• February 1, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Polsinelli's Super Bowl Shuffle, Plus More Lateral Moves

    Polsinelli, one of the Am Law 100's fastest-growing firms, churns through its partnership; Alston & Bird adds eight in Dallas; Freshfields hires again in New York; a Skadden practice leader goes in-house; and other notable hires from throughout The Am Law 200.

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  • Jackson v. AEG Live, LLC

    Publication Date: 2015-01-30
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2015-01-30
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Reed Smith, Margaret M. Grignon, Zareh A. Jaltorossian, Paula M. Mitchell; Panish Shea & Boyle, Brian J. Panish, Kevin R. Boyle, Robert S. Glassman, for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: O'Melveny & Myers, Marvin S. Putnam, Jessica Stebbins Bina, for Defendants and Respondents.

    Case Number: No. B252411

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 1131 KATHERINE JACKSON, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. AEG LIVE, LLC et

  • January 30, 2015 | New York Law Journal

    Judge Deems Legal Fees Charged in Asbestos Cases Reasonable

    A Southern District magistrate judge has recommended that an insurer pay $8.8 million in legal fees and potentially as much as $4 million in interest incurred by a company defending asbestos

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  • January 30, 2015 | New York Law Journal

    Judge Deems Legal Fees Charged in Asbestos Cases Reasonable

    In recommending $8.8 million in legal fees for 14 law firms, including Sidley Austin, DLA Piper and Nixon Peabody, Southern District Magistrate Judge James Francis said that a reasonable billing rate "need not be the lowest possible rate, but, rather, must merely fall within a range of reasonableness."

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  • January 30, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers: Week of Feb. 2

    Brandon Hedblom has joined Stibbs & Co. in Spring as an associate. His primary practice area is commercial litigation.

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  • January 29, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Unapproved Opinions: January 22-28, 2015

    STATE COURT CASES ADMINISTRATIVE LAW 01-2-5571 In the Matter of the Denial for Change of Address on a New Jersey F

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  • January 29, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Simplifying Documents: A Paperless Life and Law Firm

    I detest any physical mail I get in my mailbox, at home or at my firm. What is the point? I get most of my news online, use online or automated bill pay, and ignore promotional materials. I

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  • January 29, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Simplifying Documents: A Paperless Life and Law Firm

    I detest any physical mail I get in my mailbox, at home or at my firm. What is the point? I get most of my news online, use online or automated bill pay, and ignore promotional materials. I get important messages via email and manage them separately. Paper documents are clunky, they take up a lot of space to store and the information in them is hard to manage or share.

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  • Harb v. City of Bakersfield

    Publication Date: 2015-01-26
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2014-12-31
    Court: C.A. 5th
    Judge: Pub. & mod order January 20, 2015
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Offices of Young & Nichols, Steve W. Nichols, Thomas A. Brill; The Ehrlich Law Firm and Jeffrey Isaac Ehrlich for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Marderosian, Cercone & Cohen, Michael G. Marderosian and Heather S. Cohen for Defendants and Respondents City of Bakersfield, Bakersfield Police Department and Claudia Payne.

    Case Number: No. F066839

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 877 MOHAMAD HARB et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CITY OF BAKER

  • January 25, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    McDermott Taps New COO, Plus More Lateral Moves

    Filling law firm rship positions from outside the legal world may not be the rarity it once was—Pepper Hamilton, one of the first Am Law 100 firms to tap a nonlawyer to be its

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