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Insider Tips for Defending Legal Malpractice Claims
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How Partners Should Handle Responsibilities to their Partnerships
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Family Law as a Second Language, Part 2
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Retirement System Sues Norfolk Over Ohio Derailment, Alleging False Reports
R. Leland Evans and Scott A. Fenton of Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote and Michael G. Bongiorno and Tamar Kaplan-Marans of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr have entered appearances for Norfolk Southern and its top executives in a pending securities class action. The suit, which focuses on a Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, was filed Sept. 9 in Georgia Northern District Court by Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd and Murray Murphy Moul & Basil.
Woman Sues Honeywell Over Data Breach Impacting 118K People
Honeywell International was slapped with a data breach class action on Sept. 19 in North Carolina Western District Court. The lawsuit, which accuses the defendant of failing to implement adequate data security measures, arises from a May 2023 breach impacting the personal identifiable information of approximately 118,379 individuals. The suit is backed by the Van Winkle Law Firm and Laukaitis Law. Counsel have not yet appeared for the defendant. The case is 3:23-cv-00594, Curran v.
Lawyers Say 3 Republicans Who Falsely Said Trump Won Ga. Were Real Electors
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How to Handle Disputes with Sophisticated Clients
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Call Center Employees Sue Terminix for Alleged Wage-and-Hour Breaches
Pest control company Terminix was hit with a wage-and-hour class action on Aug. 24 in Tennessee Western District Court. The suit, filed by Barrett Johnston Martin & Garrison and Sommers Schwartz on behalf of a class of call center employees, accuses the defendant of failing to compensate workers for pre- and post-shift tasks such as booting up and shutting down computers and answering work-related emails. Counsel have not yet appeared for the defendant. The case is 2:23-cv-02526, Simon v.
Navigating Class-Action Exposure in Session Replay and Chatbot Litigation
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The Unknown Future Of Class Representative Awards
It remains unclear whether the Eleventh Circuit's minority position will gain momentum or whether the Supreme Court ultimately will weigh in on the issue. For now, it is important that parties settling class actions in the Eleventh Circuit are aware they cannot provide incentive awards as part of the settlement, and those outside of the Eleventh should draft their settlement agreements to withstand possible objections to such awards.
The Unknown Future of Class Representative Awards Original
Almost three years ago, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit rocked the class action world with its decision in Johnson v. NPAS Solutions, LLC, finding that class representative awards are barred under 140-year-old Supreme Court precedent. To the surprise of many, the Eleventh Circuit denied the petition for rehearing en banc in 2022, and in April the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari, despite a developing circuit split.
Artificial Intelligence Litigation: The Next Class Action Boom on the Horizon
When the “Godfather of Artificial Intelligence,” Geoffrey Hinton, quits his decade-long position from Google to openly warn of the dangers of AI, the world should listen. The rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) technology has outpaced the development of a governing regulatory framework. And when governance lags, individuals, consumers and companies look to the courts to solve perceived problems.
Advancing Diversity Through Sponsorship (Perspective)
Editor’s Note: The authors of this post are, respectively, a co-chair of Dentons’ global Diversity and Inclusion Committee and a member of the firm’s U.S. leadership team. Despite years of effort, law firms have come up short in nurturing diversity in the profession. The legal profession has done an even worse job of diversifying its ranks than has the business community it serves. Women graduate law school and enter law firms in almost equal numbers as men.
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