• January 14, 2016 | FC&S Insurance

    Welcome 2016!

    Insurance Coverage for Statutory DamagesIn our lead article, “Insurance Coverage for Statutory Damages under Professional Liability Policies,”…

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  • Choate Constr. Co. v. Auto-Owners Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2016-01-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Corgan, Reginald Williamson, and Elizabeth Akins Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Jones and Nicole Burgess-Busch Busch, Reed Jones PC, Marietta, for appellee. Other party representation: Thaddeus Dedmon, Douglasville.

    Case Number: A15A1629

    The law-of-the-case doctrine barred summary judgment as to the appellant's claims for liability on payment and performance bonds, because the Court held in a prior appeal that several genuine issues

  • January 10, 2016 | The American Lawyer

    Dickstein's LA Leader Leaves Firm, Plus More Lateral Moves

    JAMES TURKEN, co-chair of Dickstein Shapiro’s litigation department, head of its Los Angeles office and a member of the firm’s executive committee, became the la

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  • January 10, 2016 | The American Lawyer

    Dickstein's LA Leader Leaves Firm, Plus More Lateral Moves

    An L.A. boutique adds four from Dickstein Shapiro; Barclays bags a Jenner & Block partner; Latham & Watkins lands a chief judge; Locke Lord hires from Volkswagen; Louis Freeh leaves Pepper Hamilton; and other notable moves from throughout The Am Law 200.

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  • January 7, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Lawyers Had Big Hand in Las Vegas Electronics Show

    As technology companies invaded Las Vegas for the annual Consumer Electronics Show this week, touting the ways their new products will make users' lives easier, data privacy lawyers were

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  • January 7, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Lawyers Had Big Hand in Las Vegas Electronics Show

    As technology companies invaded Las Vegas for the annual Consumer Electronics Show this week, touting the ways their new products will make users' lives easier, data privacy lawyers were helping craft the promises those companies could make about what happens to the personal data these products capture.

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  • Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association v. Padilla (Legislature of The State of California)

    Publication Date: 2016-01-04
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    Date Filed: 2016-01-04
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bell, McAndrews & Hiltachk, Thomas W. Hiltachk and Charles H. Bell, Jr., for Petitioners.
    for defendant: No appearance for Respondent. Diane F. Boyer-Vine, Jeffrey A. DeLand, Robert A Pratt; Strumwasser & Woocher, Fredric D. Woocher, Michael J. Strumwasser and Dale K. Larson for Real Party in Interest.

    Case Number: No: S220289

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 73 HOWARD JARVIS TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION et al., Petitioners, v. ALEX

  • December 21, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Winner, Product Liability: Covington

    With a string of big victories in trial and appellate courts, major settlements, plus a creative strategic edge that sets it apart, Covington & Burling wins our product liab

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  • December 21, 2015 | National Law Journal

    Movers: A Roundup of Laterals and Promotions

    LATERALS Mayer Brown (Washington): Charles Salem Hallab and Tahan Thraya join the corporate and securities practice as par

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  • December 21, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Judge Deems Reed Smith Arbitration Clause Unenforceable

    A mandatory arbitration clause in Reed Smith's client engagement letters is unenforceable because it was not specifically signed by the client and did not inform the client of the rights

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