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National Law Journal

'Nobody Else Knows': These Federal Appeals Courts Have Unique Local Rules

The Ninth Circuit is "the only court that has a rule that actually encourages the lawyers to come in and complain about a delay," said Judge Jon Newman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
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New York Law Journal

NY Government Asks Appellate Court to Lift Injunction on Lawmakers' Outside Earnings Cap

"The days of the gentlemen farmers serving in the state Legislature are long gone," Assemblyman Charles Lavine, D-Glen Cove, said in defense of the cap on outside earnings.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: The Eighth Circuit Knocks Out a $564M Verdict Against BMO in Ponzi Case

Debevoise's John Gleeson, Mayer Brown's Richard Spehr and Elaine Goldenberg of Munger Tolles helped convince the Eighth Circuit that the bankruptcy trustee of a company run by a convicted Minnesota Ponzi schemer couldn't pursue aiding and abetting claims against the bank because the company bore responsibility for its own injury.
10 minute read

National Law Journal

DC Circuit Weighs Copyright Protection for AI-Generated Image

The person seeking protection argued that the Copyright Act doesn't require a piece of work to have a human author to be protected and that, nevertheless, he was involved in the image's creation since he built the AI program that generated it.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

'The Process Is a Minefield': Appellate Div. Mulls Whether Confirmed Superior Court Judge Can Keep Her Pension

"You can plan all day long to be a judge," Presiding Appellate Division Judge Heidi Willis Currier said. "It does not mean that it ever happens, right? It is a unique process...she does not have the ability to say, 'I am going to be a judge,' and that happens, right?"
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Appellate Court Orders Attorney to Be Deposed

"I think it will have a broader impact, because it talks about the attorney-client privilege, and that not everything in the hands of the lawyer is automatically protected," said Kogan, the plaintiff's counsel.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Why a Judge's Upholding of a $6.1M Injury Verdict Was a Win for Defendants

The defendant argued in support of the jury's findings. The plaintiffs, on the other hand, argued that a new trial was in order.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Which Comes First: Discretionary or Interlocutory Appeal? High Court Tackles Procedural Dispute

"For you to prevail, I think you need to be able to show that the renewal action is the same 'the case' in which the voluntary dismissal was filed," Presiding Justice Nels S. D. Peterson told appellee counsel during oral arguments.
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

Eleventh Circuit Upholds Limits on Public Comments During City Council Meetings

"This is critical because absent those restrictions, a public hearing can devolve into chaos as anyone and everyone could use limited public hearing time either to engage irrelevant topics or behave in an inappropriate manner that distracts from the conduct of government business," said Edward Guedes, who represents the city of Homestead
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Discovery Dispute Centered on Internal Report Produced by Debevoise in Sex Abuse Case Heads Back to Trial Court

"During discovery in the present matter, defendants provided to plaintiffs the public summary, but withheld the internal report, without expressly claiming the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine protected its disclosure," the opinion said.
5 minute read

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