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Saluting the hard work of innovation

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/12/13

I recently had an interesting Twitter conversation with Ken Grady, Ron Friedmann, Casey Flaherty and Daniel Lear.

Bingham sanctioned for slow discovery response in ex-associate’s sleep disorder suit

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/12/13

A Los Angeles judge has ordered Bingham McCutchen to pay $2,430 as a sanction for slow discovery in a suit by a former associate who claims the firm failed to accommodate her sleep disorder.

BP accuses lawyer of representing phantom clients in oil spill

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/12/13

BP is accusing a Texas lawyer of “brazen fraud” in his representation of thousands of Gulf oil spill clients who turned out to be “phantoms.” In a lawsuit (PDF) filed on Tuesday, BP says Mikal Watts claimed to represent more than 40,000 deckhands, representing nearly 80 percent of…

Former White House lawyer ordered to pay $28.6M in beating of wife

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/12/13

Connecticut jurors deliberated for only 90 minutes on Tuesday before finding former White House lawyer John Michael Farren liable for $28.6 million in the severe beating of his wife.

Work-at-home lawyer suspended partly for lack of a ‘bona fide office’

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/12/13

Updated: The Delaware Supreme Court has ordered a two-year suspension for a lawyer who, among other violations, worked out of his Pennsylvania home and did not have exclusive, designated office space in Wilmington.

Shake and the Disruptable Gaps of the Legal Industry

By The Law Insider 18/12/13

The disruption of the legal industry is found most prominently within the gaps. The big-shot criminal defense attorney doesn’t wake up in a cold sweat for fear his industry is collapsing at the hands of a tech start-up.

Prospects on Germany's Digital Landscape in the Next Four Years: What Does the Coalition Agreement Say on Technology?

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/12/13

Following the German federal election on September 22, 2013, the Christian Democratic Party, the Christian Social Union and the Social Democratic Party decided to take up coalition talks for the formation of a new government led by the current...

Judge Orders New Election for Four Members of Palmdale City Council

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/12/13

Palmdale residents went to the polls on Nov. 5 and elected two new City Council members, including the city’s first African-American to hold the post. But now it’s unclear if they will have their seats for very long or even take their seats after...

Policy Observer - December 2013

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/12/13

Time for a Change? California Revisits Henkel on Coverage for Contractually Acquired Liabilities - The California Supreme Court’s unexpected decision earlier this year to accept review of Fluor Corp. v. Superior Court, 208 Cal. App. 4th 1506...

Health Alert (Australia) - 16 December 2013

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/12/13

In This Issue: - Judgments - Legislation - Reports - Excerpt from JUDGMENTS: Commonwealth - 9 December 2013 - Collin v Aspen Pharmacare Australia Pty Ltd [2013] FCA 1336 Practice and procedure – Representative proceedings – Application...

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