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Richest Law Firms' Edge Fades as Industry Insiders Predict Strong 2020
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KPMG Law Expands to China With Shanghai Corporate Team
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Skilled in the Art: Supreme Court Can CVSG but It Can't Hide From Section 101 + A PTAB Precedent, If You Can Keep It
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C. Ryan Barber | December 10, 2019
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LA Associate, Linklaters Crypto Expert Move Forward With 'Mommy Track' Suit Against MoFo
Ross Todd | December 10, 2019
Los Angeles associate Sherry William and Linklaters senior counsel Joshua Ashley Klayman withdrew their request to proceed anonymously in a lawsuit claiming that Morrison & Foerster discriminates against pregnant women and new mothers.
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Avenatti Seeks to Exclude Evidence of Personal Finances From Nike Extortion Trial
Tom McParland | December 10, 2019
Avenatti claims he was merely doing his job as an advocate for his client, and said he plans to subpoena Nike over its payment practices. Trial in the case is set to begin Jan. 21.
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Hueston Hennigan Sues to Revive Hotline for Detained Immigrants Featured on 'Orange Is the New Black'
Ross Todd | December 10, 2019
The firm's lawyers write that in "the most perverse form of art imitating life imitating art" the government shut down free access to the hotline after it appeared in a plotline in the popular Netflix prison series.
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In Suit Against Kilpatrick Townsend Partner Pair, Mystery Recruiter ID'd as James Wilson
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