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May 3, 2022 | Legaltech News

M&A Practices Quickly Embracing Tech, With No Indication of Slowing Down

A new survey from Litera found that not only are law firm M&A practices using a number of different types of legal technologies, but they're satisfied with those technologies as well. And more tech investment could be on the way.

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May 2, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Digital Assets and Smart Contracts: What Advisers Need to Know Now

With nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and cryptocurrencies entering mainstream conversation, it is critical that estate planners and financial advisers understand both the underlying technology and how to advise clients on planning for digital assets.

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The People &c., Respondent, v. John Wakefield, Appellant.

Publication Date: 2022-04-27
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Evidence
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Court: Court of Appeals, New York State
Judge: Chief Judge Janet DiFiore
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew C. Hug, for appellant.
for defendant: Peter H. Willis, for respondent.
Case Number: No. 3

The People &c., Respondent, v. John Wakefield, Appellant.

April 26, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

Pico Hires New Legal Chief Following Failed SPAC Merger

Lauren Goldberg, a former general counsel for Revlon Inc. and ex-federal prosecutor, will lead Pico's New York-based legal department.

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Panarra v. HTC Corp.

Publication Date: 2022-04-25
Practice Area: Civil Rights
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Court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, U.S. - WDNY
Judge: District Judge Frank Geraci
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Case Number: 6:20-CV-6991

ADA Suit Over Subscriber Service's Failure to Close Caption VR Content Survives Dismissal

April 21, 2022 | National Law Journal

Meet the Attorney Who Created an App for Moot Arguments

"The idea basically grew organically out of not wanting to do things the analog way," said appellate attorney Athul Acharya.

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April 20, 2022 | Law.com

GCs Increasingly Say They Expect Legal Bills to Rise

'There will remain an acute need for quality legal work as the world's economies continues to right themselves', a survey of UK in-house counsel has found.

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A & M Hospitalities LLC et al. v. Alimchandani

Publication Date: 2022-04-18
Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Bright, Justin Scott, (Coleman Talley LLP), Valdosta, John Floyd, Jennifer Peterson, Kamal Ghali, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, James Garland, George Lilly, (Alexander & Vann, LLP), Thomasville, John Kennedy, (James-Bates-Brannan-Groover, LLP), Macon, Timothy Tanner, (Attorney at Law), Valdosta, for appellant.
for defendant: Henry Scott, (H. Pearce Scott, P.C.), Valdosta, Vineet Roney, (Roney Law LLC), Atlanta, Daniel Lombard, David Lakin, Jonathan Bunge, Daniel Scwartz, Sanford Weisburst, (Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP), Chicago, New York, K. Cooke, (Gautreaux Law, LLC), Macon, for appellee; Christopher Cohilas, (Watson Spence LLP), Albany, for other party.
Case Number: A21A1576

Court determines that a plaintiff's second amended complaint is barred by res judicata

April 15, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

In-House Lawyers Have Trouble Using New Legal Tech, Report Shows

Tech woes can bruise the self-confidence of in-house lawyers, spur them to question their employers' business intelligence and, in some cases, quit their jobs.

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Maynard et al. v. Snapchat, Inc.

Publication Date: 2022-04-14
Practice Area: Business Torts | Personal Injury
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Colvin
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Naveen Ramachandrappa, Michael Brian Terry, Amanda Kay Seals, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Michael Lawson Neff, Darryl Dwayne Adams, Susan Mary Cremer, Timothy Shane Peagler, (The Law Offices of Michael Lawson Neff, P.C.), Atlanta, Todd Robert Henningsen, (Henningsen Injury Attorneys, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Lori G. Cohen, Sean Patrick Jessee, Andrew Zachery Ryan Smith, (Greenberg Traurig, LLP), Atlanta, Jonathan Hugh Blavin , Anne K. Conley , John Blackston Major Pope, (Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP), Los Angeles, Anne Dodson Gower, (Gower Wooten & Darneille LLC), Atlanta, Robert David Johnson, (Johnson & Alday, LLC), Marietta, for appellee; Brian DeVoe Rogers, (Rogers & Fite, LLC), Atlanta, Lyle Griffin Warshauer, (Warshauer Law Group, PC), Atlanta, Paul Isaac Hotchkiss, (Hotchkiss Law Firm LLC), Atlanta, Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope Davies, LLP), Gainesville, Nkosi John Bey, (Bey And Associates, LLC), Atlanta, Andrew Steven Ashby, (The Ashby Firm), Marietta, for Amicus Appellant; W. Ray Persons, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, Michael L. Eber, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
Case Number: S21G0555

Manufacturer's Duty of Care Extended to Selecting From Alternative Product Designs in Light of Foreseeable Risks of Harm