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October 5, 2021 | The American Lawyer

Los Angeles Firm Blows Away Big Law Standard With $230K First-Year Pay

80-lawyer Michelman & Robinson's associate pay scale also allows some lawyers to jump ahead if they outperform, but that's not based on hours billed.

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October 5, 2021 | The Recorder

Michelman & Robinson Boosts Associate Salaries to Starting Pay of $230K

The firms' associate pay scale also allows some lawyers to jump ahead if they outperform, but that's not based on hours billed.

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September 29, 2021 | New York Law Journal

Sandeep Savla Joins Norton Rose Fulbright as Partner

And other announcements of recent hirings and promotions of New York attorneys.

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Appellate Division, Second Department: September 22, 2021

Publication Date: 2021-09-24
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
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Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Hand Down List
Judge: Unsigned
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Case Number: DOCKET

Appellate Division, Second Department: September 22, 2021

September 15, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

Optimizing the Legal Spend: A Better Approach for GCs

Given the current state of law firm economics and the surge in demand for legal services, those in charge of corporate legal departments would be wise to reframe their fiscal mandates. Instead of looking to take a hatchet to their budgets for outside counsel, GCs should be focused on optimizing the legal spend and viewing their lawyers and law firms as assets to be leveraged. But how can GCs derive a return on their legal spend investments?

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July 30, 2021 | Litigation Daily

A Boatload of Worthy Litigation of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs

A Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher team lands this week's first runner-up spot for fending off a preliminary injunction in a closely watched trade secret case in the nascent market for electric vertical takeoff and landing, or eVTOL, aircraft.

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March 26, 2021 | Law.com

Skilled in the Art: The Case for AIs as Named Inventors + A COVID-Era Jury Verdict Arrives at the Federal Circuit + New Resources for Tracking Patent Cases

Let's hear the arguments for allowing artificially intelligent machines to be named inventors on patents, from the law professor who'll be presenting the case next month.

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March 11, 2021 | New York Law Journal

Four-Partner Litigation Group From Barton Jumps to Greenspoon Marder

The Florida-based Am Law 200 firm also hired corporate attorney Eric Simonson to join as partner in a move that will generate work for attorneys across the firm's 22 offices.

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March 11, 2021 | New York Law Journal

After 21 Years on the Bench, Judge Peter Forman Joins Cuddy & Feder

And other announcements of recent hirings and promotions of New York attorneys.

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Appellate Division, First Department:February 2, 2021

Publication Date: 2021-02-04
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
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Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Appeals & Motions
Judge: Unsigned
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Case Number: DOCKET

Appellate Division, First Department:February 2, 2021

February 3, 2021 | New York Law Journal

Appeals Panel, Reversing Major Damages Reductions, Says Ex-Montefiore Employee Entitled to $2.5M

"Under these uniquely abhorrent circumstances, the [damages] awards were reduced to levels that were disproportionately low," the Appellate Division, First Department wrote in a decision that reverses a series of damages reductions ordered by a Bronx Supreme Court judge.

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