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High Court Could Melt Climate Change Cases
Perched on an Alaskan barrier island, the village of Kivalina faces imminent destruction because of melting sea ice.EEOC Intake Form Is Sufficient Notice of Discrimination Claim
A former JPMorgan Chase employee who filed an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission intake questionnaire, but no formal charge on time, can pursue her age-bias suit, a federal judge says.The Jay Mariotti Chronicles: Columnist Calls in Gibson Dunn Bigwig
Who does a high-profile sports columnist turn to when he finds himself in legal trouble? A prominent attorney from an Am Law 200 firm, of course.$49M BAR/BRI Deal OK'd, But Fees Back in Play
A Ninth Circuit panel led by Judge Pamela Rymer says the fees class counsel got — and objecting counsel didn't — should both be reconsidered. But they gave the ol' thumbs up to the settlement amount.Bid to Disqualify KPMG as MCI's Auditors Fails
Bankruptcy Judge Arthur Gonzalez has soundly rejected 14 states' motion to disqualify KPMG, MCI's auditors and tax advisers, and disgorge fees the accounting firm received during bankruptcy proceedings. Gonzalez described the motion -- which alleged that KPMG advised MCI to implement an illegal tax strategy to evade millions in taxes -- as a "litigation tactic," adding that the states' claim that they filed the motion to protect the public interest "rings hollow."New Bar Chief Aims at Helping Children
Meredith [email protected] Atlanta Bar Association's new president, Elizabeth A. Price, wants to focus on helping abused and neglected children. Recruiting Atlanta lawyers to volunteer as advocates for kids who end up in the court system builds on outgoing bar association president William M Ragland Jr.'s initiative to increase the organization's pro bono efforts.Federal Rule of Evidence 502: 'Rajala' Returns
In their Federal E-discovery column, H. Christopher Boehning and Daniel J. Toal, partners at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, review a case in which a party that had previously opposed a clawback agreement to deal with inadvertent production of privileged data found itself in need of the protection.State AI Legislation Is on the Move in 2024
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