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April 17, 2019 | National Law Journal

US Appeals Court Is Urged to Protect LGBT Employees Against Discrimination

The Eighth Circuit case tests the reach of Title VII, and the EEOC backed the employee. The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing whether to hear two cases that contend Title VII does include protections against sexual orientation discrimination.
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April 17, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Appeals Court Urged to Protect LGBT Employees From Discrimination

The Eighth Circuit case tests the reach of Title VII, the EEOC is backing the employee, and the U.S. Supreme Court is weighing two related cases.
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April 10, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Limitations on Director Access to Company Information

In their Corporate Litigation column, Joseph M. McLaughlin and Shannon K. McGovern discuss recent Delaware Court of Chancery decisions that have offered fine-grained guidance on the governance procedures a company must follow to invoke the adversity exception to directors' access, and the scope of permissible restrictions on access to company information.
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Marsh USA Inc. v. Osterhage
Publication Date: 2019-04-03
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contractual Disputes
Industry: Insurance
Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
Judge: District Judge Alison Nathan
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Case number: 18-cv-3439

Confidentiality Pact Enforcement Suit Dismissed; Indispensable Party's Joiner Infeasible

Feuer-Goldstein Inc. v. Michael Hill Franchise Pty. Ltd.
Publication Date: 2019-04-02
Practice Area: Copyrights
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Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
Judge: District Judge P. Kevin Castel
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Case number: 16-cv-9987

Jewelery Design Incorporating Heart, Infinity Symbol Did Not Infringe Plaintiff's Design

March 13, 2019 | Law.com

Inside Track: Breaking Unconscious Bias. Plus, Starting Up At Startups

It's still difficult for in-house lawyers of color when it comes to climbing to the top general counsel position. Also, in-house counsel talk about the challenges of starting up legal departments at startups while general counsel at companies amid scandal may scare off potential team members.
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Winshall v. Viacom Int'l, Inc.
Publication Date: 2019-03-13
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Davis
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Colin R. Hagan, David J. Shlansky and David H. Holloway, Shlansky Law Group, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
For defendant: Robert A. Atkins, Steven C. Herzog, Stephen P. Lamb and Daniel A. Mason, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York and Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case number: D68493

All of plaintiff's breach of contract claims were barred by res judicata or the statute of limitations, except the claim for indem-nification of attorney fees.

March 08, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Drawing on the Deals that Changed the Media Landscape: A Q&A With CBS' Laura Franco

Newly named CBS general counsel Laura Franco talks about her 20+ years at the media corporation and what she hopes to accomplish in the top legal position.
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March 06, 2019 | The Recorder

Another Shot Fired in California's Employee Poaching War—Are There Legal Solutions to the Golden State's Employee Mobility Dilemma?

The perpetual search for a work-around to California's prohibition on employee non-competes was stymied again when a California Superior Court refused to dismiss outright an intentional interference with contract claim based upon an allegedly illegal long-term employment contract.
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Springboards v. Houston
Publication Date: 2019-02-25
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Trademarks
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge King
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Case number: 18-20119

Appellant, an education-services company, sued appellee school district for using a literacy program with monetary-themed incentives similar to those appellant marketed.

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