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The defense verdict is a major blow for plaintiffs, which have lost three trials so far this year, including one on Sept. 24 in Philadelphia.

Many of the technology industry defendants would prefer to have the cases heard in their home base of Northern California, where the bench is perceived to be less sympathetic to patent owners, especially nonpracticing entities or NPEs.

Monday's settlement, one of the largest environmental tort agreements in California, comes as Southern California Gas and its parent company, Sempra, faced trial in the litigation, which alleges the leak at the Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Storage Facility in Los Angeles caused medical problems and property damages for businesses and residents.

The judges found that the Anti-Terrorism Act claims brought by several survivors of the Pulse nightclub shooting, and estates of those who died, should be dismissed because they failed to sufficiently allege the shooting was "international terrorism."

The petition focuses on $14.5 million in attorney fees awarded as part of Bank of America's settlement involving overdraft fees.

With the newest batch of associates on the cusp of starting, the most recent class shares lessons from their fully remote experience.

Lawyers and judges are mourning and paying tribute to Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Cornelia A. "Connie" Clark, who died Sept. 24 at age 71.

Big Law and in-house attorneys have been moving to distributed firms, even as more law firms embrace remote work and hybrid arrangements.

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A South Carolina appellate court recently affirmed a trial court's decision that a landlord had tortiously interfered with a sublease by terminating the master lease after a fire damaged the subject building and such landlord was liable to the subtenant for punitive damages.

The big question: "Would an attorney rather have an oversized office, or reduce the cost of real estate per partner and have more money in their pocket at the end of each year to meet other needs?"

Office returns, vaccination policies and long-term effects of the pandemic on the law firm workplace.

With a six-month "bedding-in" period, the changes are expected to completely alter how agreements are reached in the Middle East.

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A lack of COVID-19 data collection by some Georgia courts has jurists struggling to ease prospective jurors' concerns.

Finally getting to be face-to-face with classmates and lawyers made all the difference, according to the 2021 Summer Associates Survey.

The invoice review tech space will likely continue to draw new entrants, but startups will likely struggle to compete against the resources and reach of more established incumbents that already have a presence in corporate legal.

A novel consumer protection ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and a Federal Trade Commission settlement have in-house counsel at consumer-facing companies and the corporate defense lawyers who represent them gearing up for battle.