserkis, Jonas Wang, Erin Baldwin, Kathryn Wynbrandt, Bethany Li, Michael J. Wishnie, Veteran Legal Services Clinic, Jerome M. Frank Legal Services Organization, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants for Lt. Gen. Franklin Lee Hagenbeck and Brig. Gen. William E. Rapp: Christopher Connolly, Benjamin H. Torrance, Assistant United States Attorneys, New York, NY, for Joon H. Kim, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Amici Curiae for Amici Curiae Federal Courts and Constitutional Law Professors, in support of Jane Doe: Caitlin J. Halligan, Joel M. Cohen, Casey K. Lee, Kathryn M. Cherry, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae University Administrators, in support of Jane Doe: Paul W. Hughes, Travis Crum, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C. For Amici Curiae Former Military Officers, in support of Jane Doe: Penelope A. Preovolos, Ben Patterson, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, CA. For Amici Curiae National Veterans Legal Services Program, Protect Our Defenders, Service Women's Action Network, in support of Jane Doe: John D. Niles, James Anglin Flynn, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, D.C. For Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union, American Association of University Women, Human Rights and Gender Justice Clinic at the City University of New York School of Law, Human Rights Watch, National Alliance to End Sexual Violence, National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence, National Women's Law Center, in support of Jane Doe: Sandra S. Park, Steven Watt, Lenora M. Lapidus, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 15-1890-cv

    Incident-to-Service Rule Precluded Bivens Claim from Conduct at Military A

  • September 5, 2017 | National Law Journal

    Buckley Sandler Learns From First Summer Associate Class; SG's Office Picks Assistants; Big Firms Disclose Fees

    Washington Wrap is a weekly roundup of Big Law hires and other Washington, D.C., legal industry news.

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  • Pulte Home Corporation v. American Safety Indemnity Company

    Publication Date: 2017-09-05
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Construction | Legal Services
    Date Filed: 2017-08-30
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Koeller, Nebeker, Carlson & Haluck, Robert C. Carlson, Sharon A. Huerta and Sarah P. Long, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, Gregory D. Hagen; Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Robert A. Olson and Gary J. Wax, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. D070478

    Ambiguity in policy had to be construed in favor of insured (Huffman, Acting P.J.)

  • Updike v. Multnomah County

    Publication Date: 2017-09-05
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-08-31
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Michael H. Simon, District Judge, Presiding Before: A. Wallace Tashima, Ronald M. Gould, and Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl L. Post (argued), John Burgess, and Daniel Snyder, Law Offices of Daniel J. Snyder, Portland, Oregon, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Jacqueline Kamins (argued), Assistant County Attorney; David N. Blankfeld, Multnomah County Attorney; Office of Multnomah County Attorney, Portland, Oregon; for Defendant-Appellee Multnomah County.

    Case Number: No. 15-35254

    Triable issues of fact as to county's deliberate indifference to needs of deaf person incarcerated in county jail (Gould, J.)

  • September 1, 2017 | The American Lawyer

    As Firms Centralize Management, Are Equity Partners Employees?

    Lawsuits against Proskauer Rose and Norton Rose Fulbright highlight an issue that has grown increasingly complex with the management advances at law firms--should equity partners now be considered employees?

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  • Michelle Lewis, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Frederick D. Rutkovsky, M.D., et al., Defendants-Appellants, 102947/10

    Publication Date: 2017-09-01
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department
    Judge: Before: Tom, J.P., Moskowitz, Gische, Kapnick, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For respondent: Annette G. Hasapidis of counsel, Law Offices of Annette Hasapidis, White Plains.
    for defendant: For Frederick D. Rutkovsky, M.D., appellant: Eldar Mayouhas of counsel, Gordon & Silber, P.C., New York. For LHHN Medical, P.C. and Lenox Hill Community Medical Group, P.C., appellants: David A. Beatty of counsel, Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP, Valhalla.

    Case Number: 102947/10

    Split Panel Puts 'Continuous Treatment Doctrine' Under Micr

  • Jane Doe, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Lt. Gen. Franklin Lee Hagenbeck, Brig. Gen. William E. Rapp, Defendants-Appellants, United States of America, Defendant, 15-1890-cv

    Publication Date: 2017-09-01
    Practice Area: Litigation | Civil Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Wesley, Livingston, and Chin, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee for Jane Doe: Rebecca Ojserkis, Jonas Wang, Erin Baldwin, Kathryn Wynbrandt, Bethany Li, Michael J. Wishnie, Veteran Legal Services Clinic, Jerome M. Frank Legal Services Organization, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants for Lt. Gen. Franklin Lee Hagenbeck and Brig. Gen. William E. Rapp.: Christopher Connolly, Benjamin H. Torrance, Assistant United States Attorneys, New York, NY, for Joon H. Kim, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Amici Curiae for Amici Curiae Federal Courts and Constitutional Law Professors, in support of Jane Doe.: Caitlin J. Halligan, Joel M. Cohen, Casey K. Lee, Kathryn M. Cherry, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae University Administrators, in support of Jane Doe.: Paul W. Hughes, Travis Crum, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C. For Amici Curiae Former Military Officers, in support of Jane Doe.: Penelope A. Preovolos, Ben Patterson, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, CA. For Amici Curiae National Veterans Legal Services Program, Protect Our Defenders, Service Women's Action Network, in support of Jane Doe.: John D. Niles, James Anglin Flynn, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, D.C. For Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union, American Association of University Women, Human Rights and Gender Justice Clinic at the City University of New York School of Law, Human Rights Watch, National Alliance to End Sexual Violence, National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence, National Women's Law Center, in support of Jane Doe.: Sandra S. Park, Steven Watt, Lenora M. Lapidus, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 15-1890-cv

    Former West Point Cadet's Sexual Assault Liability Suit Stymied by Second C

  • Robinson v. Knibbs, 16-cv-3826

    Publication Date: 2017-09-01
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Nelson S. Roman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 16-cv-3826

    Delay in Prisoner's Medical Treatment Did Not Amount to Deliberate Indiff