Lessons from a Staffing Misappropriation and Non-Compete Trial | Seyfarth Shaw

Cases don’t try very often. Doubly so in trade secret/non-compete litigation. So many of these disputes get resolved at the injunctive relief phase of the proceeding that, when one goes the distance, it is almost always worth peeking under the hood. In MWK Recruiting, Inc. v. Jowers, No. 1:18-cv-444-RP (WD Tex.), a federal district court […]

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AZ Appeals Court Finds Abuse of Discretion in Conditional Use Permit Battle

This post was authored by Gregory Ahlsen, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Touro Law Center In January 2017, a water company applied for a conditional use permit with the City of Sedona, Arizona (the “City”) to construct a water tank and pumping plant on a vacant lot in a residentially zoned district. The water company held public […]

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Brenna Bird wins race for Iowa attorney general over long-serving Democratic incumbent

Republican candidate Brenna Bird was elected Iowa’s next attorney general after besting Democratic incumbent Tom Miller in a close race. In a victory speech, Bird credited law enforcement agents for her success. “We back the blue here in Iowa don’t we?” she said. “And, tonight our success was due to the law enforcement support that […]

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Lawyers React to Trump’s Claim He ‘Fixed’ DeSantis Election to Stop Loss

Legal experts have reacted to unfounded claims that Donald Trump sent federal agents to stop Florida’s 2018 gubernatorial election being “stolen” from Ron DeSantis. In a lengthy statement attacking the Florida governor, Trump took credit for helping DeSantis win the 2018 GOP primary over Florida’s agriculture commissioner, Adam Putnam, and the midterm election against Democrat […]

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Judge fined a group of Trump lawyers $50k each for filing meritless and mistake-strewn lawsuit against Hillary Clinton

Lawyer Alina Habba, center, with two unidentified men leaving Manhattan’s Supreme Court on April 25, 2022.Molly Crane Newman/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images A group of Trump lawyers was fined over a failed case alleging a vast pro-Clinton conspiracy. The judge called it a “deliberate use of the judicial system to pursue […]

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MI Appeals Court Finds That a Municipality Has an Obligation to Ensure Property Exists That Is Suitable for a Mobile Food Stand

This post was authored by Julia Buli, JD Candidate, Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center. Pursuant to Michigan Law (MCL) 35,441(1), veterans may hold a license to sell goods. It states, “[a] veteran may sell his or her own goods within this state if the proceeds from the sale of the goods are to […]

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Girardi law firm CFO turns to high-powered ex-DC prosecutor after arrest

Former Washington US attorney Jessie Liu is representing Christopher Kamon against a wire fraud charge Liu’s law firm Skadden also represented Kamon in a dispute over his laptop in the Girardi Keese bankruptcy (Reuters) – Arrested over the weekend on a wire fraud charge, the former chief financial officer of defunct law firm Girardi Keese […]

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CfP |International Journal for Dispute Resolution |Rolling Basis

About IJDR The International Journal for Dispute Resolution is a bi-monthly online journal that promotes research in the field of Alternative dispute resolution systems as an integrated subject. It started with an aim to make it an excellent platform for sharing knowledge and excellent research material in the field of ADRs among students, Research Scholars, […]

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Connecticut Trade Secret Laws: 2022 Update

Thomson Reuters Practical Law has released an update to “Trade Secret Laws: Connecticut,” a Q&A guide to state law on trade secrets and confidentiality for private employers in Connecticut, co-authored by our colleagues David S. Poppick and Carol J. Faherty, attorneys at Epstein Becker Green. Following is an excerpt: This Q&A addresses the state-specific definition […]

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