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Roll up, roll up. The format is speakers speak on a subject for 10-15 minutes and we seek to cover 5 diferent subjects around a theme plus a keynote speaker. What's not to like. These events have been hugely popular with returns often the only way in. As below, Prof. Rachael Mulheron KC, the doyenne of funding and class litigation, with whom I've worked over many years, is the keynote. Book early.

Sills Cummis & Gross is honored to be recognized as one of the "highly recommended" firms in New Jersey in the 2025 edition of Benchmark Litigation: The Definitive Guide to America's Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eugEvMDB Published by Delinian Limited, Benchmark Litigation is the only publication to focus exclusively on litigation in the U.S. Award methodology: https://bit.ly/3fY2TC6 or https://bit.ly/3CjvVUp. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. #BenchmarkLitigation #ClientsFirst #LawyerstoBusinessandIndustry

Congrats to the law firms and attorneys who made the list of Top 100 Verdicts in the United States in 2023: https://lnkd.in/e_Rkz8qt. Please like, share, and subscribe! #TopVerdict #Top100VerdictsUSA2023 #USLawyers #USLawFirms

Join #ACCNCR and WilmerHale for The Best Defense Is a Good Offense: Agency Engagement and Affirmative Litigation in Government Enforcement Contexts, May 28, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, Virtual. This panel will examine the practical and legal considerations for corporate counsel in advocating for their clients before government agencies and filing suit in response to potential enforcement actions. Companies often face inquiries from government agencies about their business practices.  Questions in-house lawyers may want to ask in these circumstances include:   - When does it make sense to go on the offense, engage with agency lawyers and leadership, and potentially assert the company’s own claims against the government in court?   - What strategic issues should companies consider in weighing agency engagement and affirmative litigation against traditional defensive options with respect to government enforcement?   - What are broader tactics for proactive strategic engagement with the Executive Branch and Congress? Join us as we discuss the answers to these questions and more. Presented by Kevin Lamb and Lauren Moore, Partners at WilmerHale and Tara Morrissey, Senior Vice President and Deputy Chief Counsel at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Litigation Center. Learn more and register here: https://lnkd.in/eeKyvZCk

In this alert, a team of Saul Ewing attorneys, including Rick Carroll, Juliana Clifton, Marisa De Feo, Richard Forsten, Matthew Gerber, Peter Murphy and Athira Sivan, address the 2024 amendments to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, the Delaware Revised Uniform Partnership Act, and the Delaware Statutory Trust Act. Delaware Governor John Carney recently signed the amendments into law, which will become effective on August 1, 2024. Read the alert here: https://lnkd.in/ezCvDU9E #DECorporationLaw

Congrats to the law firms and attorneys who made the list of Top 10 Verdicts in the United States in 2023: https://lnkd.in/eSEj7Jsc. Please like, share, and subscribe! #TopVerdict #Top10VerdictsUSA2023 #USLawyers #USLawFirms

In our latest LEGALcurrents, Harter Secrest & Emery LLP corporate attorneys Ralph Merzbach and Andrew Latona analyze a landmark Delaware Court of Chancery decision invalidating many common governance provisions in stockholder agreements. This ruling emphasizes that certain controls must be in the corporation's charter to be valid. In the article, Merzbach and Latona discuss the implications for corporate governance and advise companies to reassess their agreements to ensure compliance.

In an issue of first impression for the 8th Circuit, a three-judge panel considered whether the U.N. Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods authorized an award of attorney fees. #AttorneyFees #ContractLaw #BusinessLaw #LegalRuling

In this Law360 interview, Gibbons Director and Chair of the #AlternativeDisputeResolution Group, Hon. Noel Hillman (Ret.), shared insights from his time on the bench and his goals going forward as Chair of Gibbons’s #ADR practice, including #mediation and #arbitration. Interesting read! 

Recent Decision Spotlights Coordination Between DOL and Plaintiffs’ Firms Defending ERISA claims against an enterprising plaintiffs’ bar becomes even more challenging when the Department of Labor is working behind the scenes to support private-sector litigants. For example, the DOL can issue subpoenas for documents and testimony without any pending litigation, which private plaintiffs cannot do. It can also pressure sponsors, fiduciaries, and others to sit for interviews, even if no litigation is pending. Private plaintiffs and their lawyers do not have these advantages – unless the DOL secretly helps them. To date, evidence of such public-private enforcement coordination is limited. But should defense counsel be more concerned about the possibility of the DOL supporting a private plaintiff in pending litigation? And if such support is occurring, are defendants entitled to access all communications between plaintiffs’ counsel and the DOL about the matter? A recent ruling by a District of Colorado magistrate judge suggests the answer to both questions is “yes.” Read more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/g4ft5G3D Ned Babbitt I David Whaley I Brian Lamb I Nate Ingraham I Dominic DeMatties I Katie Burgess Kohn #ThompsonHine #DOL #ERISA #EmployeeBenefitsLaw