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March 06, 2024 | Litigation Daily

In Length of Time to Settlement in Securities Class Actions, the Pandemic's Fingerprint Lingers

Among last year's settlements, the median time from when a case was filed to a settlement hearing date was 3.7 years, the second-highest for any year in Cornerstone Research records going back to 1996.
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March 06, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Recent Law Journal Column Offers Timely Analysis of Law School Curricula

For instance, law schools could more pointedly offer interdisciplinary rule-of-law—and pedagogy as broadly as they have included law—and subjects within their curricula, a Law Journal columnist writes.
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March 05, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-74

Provided the judge concludes he/she can be fair and impartial, the judge need not disqualify from a case merely because (a) the complainant is a long-time professional acquaintance of the judge and (b) the defendant has attempted to contact the judge ex parte, accused the judge of corruption and bigotry, threatened the judge's career, and implicitly threatened the judge's family. However, the judge should disclose on the record the substance of any threats of violence by the defendant that were received ex parte.
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March 05, 2024 | New York Law Journal

'Enough Is Enough': NJ Gov. Murphy Says Transit Agencies Failed to Execute Proper Rulemaking on NYC Congestion Pricing

"Today, I again voiced New Jersey's concerns with [the] MTA's plans for congestion pricing in New York City," Gov. Phil Murphy said in a new release. "[The] MTA continues to cut corners on the legal and procedural requirements to establish congestion pricing in an effort to ignore the chorus of voices rising up in opposition to [the] MTA's plans. Enough is enough. It's time for [the] MTA to abandon its proposal and rethink congestion pricing in a way that makes sense."
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March 05, 2024 | Legaltech News

Inside DechertMind, a Proprietary Suite of Gen AI Tools for Law Firm Work

Thor Alden, associate director of innovation at Dechert, recently gave Legaltech News an inside look at the suite of homegrown generative artificial intelligence tools the firm has been internally rolling out since April 2023.
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March 05, 2024 | Law.com

Why a Lack of Black Representation in the Legal Industry Should Concern the Entire Profession

In this week's Legal Speak episode, Marlon Hill, of Weiss Serota Helfman Cole + Bierman, shares why he thinks Black History Month can be an opportunity to learn about how we can do better and make better policy.
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March 05, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Trump Moves for New Trial After $83 Million Carroll Defamation Verdict

Trump's lawyers say his testimony about his state of mind should not have been excluded, because it was relevant to the issue of common-law malice.
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March 05, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Good News for 2 Law Firms Accused of Vexatious Litigation

"The defendants claim that the plaintiff lacked standing to bring its application for a prejudgment remedy because it is predicated on claims that the plaintiff does not have standing to assert," the decision said. "They therefore claim the trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the matter."
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March 05, 2024 | Law.com

Another Oregon Wildfire Verdict Brings PacifiCorp's Total Damages to Over $220M

An Oregon jury on Tuesday awarded more than $29 million to nine individuals who survived three wildfires in 2020.
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March 05, 2024 | The American Lawyer

Kirkland, Weil Contribute to 118% Uptick in Commercial Chapter 11 Filings

Collectively, the firms took on nearly 300 debtor retentions in two jointly administered bankruptcies.
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